speeding fine

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

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Quoted message said:

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

news.bbc.co.uk3477285.stmOpen ↗

Of course, it's all about income generation.

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

Quoted message said:

news.bbc.co.uk3477285.stmOpen ↗

£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 - news.bbc.co.uk3044539.stmOpen ↗ - "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.

Gonzalez said:

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

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Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address)
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Danny Colyer said:

Gonzalez said:

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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.