Libertarian: drivers should pay the full market cost of parking in cities (e.g. there should be no free or heavily-subsidized parking in urban areas) Authoritarian: major consequences for committing traffic violations that endanger others are Good, Actually*https://twitter.com/EmmaGorowski/status/1021541247389814784 …
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*so long as these aren’t unevenly/disproportionally enforced on minorities. given the state of US law enforcement, that’s unlikely to be the case. However, I believe that any driver who speeds/texts/parks in bike lanes/etc must face material consequences for endangering others
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I am very much in favor of scaling parking/speeding/etc tickets by income like they do in Finland so wealthy drivers take a greater hit, and lower-income drivers don’t have to face financial ruin
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Replying to @drooliet
not sure if speeding/parking tickets are the right place to apply this, but this is why I'm generally in favor of corporal punishment over fines (which give the rich a free pass) or detention (can't get that time back, and very hard to adjust back into society upon release)
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Replying to @380kmh
Hm, I’m thinking maybe something a little more constructive like community service? Or maybe temporary license suspensions, depending on the frequency/severity of the infraction?
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Like I know license suspensions are already used in more extreme cases, but maybe having those instead of fines would be a more effective slap-on-the-wrist?
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Replying to @drooliet
If the duration of the suspension isn't too long, that would be a good call--the problem with suspensions is that it can very quickly cost you your job if you can't drive and don't have reliable backups
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Ideally punishments should be unpleasant but easy to recover from--not life-ruining
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