And they also expect people to move out of the passing lane immediately! I'm sure none of them have ever waited in the passing lane for a car to take it's time passing...

Well, yeah, but when I'm going 5mph or more and I can't see someone's headlights because they are so close, I'd say it's tailgating.

I'm not sure exactly what you're referring to, but I think I experience the same thing. During rush hour pretty much all of the lanes are packed. If you want to go at or above the speed limit you pretty much have to stick to the left lane. Invariably there are a few asshats who (like a lot of people here) seem to…

You know, I used to agree to this until I moved to the NE. The rule to follow here is "I will go as fast as the person in front of me, or I will move over". There's just too much traffic for only two lanes to be used most of the time. The passing lane isn't some sacred lane where it's forbidden for anyone to be in…

Well, at least that Mercedes pulled off a bit to the right instead of just slamming the brakes in front. Better would have to hit the gas to the floor and MOVE. Or, best would have been to not go in the first place.

Good god that's the best sounding engine(s) I've ever heard.

You're missing the point. Focus less on the actual amount, since I just made those up, and instead on the percent. How is a flat percentage of X% unfair? 1% of a person making 10,000 a year is $100. 1% of someone making 1,000,000 a year is $10,000,000. That to me seems more fair than the current system, which is…

If the college student would only have to pay $5 for a speeding ticket that costs the CEO in his Bimmer $5000, is that fair? Is it making the roads safer? Is it discouraging him to speed?

Well we already have a solution for that, and again that is also a problem for flat fee fines.

So you admit, it's not the progressiveness that offends you, it's the amount. This seems to contradict what you've said in other comments.

If you're going to base a penalty on income, call it what it is. A tax, not a fine.

We literally made a new country and left Europe so people would be treated the same no matter what.

$60k for 14 mph over the speed limit is ridiculous.

The concept of a fine is to give an appropriate punishment based on the crime committed.

Fifty thousand euros is pocket change to him.

The effects of pesticide consumption are cumulative. "Very, very, very low" sounds great until it dawns on you that you've been eating conventional produce for half a century.

I'm just confused on how organic pesticides are just as harmful as man-made

largely unregulated conglomerates while also being extremely suspicious toward grassroots activism in general and organic foods in particular. Mission accomplished?

So where's the graph totaling number of cars recalled per manufacturer?

They have steam sales every now and then on it. I picked up Black Shark and Flaming Cliffs at a decent price a while back. Also flying helicopters is hard.