Zero tolerance
Discussion
Our local police are having a "zero tolerance" initiative right now. Basically this means they pick a certain area or road, give it high level policing, and prosecute anybody who is over the posted limit no matter what the margin. Usually there is a little leeway (as I suspect there is in the UK). End result (as seen by my neighbour last week) is that being even slightly over the speed limit (he was doing 84km/h in an 80 zone) gets you a nice fine. Next week they start on my route to work 
Of course it's nice that they announce these things beforehand, which I'm sure has an immediate effect on behaviour. But I'm curious to know what folks on here (especially the traffic police) think about this approach. Worth doing or just getting people's backs up?
Of course it's nice that they announce these things beforehand, which I'm sure has an immediate effect on behaviour. But I'm curious to know what folks on here (especially the traffic police) think about this approach. Worth doing or just getting people's backs up?
DPX said:
Hello Finland , are the speeding fines still related to salary ?. Didnt someone get a fine of a few hundred thousand pounds a few years ago for speeding ?
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1058/is_5_1...
In Finland, according to the Wall Street Journal, people are fined for speeding (usually more than 12 mph over the limit) on a scale graded not only according to speed but according to income. Jaako Rytsola, a 27-year-old Internet entrepreneur, who sped in his BMW, was fined $71,400. Kejo Kopra, a corporate director pulled over, was fined $14,500. The poor--if there are any poor in Nokia-land--can get by with as low a fine as $63 to $110. (The price of sinning at even the slowest speed and the lowest income level is high in Finland.)
Yep, still the same situation. Luckily I'm one of the poor http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1058/is_5_1...
In Finland, according to the Wall Street Journal, people are fined for speeding (usually more than 12 mph over the limit) on a scale graded not only according to speed but according to income. Jaako Rytsola, a 27-year-old Internet entrepreneur, who sped in his BMW, was fined $71,400. Kejo Kopra, a corporate director pulled over, was fined $14,500. The poor--if there are any poor in Nokia-land--can get by with as low a fine as $63 to $110. (The price of sinning at even the slowest speed and the lowest income level is high in Finland.)
Wages in general are not high in Finland, despite what the Wall Street Journal would have you believe.Conversations in police cars (in my limited experience anyway) proceed like so: OK, you were X over the limit, grabbing your income details... calculating your fine now... got any kids? How many? So with child discount that's €€€€€€€ please
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