Results: The Fast and The Furious!
Switzerland, Denmark, Norway and Finland's speeding fines do not have a flat rate, instead they are based upon a percentage of your net worth or annual income and calculated speed.
1.
1.
Did you know that Nordic countries speeding fines are calculated on a percentage of a person's income, with some motorists facing fines of over $100,000??!??
Yes
9%
•
125 votes
No
50%
•
687 votes
GET OUTTA HERE!!!
41%
•
565 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
•
6 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| na | 0.07% | 1 |
| no thats awful, but we have the same attitude here about making the rich pay more. | 0.07% | 1 |
| it is very interesting;perhaps even all right | 0.07% | 1 |
| interesting! | 0.07% | 1 |
| 0.07% | 1 | |
| sounds good | 0.07% | 1 |
2.
2.
What would you do if you were to ever get a ticket as high as the #1 or #2 speeding record holders? (1st place: $290,000, 2nd place: $200,000) Make Payment Arrangements
14%
•
193 votes
Have a Panic Attack
39%
•
535 votes
Skip the Country
25%
•
348 votes
Don't Care
19%
•
265 votes
Other (please specify)
3%
•
42 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| i don't speed | 0.22% | 3 |
| na | 0.14% | 2 |
| n/a | 0.14% | 2 |
| 0.14% | 2 | |
| kill myself | 0.07% | 1 |
| would never happen, since you just said it's based on income or worth. | 0.07% | 1 |
| dont know | 0.07% | 1 |
| refuse to pay and rot in jail | 0.07% | 1 |
| wouldn't speed knowing this. | 0.07% | 1 |
| have to go to jail | 0.07% | 1 |
| drive carefully or don't drive. | 0.07% | 1 |
| don't drive, wouldn't be getting a ticket | 0.07% | 1 |
| i would not pay | 0.07% | 1 |
| die | 0.07% | 1 |
| if its based on income, then these speeders can afford it | 0.07% | 1 |
| file for bankruptcy | 0.07% | 1 |
| declare bankrupcy | 0.07% | 1 |
| make payment arrangments after i was done having my panic attack | 0.07% | 1 |
| i would never get a ticket that high i don't make that much | 0.07% | 1 |
| not able to go there.also do not drive! | 0.07% | 1 |
| do not speed | 0.07% | 1 |
| if i got a speeding ticket that high, i must be able to pay it since i'd be one of the richest people in the world to ever get a ticket that high. | 0.07% | 1 |
| no worry - i don't have that much income! | 0.07% | 1 |
| i wouldn't go that fast. | 0.07% | 1 |
| pay it out in jail | 0.07% | 1 |
| bargain it down | 0.07% | 1 |
| would never happen to me | 0.07% | 1 |
| hard to say, by those rules if they fined me that much, apparently i'd be rich! woohoo! | 0.07% | 1 |
| don't pay | 0.07% | 1 |
| make the payment, i must have money if the ticket is that high, and not speed | 0.07% | 1 |
| if i honestly had that much money, i probably wouldn't care and just pay the fine. | 0.07% | 1 |
| but for those people it could not be that much as it seems for others | 0.07% | 1 |
| don't speed in these places in the first place | 0.07% | 1 |
| let them keep my car | 0.07% | 1 |
| just pay it because it is correlated to my personal income, meaning that that amount should be fine | 0.07% | 1 |
| wouldn't happen my net worth or income isn't that much | 0.07% | 1 |
| dont drive | 0.07% | 1 |
3.
3.
The following countries are known to also confiscate vehicles for speeding over certain limits as well as levying fines. Have you ever had your car confiscated from one of these countries? Germany
4%
•
52 votes
France
3%
•
37 votes
Austria
2%
•
33 votes
Denmark
3%
•
37 votes
Norway
2%
•
21 votes
Finland
2%
•
21 votes
Switzerland
1%
•
11 votes
Canada
2%
•
25 votes
Australia
1%
•
13 votes
Holland
1%
•
10 votes
Israel
1%
•
11 votes
South Africa
0%
•
3 votes
Poland
0%
•
5 votes
America (Confiscated only...not fined as such above)
3%
•
37 votes
N/A
82%
•
1139 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
•
4 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| no | 0.21% | 3 |
| in usa, confiscating does get you a fine, because you still have to fork over 100's or thousands to get it out if impound station! | 0.07% | 1 |
4.
4.
Do you think that the US will ever propose a law such as this for us?
Yes
11%
•
150 votes
No
49%
•
674 votes
Undecided
27%
•
371 votes
Not Applicable
14%
•
188 votes
5.
5.
If so, do you think it would pass? Yes
10%
•
138 votes
No
51%
•
700 votes
Don't Care
13%
•
180 votes
Undecided
26%
•
358 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
•
7 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| na | 0.14% | 2 |
| i hope not | 0.07% | 1 |
| yes this is how we are now thinking. make the rich pay more. it is unfair. | 0.07% | 1 |
| i would hope not | 0.07% | 1 |
| if we keep getting socialist presidents it will pass!! | 0.07% | 1 |
| rich people would probably lobby to not do it, even though they are probably the most inconsiderate drivers | 0.07% | 1 |
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