$300 speeding ticket

[Stefu]

Finnish speeding tickets are tied to income. Therefore, one speeding rich guy was fined 103,000$.

Considering the 'mild rape' trial way back then (guy let off lightly because the act only took 5 minutes), traffic fines seem to be the only thing where Finnish law actually is tough.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by SpencerH


It depends on where you are. Around these h'yar parts its 70(85) on the interstates and 30-50 (45-65) on the roads and through the gas stations while turning right.

Given you've added 15 to each, I'm curious as to what the bracketed figures are. Is it mph, with kph in brackets? If it is 70 m.p.h is closer to 110 k.p.h and 50 m.p.h is closer to 80 k.p.h.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

I can't believe that they could be on Kph... that would be awfully slow for a motorway.

[ixnay]

For about 5 years or so, until just a couple years ago, the speed limit on Montana highways was simply "reasonable and prudent." Needless to say, we got all sorts of people driving around at ridiculously fast speeds until they put a 75 mph limit on the interstate a while back.

[David Floyd]

Considering the 'mild rape' trial way back then (guy let off lightly because the act only took 5 minutes),

[Dauphin]

70 m.p.h is the UK limit. I normally do 90 though.

[RGBVideo]

Considering the 'mild rape' trial way back then (guy let off lightly because the act only took 5 minutes), traffic fines seem to be the only thing where Finnish law actually is tough.

...unohdit hepun jonka tuomio muutettiin ehdolliseksi, koska hän oli ennen ollut naimisissa uhrin
kanssa (Se hooraxbitz vaan halus sitä, ja nautti siitä!), ja koska hänellä oli vakituinen työpaikka.

[The Mad Monk]

Hey now! No Finnish comments on English quotes!

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin
Given you've added 15 to each, I'm curious as to what the bracketed figures are. Is it mph, with kph in brackets? If it is 70 m.p.h is closer to 110 k.p.h and 50 m.p.h is closer to 80 k.p.h.

He's putting in the posted limit and in paranthesis what you can generally get away with. If the posted limit is 70mph, you can probably get away with 79-85 mph without the police bothering to pull you over. In most states, when you're over 10 miles an hour, is the danger zone, and 20 miles over is when the fines really start adding up. I limit myself to 19 miles over the limit and hoping that the speedometer is accurate.

[Lorizael]

That's why I don't have a liscence!

How fast were you going?

[RGBVideo]

Considering the 'mild rape' trial way back then (guy let off lightly because the act only took 5 minutes), traffic fines seem to be the only thing where Finnish law actually is tough.

Umm... sorry. I simply can't translate my finnish text. Maybe Stefu could, if he's still awake?

[Stefu]

...unohdit hepun jonka tuomio muutettiin ehdolliseksi, koska hän oli ennen ollut naimisissa uhrin
kanssa (Se hooraxbitz vaan halus sitä, ja nautti siitä!), ja koska hänellä oli vakituinen työpaikka.

translates to:

...you forgot the guy who got off on probation, because he had been married to the victim (the little whorexbitchnich just wanted it and enjoyed it!), and because he had a steady job.

[tandeetaylor]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
Don't do the crime if you can't spend the dime.

I'm sorry, speeding is not a "crime" unless you are driving recklessly and much faster than the rest traffic so that you are legitimately putting others' lives in danger. Speeding and most traffic violations are just a way to pay for the bureaucracy that has been created to issue tickets and collect the fines. My husband was paying a ticket and during our three hour wait it I literally heard someone talking about the ticket she had gotten for not having changed the address on her driver's license fast enough. Can you explain to me how it hurts others to have the wrong address on your license? If you can't then it shouldn't be against the law.

Oh and don't forget the nice little racket that the towing companies have going with the police. My husband was arrested for not having paid a ticket, and the state trooper called from the road to tell me they were towing the car. Aside from being a complete ***hole, he told me they were towing it, I said, "Why can't you leave it there? I'll be there in 20 minutes to pick it up." "Well, I can't just leave a car on the side of the road!" "Bull**** there are cars by the side of the road all over the place, and most of them aren't picked up in 20 minutes." Besides all the other money I threw into the government pit that day, we had to pay over a hundred dollars in towing and "storage" fees (it was there for about 2 hours while we got my stepmom from work because the car was registered in her name).

The police are oppressive because they don't care or don't know about our constitutional rights. Want to see a scary show? Watch "Cops" for about 7 minutes. I thought I was going to throw up the last time I happened to see it. It's disgusting, and it's right there-- on TV!

[tandeetaylor]

The police act like you're so wrong for breaking the laws and it's so horrible, but they wouldn't be too happy if everyone started following the laws. They wouldn't be able to fill their quotas.

What you do to create more jobs in the government? Make more things against the law!

[Faboba]

Originally posted by tandeetaylor

I'm sorry, speeding is not a "crime" unless you are driving recklessly and much faster than the rest traffic so that you are legitimately putting others' lives in danger.

No, no... it is a crime.