RE: A8: going, going

[Peter Henriksen <peterhe@microsoft.com>]

Besides which fines based on monthly salary would encourage stopping
more expensive cars and letting the beat up old Camaro slip by - not
that they're collecting revenue or anything.
- peter, peterhe@microsoft.com, issaquah, wa, usa
  91 200qw
  94 acura legend gs
  80 mazda 626


>-----Original Message-----
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>To:	phil@sievers.com
>Cc:	Quattro List
>Subject:	RE: A8: going, going
>
><snip>
>> He was lucky.  The normal fine for double the speed limit is a month's
>>salary.
>
>Wow.
>
>Remind me not to speed over there.
>
>Of course, the "X month's salary" makes sense. I've always wondered
>when the US would do something like this. A fixed fine of, say, $100
>means very different things to a factory worker supporting a family
>on $8/hour than a lawyer or doctor making $300K/year.
>
>Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7)			duane@zk3.dec.com
>
>That concept is morally bankrupt and TOTALLY ABSURD! The punishment must fit
>the crime. Punishment is and must remain totally unrelated to the means of
>the criminal. Do the crime - do the time. No more, no less. Here in the US we
>have a legal and constitutional requirement of _equal protection_ under the
>law. Same for me, same for you and same for bubba.
>
>-glen