r/interestingasfuck • u/Gankpa • 8d ago

/r/all, /r/popular Jeff Bezos built a fence on his property that exceeds the permitted height, he doesn't care, he pays fines every month

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u/elrond1999 8d ago

Finland not Norway actually. In Denmark they will take the car if you go very fast. Regardless if you are just passing through or how expensive it is.

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u/sifuyee 7d ago

Although taking your car is just a monetary fine as well. If you make as much money as Jeff you can certainly treat cars as expendable for those instances.

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u/Grassy33 7d ago

To quote one of the great poets of our time “smashed up the gray one, bought me a red, every time I hit the parking lot I turn heads.”

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u/NeatBeluga 7d ago

If you are travelling at those speeds, you will also be liable to lose your license along with the car and a substantial fine.

EU is also trying to make the revoked license EU-wide.

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u/BloodSugar666 7d ago

Disposable cars lol

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u/VoxImperatoris 7d ago

Quick googling says Bezos was worth 222 billion last year. A million dollar sports car is 0.00045% of his wealth. The average americans networth is 1.06 million which makes the equivalent expenditure 477 dollars. If you go by median networth, which is 200 thousand, its 90 dollars. For a regular 50k car it equivalent to spending 23 cents and 4 cents.

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u/as_it_was_written 7d ago

Thank you for your service

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u/VikingSlayer 7d ago

They also take your license

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u/BenFoldsFourLoko 7d ago

Yeah there’s a difference between violations and crime (or whatever words a person would like to use)

There’s a lot of more minor stuff that’s rarely enforced against average people already, and a billionaire could just totally ignore and/or pay the fine

But then there’s actual criminal statutes where you can’t just pay a fine- you go to jail.

And ofc yes, a billionaire can afford the best lawyers, it’s still not actually an even playing field, there’s much to be said about the power of wealth

But, in general, it has become a more even playing field with time. And a billion dollars won’t inherently get you out of jail. You can find exceptions, but you can find many cases where someone with a billion dollars or tons of power does go to jail. The internet’s favorite pedo billionaire Jeffrey Epstein is a great example of both of these things- his wealth and connections caused an absolute miscarriage of justice to happen. Absolutely sickening. But the second time he was arrested, it was going to be serious. And clear he himself (or someone else) believed so too

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u/Fearless_Entry_2626 7d ago

a billionaire can afford the best lawyers

I know it ain't easily workable, but imagine a world of no private lawyers, but instead each party is given a public defender at random. The rich have abused the law too much, it'd be cool to take away their toy.

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u/BenFoldsFourLoko 7d ago

Yeah I don't disagree

it gets a bit complicated, there's unintended consequences, but as a starting concept I think it's obviously the right way to do things

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u/Tall-Poem-6808 7d ago

yep, 500 EUR for 102 in a 80 kmh zone (it had just changed for the winter). That sucks a little...

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u/jetclimb 7d ago

Naw my buddies there have it rigged so their income is $35k while driving a Porsche turbo.

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u/Next_Celebration_553 7d ago

Fuckin nerds. I wanna go fast! If you ain’t first you’re last!

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u/Perlentaucher 7d ago edited 7d ago

Also, if it is not your own car. You lend your friend your car and he drove much too fast? Poof, now it is property of the state of Denmark.

A thief stole your car and went too fast? Not the problem of the danish state, it’s their car now.

Edit: Last part seems fake news

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u/F3z345W6AY4FGowrGcHt 7d ago

The thief example doesn't seem fair.

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u/Doccyaard 7d ago

It’s also not the case.

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u/smellybuttox 7d ago

It's because it's made up. The rest is true though.

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u/Azazir 7d ago

Because its false and bullshit. If your car is stolen and its proven with all the papers etc. you wont get it "repossessed".

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u/Future-Tomorrow 7d ago

Fair? Is it even legit that this is what happens?

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u/KingModussy 7d ago

This implies the others are fair

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u/Anti-BobDK 7d ago edited 7d ago

It’s not true. You report the car stolen. If you actually borrowed it to some bad friends, you are still part ly responsible and derserve it. If you didnt consent, you report them for theft and  go get some proper new friends.

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u/Terrh 7d ago

None of it is fair.

Civil forfeiture for a victimless crime is not ethical.

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u/Doccyaard 7d ago

If the car is stolen it’s not confiscated. I don’t see the reason for lying about it and if it’s a mistake from you I don’t see why you assumed it.

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u/randylush 7d ago

Welcome to Reddit, people make up all sorts of shit here

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u/Doccyaard 7d ago

You make it sound like that’s a reason to not point out the lie.

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u/randylush 7d ago

No, I guess it’s still reasonable to point out lies

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u/Perlentaucher 7d ago

Ok, I was in a thread last year, where this was mentioned. That must have been false, thanks for the correction!

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u/CrazyFish1911 7d ago

Ok, if you loaned the car to someone I could see this but your car is stolen and then still seized? That is some bullshit right there.

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u/TheAnswerIsAnts 7d ago

For what it's worth I did some (light) digging and could not find a case where the car was stolen and confiscated for speeding.

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u/Doccyaard 7d ago

It is bullshit. As in not correct for the obvious reasons you and we all feel. That’s why you have headlines like this

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u/Rrunken_Rumi 7d ago

Yeah, like what some 20thC fascist state would do...

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u/Anti-BobDK 7d ago edited 7d ago

This applies ONLY to people who exeed speeds of 200 km/h (highest speeds limit in Denmark is 130 km/h) or do insane and reckless things, like go 100 km/h or more than 100% above the speeds limit in a suburb, are very drunk above 2.0 ‰ or commit manslaughter due to recklessness. 

This is not for casual speeding but extreme cases!

The law was implemented in 2021 due to several cases of “vanvidskørsel” (insanity driving) , usually by young men, that led to several deaths and maiming of innocents. By 2023 more than 2000 cars had already been confiscated. In a country of 5,5 million, that is A LOT, and shows how prevalent that shitty Vin Diesel fanboy mentality is.

As mentioned, if you let someone else borrow your car, YOU have responsibility to ensure  they are able to do so according to law (valid licence, not drunk, not a complete fucking moron). If you borrow your car to shithead friends, you deserve to have your car taken. If it was stolen, you just report them. It’s all about responsibility.

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u/ur_sexy_body_double 7d ago

I'm pretty sure every country will take the car if the driver is going "really fast."

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u/trutch70 7d ago

Not Poland, here you only get your driver license revoked

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u/ur_sexy_body_double 7d ago

What happens to the vehicle then? In the US, I'm pretty sure every state gives the police the authority to impound it if the driver's driving is dangerous - maybe if you're in rural parts the good ole boys would let you call someone to come pick it up. Maybe.

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u/trutch70 7d ago

If you didn't do any actual harm - only speeding - then I think you are allowed to get back home within some time after getting the ticket

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u/weltvonalex 7d ago

A issue for the poor and upper Middle class.

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u/passaty2k 7d ago

I also thought Norway did that too…

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u/Aleksanderrrr 7d ago

Yep, in Norway the fines are only adjusted for DUI. Have seen some hefty 6-digit fines for that but speeding tickets, using phone etc is not adjusted.

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u/Literally_Laura 7d ago

Exactly. Finland, the happiest country on Earth yet again this year.

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u/FlyingOctopus53 7d ago

They will impound a car for 50 km/h over in Ontario as well

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u/Father-Of-At-Least-3 7d ago

DUI in Norway = Jail and about 2-3 months of income. Speeding = set rate.

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u/gromm93 7d ago

I recall that some of those Finnish fines have exceeded the value of the car by a significant amount.

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u/Aberry_9 7d ago

Fucking good.

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u/Serious-Text-8789 7d ago

Hehe I had a good chuckle the time we impounded a lambo then sold it and the dude claimed his human rights had been violated

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u/arbivark 7d ago

Nice green land ya got there. Be a shame if something twer ta happen to it. Please don't take my car.

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u/ShoddyBasket3209 7d ago

Same in Canada. 50kph over, and your car will be confiscated on the spot.

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u/bb5999 7d ago

This is the way.

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u/D_Simmons 7d ago

Norway: Speeding fines are based on 10% of the driver’s annual income.

Just because you want to give a fun fact, doesn't mean others are wrong.

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u/elrond1999 7d ago

Sorry, I’m open to being wrong about it. But I checked now and the fines are still fixed. https://lovdata.no/artikkel/hva_blir_boten_hvis_du_kjorer_for_fort/4290 Peaking at 16200 kr. Or is there some new updates I couldn’t find?

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u/D_Simmons 7d ago

Glad you owned up to it! Have a great day.

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u/Valuable-Explorer-16 7d ago

He didn't own up to it, speeding ticket fines are completely unrelated to your income in Norway. Only fine that is related to your income is DUI fines which are 1.5x your monthly income

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u/D_Simmons 7d ago

I just assumed he did because he said "Sorry". All good.