was it Norway where that guy was fined ~$250k not too long ago for speeding?
Apparently, he had been repeatedly blasting through a school zone in his Ferrari, and had several other moving violations, I think.
Something where the fine scales to the speed difference, and he somehow managed to hit $250k.
lol.
Finnish speeding fines scale to infinity because they are directly proportional to your income. On the low end there is a minimum so you can't speed as much as you want if you are penniless.There have been some notably high fines in Switzerland and Finland, but I don't think Finland follows the same very high scaling fine system.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3477285.stm
There's also a 1M fine to some Swede who was driving in Switzerland.
Finnish speeding fines scale to infinity because they are directly proportional to your income. On the low end there is a minimum so you can't speed as much as you want if you are penniless.
Arkaign's link mentions the record $250000 fine given in Finland. The driver did 50mph in a 25mph area.
Finnish speeding fines scale to infinity because they are directly proportional to your income. On the low end there is a minimum so you can't speed as much as you want if you are penniless.
Within reason. I don't think Warren Buffet should be fined $1,000,000 for jaywalking so that he'd feel it. But when one is significantly endangering or scamming the public, that makes sense.I really like this idea, they should do that here with the fines the government charge for punishment.
John Stewart nailed it yet again:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-july-27-2011/in-the-name-of-the-fodder
Breivik [in a self-interview:]
"Q: Do I have to believe in God or Jesus in order to become a Justiciar Knight?
A: As this is a cultural war, our definition of being a Christian does not necessarily constitute that you are required to have a personal relationship with God or Jesus."
He goes on to say that a "Christian fundamentalist theocracy" is "everything we DO NOT want," and a "secular European society" is "what we DO want."
"It is enough," Breivik says, "that you are a Christian-agnostic or a Christian-atheist."
At the one and only meeting of Breivik's "Knights Templar" in London in 2002, there were nine attendees, three of whom he describes as "Christian atheists" and one as a "Christian agnostic."
Breivik says he is "not an excessively religious man," brags that he is "first and foremost a man of logic," calls himself "economically liberal" and reveres Darwinism.
Similarly, Breivik says in his manifesto that "it is essential that science take an undisputed precedence over biblical teachings."
Huh, apparently we were all wrong to take the media's description of Breivik as a right wing Christian. His manifesto evidently lifts entire sections from the Unabomber's manifesto. In addition, we have such things as:
Disclaimer: I have not read his manifesto, nor do I intend to do so. This information is from an Ann Coulter column, so salt to taste.