[Healeys] CA Listers.

[Dallas Congleton]

 "From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs" 
Karl Marx

Sorta the direction we are heading now in the US....

Dallas Congleton
67 BJ8
53 MGTD


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Len and/or Marge Hartnett" <thehartnetts at earthlink.net>
To: "Healey Mail List" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] CA Listers.


> Bill B. et al:  I do not have anything else to report at this time 
> regarding
> California and speed cameras.  However, there are web sites and blogs out
> there that address this, and other, problems.
>
> I'm sure some of you have heard about this as reported in The Washington
> Post:
>
> "Looking at Anssi Vanjoki's speeding ticket, many Finns are wondering
> whether their egalitarian spirit has pushed them over the edge.
>
> True, Vanjoki was doing 46.5 mph in a 30-mph zone. But $103,000?
>
> The reason the penalty was so harsh is that traffic fines in Finland are
> based not just on the severity of the offense, but also on the offender's
> income. Vanjoki is a senior executive of Nokia, the world's largest
> cell-phone maker, and his fine was assessed on a 1999 income of $5.2
> million.
>
> A court later slashed it to $5,245, but not before Finns flew into a
> rage..... "
>
> (The Other) Len
> Vacaville, CA, USA
> 1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031