2d ago

A speeding motorist driving at 199 mph on Germany’s Autobahn is fined more than $1,000

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A speeding motorist driving at 199 mph on Germany's Autobahn is fined more than $1,000

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Davriellelouna @lemmy.world

2d ago

A speeding motorist driving at 199 mph on Germany’s Autobahn is fined more than $1,000

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All fines should be scaled with income, like Finnish speeding tickets. A Finnish businessman was fined 120 000€ for driving 80kmh in a 50kmh zone.
This of course wasn't his first offence, having been fined many tens of thousands of euros beforehand. Makes me wonder though, why not just take his license away...
Oh I know, because he's rich enough to pay off the judges
- Oh I know, because he’s rich enough to pay off the judges
  You really can't pay off judges here. But if you can show that taking your license away would make things considerable difficult for you (like losing income) they'll let you keep it on certain cases.
  
  You really believe that our judges and the rest of the justice system are incorruptible? Gee, I guess people like Vornanen have already been sentenced. Or did everyone just forget that a cop got blackout drunk, harassed a teenager and then shot a gun in the middle of Helsinki over a year ago? A pretty clear open and shut case which should've led to him being fired from the force but nope, he's still even in politics and will be allowed to have the politicians pension.
  You really got to be a bootlicker to believe that our justice system isn't available for purchase
- A lot of people have a lead foot, at least where I live you have to do worse to get your licence pulled.
  
  In Australia we have points 12 i believe. Each offence is worth a fine and so many points.
  When you're out of points you can't drive anymore
I'm guessing the Germans fined them in US dollars because he was driving in mph. I'm sure they would have been OK doing 320 kph.
I was told the autobahn had no speed limit. I was lied to my entire life and it hurts.
- Nope, only certain sections are without a speed limit.
We Germans should do it like Denmark and confiscate his car and then take away the drivers license for good.
- At over double the speed limit this would usually be classed as dangerous driving (a more serious offence than speeding) and result in instant disqualification in the UK, too. Though you wouldn't be banned for good.
- confiscate his car and then take away the drivers license for good
  You'd be surprised how many just drive around in their partner's car without license, often drunk and/or stoned. They mainly get caught because they cause accidents they can't easily walk away from.
  
  The car would still be taken away.
  
  That's the reason for taking the car. No fucks are given in regards to who owns the vehicle. If you get caught driving insanely in your friends car, it's your own problem to explain to your friend why he doesn't have a car anymore.
  The only time I've heard of them returning the vehicle to the actual owner was when they confiscated a bus, which was needed for public transport.
kph? Even if you don't work with SI units, just don't invent wrong ones. If lost, ask someone who knows. The correct abbreviation for "kilometers per hour" is km/h
- While km/h is the official SI symbol, kph isn't just "made up". It's a quite widely used unofficial abbreviation.
  
  Used commonly in NZ too, which is a metric country.
  
  Probably in non-SI countries...
  
  I don't think my teachers would have been impressed with me in school if I claimed to be using the 'unofficial spelling of words' or citing 'unofficial facts'. You either have one standard... Or none at all.
- You're absolutely right
- And the correct abbreviation of miles per hour is mi/h, but nearly everyone writes mph. Speedometers use mph and km/h, but I've seen kph a bunch.
- klicks

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