Re: [trafficsafety] 'Negligent Collision' fine

Yea,

This is the part I can not quite figure out. If the vehicle is smaller and is
at fault then there should be a minimum ... but I do not know exactly what.

The idea of the fine is to penalize operates of larger and more dangerous for
being careless around smaller vehicles and peds.

jasun

On Saturday 23 September 2006 15:21, Christopher Eykamp wrote:
> I think this is an awesome idea! If I'm on my bike, and through my
> "negligence" I hit a bus, I'll be looking at a pretty steep negative
> fine. My only problem will be figuring out how to invest all that cash
> while finding other buses to be extra-careless around!
>
> ;-)
>
> Chris Eykamp
> Zemmer, Germany
>
> Jasun Wurster wrote:
> > The fine is based on a formula that penalizes heavier and larger
> > vehicles. The reason for this is that if 5000 pound SUV collides with a
> > Motorcycle. The damage caused to the motorcyclist is most likely far more
> > severe. Another situation where this law would proportionally penalize
> > negligence is if a Bicycle has a collision with a Pedestrian.
> >
> > The formula I have been thinking of is one that takes the difference of
> > the larger vehicles weight times $1 dollar. An example is that the
> > operator of a 5000 pound SUV is negligence and collides with a Pedestrian
> > ... $5000 fine. If the collision that caused was caused by negligence is
> > severe enough and causes a fatality. Then a multiplexer of 5 is applied
> > to the fine.
>
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