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Speeding fines are being increasingly linked to income across Europe.
There was a story a year or two ago about some fella in Switzerland I think who was caught going very fast in a very expensive car and was looking at a record breaking fine.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Was it Jeremy Clarkson? 
It sounds reasonable, if you had lots of money you could in essence just pay to drive faster.
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This doeth sucketh like the suckieth thing in Suckidom.
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OriginalGriff wrote: show down
Do you mean show off?
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Not at those prices!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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...or drive faster.
I reckon if you drive fast enough the camera's won't be able to recognise you 
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You are going to be pushing to beat 186,000 miles per second...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I remember when they were testing the original speed cameras here in Qld... turns out if you were going 247km/hr or faster, you were out of the frame before the picture had been captured.
I also remember seeing a speed camera pic of a guy caught doing 236km/hr and thought "man, if you had just gone that smidge faster!!"
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Death causes in France:
0-Cancer 150,000/year
1-Heart disease 140,000/year, among which 35,000 for eating too salty
2-Smoking 73,000/year (not included in above)
3-Drinking 50,000/year (not included in above)
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23-Car crash 3,000/year, among which 1,000 for speeding
So I think they might think twice about priorities before trying to slow down everybody, especially by fining them.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Rage wrote: So I think they might think twice about priorities before trying to slow down everybody, especially by fining them.
They're not trying to slow anyone down, or deter anyone from any of the other crimes they're raising the fines for, they're just trying to increase revenue.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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0/2) Stop the French smoking? Now there is a task!
1) Get salt and cream out of food? That means changing recipes. In France! That's a capital offence, isn't it?
3) No chance!
23) Ah! Easy - couple of cameras plus few envelopes equals loads of money rolling in...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Quote: Stop the French smoking from putting something in their mouth? Now there is a task!
FTFY! 
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100,000 just give up, and die as a result.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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OK, for the sake of stereotypes I could imagine agreeing that we "often" give up, but not that we give up living. 
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Why? Aren't they making enough money on tickets anymore?
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OriginalGriff wrote: You might want to show down...
That's what Sean Connery said.
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Holy crap! Fines that large should be against the law.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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In your country I think it is
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In the US, fines so high are reserved for truly heinous crimes. Such as downloading a couple of songs off the internet.
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Yeah, and in one of the cases the record company demanded more money than the industry had made since Edison invented the gramophone. 
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Quotas are so passe!
If first you don't succeed, hide all evidence you ever tried!
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Magistrates' fines rarely get near the maximum as it stands, this won't really make any difference, although it's good for headline writers.
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Always wanted this question answering in the UK.
We use the national speedway sign on a road because the speed is different for different types of vehicle. So for example. Dual Carriage way is 70MPH for a car...60 MPH for a transit VAN.
So I am in a Car... and get camera'd at 69...But a transit VAN is doing 59...We are both technically speeding by as much. (In fact the VAN as a percentage is worse). But he doesn't get a ticket.
Does this mean that as a Car driver I am being personally targeted...Isn't this unfair discrimination.
Also just to make this really complicated some MPVs actually have a transit chassis, and as such should be doing 60 in this zone.
I would love this argument to be brought up in court one day. You can imagine the police officer looking a bit dumbfounded 
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