On: If You Double-Park and You’re Rich, Should You Pay a Higher Fine?

[Ekaros]

Not parking fines, they are fixed amount by municipality.

Parking fines, is bit more complicated. Maybe the tax rate of the car or some current price... Then again rich could get cheap car and just use that.

[masklinn → Ekaros]

> Not parking fines, they are fixed amount by municipality.

Why not parking fines? They can be set in day fines as well.

[Ekaros → masklinn]

I think average people would thing that they would be too high for the crime.

Minimum day fine for someone without income is 6€. Now parking fine is I think depending locations is 20-80€.

So you tell that this incomeless person parked the car. And we have set it at 5 day fines so 30€ at low end. On other hand day fine for median earner is around 35 €. Which would mean 180€ parkin fine.

Most would think that to be excessive.

[masklinn → Ekaros]

> Most would think that to be excessive.

But is it?

Alternatively, provide two values and select whichever is higher e.g. "30€ or 1 day", this method is common with corporate crimes (e.g. "1 million or 1.5% global revenue", that sort of things). Even if you're on the low end of incomes a day in jail would hurt a lot for a parking fine.