Reflections on the project to no longer deduct points from the driver’s license of drivers guilty of minor speeding continue! https://t.co/w2bQX7OYx4
— AutoPlus (@AutoPlusMag) July 29, 2022
It’s never a good thing to be caught speeding, especially when you’re a good driver and try your best to follow the rules. But when this happens, you have to pay a fine and agree to lose one or more points depending on the severity of the situation. But the number sanction remains more or less the same, although again it varies with speed. But there is a very precise scale where nothing else matters. And it is the same in many other countries of the world. But others have a slightly different strategy, as you will see.
An automatic speed camera on the RD 137 in St Sulpice d’Arnoult has been terrorizing drivers in recent days, flashing as they obey the speed limit!
This radar was undergoing maintenance. Therefore, there will be no verbalization. Thanks to the whistleblowers!– Gendarmerie of Primorsky Charante (@Gendarmerie_017) September 16, 2021
New project
So, in Finland, for example, the amount of the fine is indexed to the salary of the offending motorist. Therefore, there is no upper limit and in some cases exceeding 25 km/h can cost more than €100,000. A method that is not always unanimous, but which seems to inspire some. Indeed, the French-speaking Belgian Socialist Party is very interested in this idea. So much so that he just introduced a bill that would penalize wealthy motorists up to 12,000 euros for speeding. But this measure is unlikely to see the light of day.
To a full license?
Indeed, this would mean knowing the exact salary of every citizen, which is still quite difficult. For its part, the Flemish Socialist Party prefers to speak in favor entering a license with points, which would be much more effective in the fight against traffic violations. We will remind you that this system has been used in France for many years. Whether this will be a sufficient deterrent, especially against speeding, remains to be seen.
Sometimes it happens that the radar highlights a speeding driver, but he does not receive a traffic ticket! https://t.co/eNzBECUAIE?utm_campaign=post-auto&utm_medium=twitter
— AutoPlus (@AutoPlusMag) August 1, 2022
Source: Auto Plus
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