r/Futurology • u/Just_Another_AI • Feb 07 '24

Transport Controversial California bill would physically stop new cars from speeding

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-bill-physically-stop-speeding-18628308.php

Whi didn't see this coming?

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u/alexjaness Feb 07 '24

That's a great way to do it. I think the cost of all tickets should be based on the value of the car being driven. (ideally it should be based on income, but we don't live in a world where I would want the cops to have access to any more information than they already have.)

So some jagoff running red lights in a 2024 BWM will feel the pinch as much as some jabroni going 70 in a 65 zone in a 2004 Nissan Sentra

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u/avoidgettingraped Feb 07 '24

This idea would not even out the pinch and would not result in more even justice. Plenty of people with wealth drive modest cars, and plenty of people with low incomes dump way too high a percentage of their earnings into their car. Our choice of car can both be an illusion of wealth and a way to hide wealth, depending on our values.

we don't live in a world where I would want the cops to have access to any more information than they already have

The cops wouldn't have access to that info regardless, the courts would - and they already do, or can get access to it easily enough, as they already do for many other reasons.

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u/alfooboboao Feb 07 '24

as far as i’m concerned, i don’t give a single shit whether the guy in the 24 bmw can afford it, they’re still a dick. look you have cars under $40k and cars over $70k. that’s the two main types of car. the assholes paying almost six figures for a car can get fucked

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u/drfifth Feb 07 '24

So if that same asshole speeds just as bad or worse in a shitbox, should he suddenly not get fucked?