Just because some rich people can effectively ignore laws does not make fines for breaking those laws a tax. Not being financially able to ignore speed limits isn’t “suffering”.
I believe it’s more complex than this: governments have some obligation to create infrastructure that’s safe for everybody. Simply slapping a speed camera to fine drivers doesn’t make the road safer. By comparison, the Dutch have a terrific way of designing roads in such a way that drivers adapt to the conditions, for instance through the road surface and deliberately placing vegetation near the road to help drivers accurately perceive their speed.
None of this is relevant to my comment. The Dutch don’t just not have speed limits, they have speed limits AND traffic calming. And speed cameras do make roads safer:
Just because some rich people can effectively ignore laws does not make fines for breaking those laws a tax. Not being financially able to ignore speed limits isn’t “suffering”.
I believe it’s more complex than this: governments have some obligation to create infrastructure that’s safe for everybody. Simply slapping a speed camera to fine drivers doesn’t make the road safer. By comparison, the Dutch have a terrific way of designing roads in such a way that drivers adapt to the conditions, for instance through the road surface and deliberately placing vegetation near the road to help drivers accurately perceive their speed.
None of this is relevant to my comment. The Dutch don’t just not have speed limits, they have speed limits AND traffic calming. And speed cameras do make roads safer: