Comment on Stormzy: Rapper gets nine-month driving ban for using phone - BBC News
Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks agoYou get between 3-6 points on your licence for driving infractions. 12 points equals a ban. I think Stormzy already had six points for speeding and illegal window tints… then he got caught using a phone.
glimse@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I know it’s not perfect over there but my American brain can’t fathom a government holding a rich person accountable for the rules of the road lol
Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
As it happens a lot of points (for speeding offences) are added automatically when a speed camera pings your car licence plate so the system is hard to dodge - regardless of the depth of your pocket.
Yeah, the UK does have some problems… but I think they are working on them slowly.
glimse@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The roads in the US would be a safer place if we had a point system like that. Rich people just pay the speeding tax (a flat fee ticket) and continue endangering others
Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
In some Nordic countries I believe fines are tied to your annual income so a fine - in theory - should hurt everyone the same.