Comments on: One For the Road http://www.vermontnewsguy.com/one-for-the-road Real News for Real Vermonters Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:59:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Peter Joes http://www.vermontnewsguy.com/one-for-the-road/comment-page-1#comment-302 Peter Joes Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:44:39 +0000 http://www.vermontnewsguy.com/?p=988#comment-302 If fines are to act as a deterrent, they have to applied accordingly, as a percentage of income. Some countries do this. Let's say the fine is 10% of gross income. Someone earning $10,000 per year would pay a $1,000 fine. An earner at $50,000 would pay a $5,000 fine etc. PJ If fines are to act as a deterrent, they have to applied accordingly, as a percentage of income. Some countries do this.

Let’s say the fine is 10% of gross income. Someone earning $10,000 per year would pay a $1,000 fine. An earner at $50,000 would pay a $5,000 fine etc.

PJ

]]> By: Adam Clymer http://www.vermontnewsguy.com/one-for-the-road/comment-page-1#comment-300 Adam Clymer Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:56:43 +0000 http://www.vermontnewsguy.com/?p=988#comment-300 Among the problemns of controlling drunk driving in Vermont is inconsistent prosecution and sentening. Different prosecutors take it seriously or don't. Some judges just impose fiens, even for drunk driving with a suspended license. I am not up on the latest research. But when I last looked at the date, the two most important deterrents were prison, even for a couple of days for a first offense. That curbed recidivism among people who were not alcoholics. Another penalty that some states imposed had a dramatic imoact: Seizure of the automobile. Drunk driving is an especially severe problem in rural states, where eople have to drive some distance toi get plastered. Among the problemns of controlling drunk driving in Vermont is inconsistent prosecution and sentening. Different prosecutors take it seriously or don’t. Some judges just impose fiens, even for drunk driving with a suspended license.
I am not up on the latest research. But when I last looked at the date, the two most important deterrents were prison, even for a couple of days for a first offense. That curbed recidivism among people who were not alcoholics. Another penalty that some states imposed had a dramatic imoact: Seizure of the automobile.
Drunk driving is an especially severe problem in rural states, where eople have to drive some distance toi get plastered.

]]> By: BP http://www.vermontnewsguy.com/one-for-the-road/comment-page-1#comment-299 BP Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:00:41 +0000 http://www.vermontnewsguy.com/?p=988#comment-299 Ponder any stupid or criminal behavior The problem with almost any activity deemed illegal isn't that all people engage in it ,but that some do ? example : The problem with _______(insert illegal activity of choice here) isn't that everyone does it ,but that some do . Ponder any stupid or criminal behavior
The problem with almost any activity deemed illegal isn’t that all people engage in it ,but that some do ?
example : The problem with _______(insert illegal activity of choice here) isn’t that everyone does it ,but that some do .

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