Traffic violations should be scaled by the size of your vehicle.

A high-hooded truck or SUV is far more dangerous to the public than a small car, and a small car is more dangerous than a motorcycle, so a speeding ticket/liscense points/jail time for an SUV should be >4x more severe than a motorcycle doing the same violation, and bicycles should basically only recieve token fines.

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redlemace@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 15d (1 reply)

Some countries they are related to your wealth/income. I think that's most fair

TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website · 3 pts · 15d

Add a multiplier by the height of your hood and we’re golden

banause@feddit.org · 3 pts · 15d (4 replies)

Downvoted because I agree.

Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 15d (1 reply)

Is that how unpopular opinion works?

banause@feddit.org · 3 pts · 15d

Yes

Pomal@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 15d

Truth. Not only that, it should be scaled by accumulated wealth.

redlemace@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 15d

Well......I don't.

You get ‘punishment’ for the act, not the means/method. Stabbed to death or shot dead is -for the law- the same wrong doing. Same goes for speeding. You broke the speed limit, the tool you used is irrelevant. So when an object -high-hooded truck- is a risk for the public, then make them illegal. Set limits to dimensions.

Don’t get me wrong, i’m not in favor of high-hooded trucks, they ARE a bigger risk, they ARE ridiculous, they ARE waste of natural resources, they ARE 9/10 a compensation of some form and in towns they ARE unpractical sized, but violations any driver makes is just that violation. It has no relation to the vehicle itself.