Comments on: SMH: Drivers speed up to go with the flow (and harsher penalties) http://bura-bura.com/blog/archives/2005/02/24/smh-drivers-speed-up-to-go-with-the-flow-and-harsher-penalties/ "bura bura" - wandering (Japanese) Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:35:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jem http://bura-bura.com/blog/archives/2005/02/24/smh-drivers-speed-up-to-go-with-the-flow-and-harsher-penalties/#comment-3565 Jem Sun, 06 Mar 2005 11:16:58 +0000 http://www.higgs-family.net/~jeremy/archives/2005/02/24/smh-drivers-speed-up-to-go-with-the-flow-and-harsher-penalties/#comment-3565 Perhaps. Public image aside, I think increasing the amount of demerit points is a good idea, as it affects the person regardless of how much money they have. A sliding scale of fines would also help, as well, though. Perhaps. Public image aside, I think increasing the amount of demerit points is a good idea, as it affects the person regardless of how much money they have.

A sliding scale of fines would also help, as well, though.

]]> By: William http://bura-bura.com/blog/archives/2005/02/24/smh-drivers-speed-up-to-go-with-the-flow-and-harsher-penalties/#comment-3562 William Sun, 06 Mar 2005 11:12:45 +0000 http://www.higgs-family.net/~jeremy/archives/2005/02/24/smh-drivers-speed-up-to-go-with-the-flow-and-harsher-penalties/#comment-3562 I dont entirely agree with this entry Jem. A major problem i do see in the governments lowering of financial side of the fine does not seem, in my opinion, to be a good deterrent to maniac drivers. One of the major points that i'd like to point out is that Bob Carr doesn't have the best public image at the moment, with the hospital crisis, public education and what so not. What im trying to get at is the state government's attempt at "show(ing us) that the state government isn’t just trying to raise revenue." is a feeble demonstration of Carr et al at trying to get back into our good books. I think that one of the best proposed reforms that I've seen (althought rejected and difficult to implement) is the sliding scale of fines. Meaning, the more you get paud, the higher the fine. Why? Because $130 to me isnt the same as $130 to bill gates now is it? I dont entirely agree with this entry Jem. A major problem i do see in the governments lowering of financial side of the fine does not seem, in my opinion, to be a good deterrent to maniac drivers. One of the major points that i’d like to point out is that Bob Carr doesn’t have the best public image at the moment, with the hospital crisis, public education and what so not. What im trying to get at is the state government’s attempt at “show(ing us) that the state government isn’t just trying to raise revenue.” is a feeble demonstration of Carr et al at trying to get back into our good books.
I think that one of the best proposed reforms that I’ve seen (althought rejected and difficult to implement) is the sliding scale of fines. Meaning, the more you get paud, the higher the fine. Why? Because $130 to me isnt the same as $130 to bill gates now is it?

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