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[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Just use exponential, income based fines.

Something like: 5% of your monthly salary or 0.05% of your networth, whichever is higher, adjusted by how much you were speeding of course.

Then double the fine for each infraction within one year after the first.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

this is how all fines should be although I would go 1% yearly or .1% net worth just because some people don't work all year.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

You're gonna need a provision for people who don't have an income.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 18 hours ago

good point. might need to have public service for that case or even people below an income threshold were even 1% can screw them up massively.

[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I've always wondered why they don't put speed limiting devices on cars already. I know it's a loss of freedom or whatever, but logically if speeding is unsafe shouldn't we try to make people stop? Not by punishing offenders, but by making it impossible to screw up in the first place.

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 6 points 19 hours ago

Seriously. Put a transponder in every car and on every speed limit sign. Done.