@GBU_28@TDCN I can get behind a law like this in the states. Too many drunk drivers who kill have had close calls before and were able to get back in their cars and do it over and over. Auction the car and any $ from that should be deemed a fine.
@briankrebs@GBU_28@TDCN in germany we had cases in front of the court where the truck driver killed f a second time and still got a punishment that was essentially telling him he didn’t do anything severly wrong.
@briankrebs@GBU_28@TDCN We finally got rid of civil forfeiture. Thank goodness. It was such a corrupting incentive to police forces. It works on the first case, and then it is just abused by municipalities to line everyone’s pocket.
@hwyaden@briankrebs@GBU_28@TDCN i guess it depends a lot on your baseline of corruption which I guess is fairly low in denmark. Even if some corruption happens, I’d rather have that than people killing other people.
@hwyaden@briankrebs@GBU_28@TDCN in the Scandinavian countries (except for parking fines) go to the central government and are not dedicated to any special purposes, so there aren’t incentives like that.
If there are any bad incentives involved it’s that police let “small” speeding infractions go with warnings, in order to seem relaxed and be more popular or something.
@hwyaden@briankrebs@GBU_28@TDCN The rules are pretty clear in this case. I’m curious how it would be abused and how anyone’s pockets could be lined. Can you explain? Or were you talking more about the concept in general and not so much about the specific Danish scenario?
@GBU_28 @TDCN I can get behind a law like this in the states. Too many drunk drivers who kill have had close calls before and were able to get back in their cars and do it over and over. Auction the car and any $ from that should be deemed a fine.
@briankrebs @GBU_28 @TDCN in germany we had cases in front of the court where the truck driver killed f a second time and still got a punishment that was essentially telling him he didn’t do anything severly wrong.
@briankrebs @GBU_28 @TDCN We finally got rid of civil forfeiture. Thank goodness. It was such a corrupting incentive to police forces. It works on the first case, and then it is just abused by municipalities to line everyone’s pocket.
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@hwyaden @briankrebs @GBU_28 @TDCN i guess it depends a lot on your baseline of corruption which I guess is fairly low in denmark. Even if some corruption happens, I’d rather have that than people killing other people.
@hwyaden @briankrebs @GBU_28 @TDCN in the Scandinavian countries (except for parking fines) go to the central government and are not dedicated to any special purposes, so there aren’t incentives like that.
If there are any bad incentives involved it’s that police let “small” speeding infractions go with warnings, in order to seem relaxed and be more popular or something.
@hwyaden @briankrebs @GBU_28 @TDCN The rules are pretty clear in this case. I’m curious how it would be abused and how anyone’s pockets could be lined. Can you explain? Or were you talking more about the concept in general and not so much about the specific Danish scenario?