speeding fine

[Alan Moffatt]

This would give the speed camera whingers something to think about!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3477285.stm

Of course, it's all about income generation.

Alan

 

[Gonzalez]

On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 18:07:12 -0000, "Alan Moffatt"
<[email protected]> wrote:

[uk.rec.driving added to the newsgroup line]

>This would give the speed camera whingers something to think about!
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3477285.stm
>
>Of course, it's all about income generation.

 

[Adrian]

Gonzalez ([email protected]) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3477285.stm

£116,000 fine for somebody who earned £7m is the equivalent, proportionally, of a £330 fine to
somebody who earns £20,000.

Seems a big fine for 50mph in a 25mph limit, but no ban - which there almost certainly would be for
60mph in a 30mph here, and which would be a FAR bigger problem for Joe Average than for the
plutocrat, who'd just hire a chauffeur.

Ah, here we go - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3044539.stm - "equivalent to 14
days income"

Fine equivalent to 1.5 months income for drink-drive.

Seems to make an awful lot of sense to me.

 

[Danny Colyer]

Gonzalez wrote:
> [uk.rec.driving added to the newsgroup line]

No, no, no, no, no! We can do without cross-postings to uk.rec.driving!

--
Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address)
http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/
"He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

 

[Gonzalez]

On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 21:44:21 -0000, "Danny Colyer"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Gonzalez wrote:
>> [uk.rec.driving added to the newsgroup line]
>
>No, no, no, no, no! We can do without cross-postings to uk.rec.driving!

I felt they *had* to know how much a sensible speeding fine is.