Government gets tough...

[awa355]

The lenders don't give a shit about the cars ... if the car is crushed ... the repayments expected/due on it will still continue.

The borrowers credit rating may mean higher interest rates on the next loan ...

If the defaulter gets his car crushed he will still have to front up with the money to the lender. Then so be it. Most defaulters wont be able to dismiss a finance co demands as they seem to do with fines.

When I got my last fine ( $12.00 for 51mph with a pillion ) my old man dragged me up to the courthouse and watched as I paid the ticket. Told me if I ever got another ticket, the bike ( new XS2 ) would be locked away in his workshop until I'd learnt to appreciate the privilege of having a vehicle. In those days my father was someone I listened to , or else.

And, if they crushed bikes, wonder what style of bikes would get crushed the most?

[FJRider]

If the defaulter gets his car crushed he will still have to front up with the money to the lender. Then so be it. Most defaulters wont be able to dismiss a finance co demands as they seem to do with fines.



And, if they crushed bikes, wonder what style of bikes would get crushed the most?

They will because most dont have much (if any) money ... they just dig themselves into a deeper and deeper hole ...

Cruisers ... ???

[Max Preload]

When I got my last fine ( $12.00 for 51mph with a pillion ) my old man dragged me up to the courthouse and watched as I paid the ticket. Told me if I ever got another ticket, the bike ( new XS2 ) would be locked away in his workshop until I'd learnt to appreciate the privilege of having a vehicle. In those days my father was someone I listened to , or else.

I bet he learned his lesson when you put him in one of those really bad retirement homes where they beat the inmates... I mean, the elderly.

[awa355]

I bet he learned his lesson when you put him in one of those really bad retirement homes where they beat the inmates... I mean, the elderly.

Nah, when he went into the rest home I got to use his car for about 4 months. Just as well he never caught me at half the things I got upto.

[awa355]

Harumph.





Jail? Too much for someone who doesn't pay one fine, but to anyone with a grand or two they don't pay, a week in the pokey might work.

Point is, the deterrent needs to match the circumstances of the individual, and fines aren't very good at that.

When someone goes to jail for not paying his fines, they get the fines wiped anyway. We had a guy come in owing $11,000 in fines. He got three weeks pokey time and his fines got wiped. The justice systems see's doing time and still having to pay the fines as being punished twice. Believe me, 3 weeks inside is a hellva lot easier to do than finding/earning 11 grand in that time.

I almost forgot, because his sentence was under 2 yrs, he got an automatic release date of half his sentence.

[Max Preload]

When someone goes to jail for not paying his fines, they get the fines wiped anyway. We had a guy come in owing $11,000 in fines. He got three weeks pokey time and his fines got wiped. The justice systems see's doing time and still having to pay the fines as being punished twice. Believe me, 3 weeks inside is a hellva lot easier to do than finding/earning 11 grand in that time.

I almost forgot, because his sentence was under 2 yrs, he got an automatic release date of half his sentence.

10 days... $11k... he'd have to earn $13k to pay that $11k... $53/h for sitting on his arse playing cards, basketball, watching Sky or sleeping.

Where do I fucking sign up?