Zero tolerance of drunk driving in any of the Scandinavian countries is
entirely believable but to suggest that capital punishment could be
acceptable for any offence, carried out in whatever manner, (and we will
forget about broadcasting it) is so ludicrous that I trust the Scandinavians
on the list will not be insulted.
The thing is, had the Internet existed, you probably *could* have 'verified'
the story ;-)
--
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of ScottGee1
Sent: 23 June 2005 17:00
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Speeding fines, as far OT as possible
This has to be urban legend, but . . .
Years ago, one of my co-workers insisted he read that one of the
Scandinavian countries had such a problem with drunk drivers causing fatal
accidents that a zero tolerance policy was enacted. Supposedly, some guy
violated a couple times and was given the death penalty which was carried
out by electrocution, broadcast on TV.
Since the Internet didn't even exist when I heard this, I had no way of
verifying the story. ;o) This thread reminded me of it.
ScottGee1
On 6/23/05, Roger Key <rogerdkey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> If you think that your fines are a bit high, try reading this:
>
> http://www.petting-zoo.net/~deadbeef/archive/4813.html
>
> Roger Key, Copenhagen
>
> >From: "Jez Cunningham" <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> >To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [OM] Re: Cell phones/Italy, as far OT as possible
> >Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 19:09:12 +0100
> >
> >
> >As a Brit living a few km from Leuven I can't decide which is worse.
> >At least Belgium doesn't have points on the licence yet so it's just
> >the 150-odd euros that hurt when you find that envelope in the
> >mailbox (for doing 10-20km/h above the limit - it's gets
> >progressively more
> expensive).
> >
> >Aside: when I asked MS Money to propose a budget for me this year, it
> took
> >all the signioficant costs from last year and allocated them across
> >the next 12 months. There was a regular scheduled transaction
> >"Speeding Tickets"...
> >
> >br
> >Jez
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Peter Leyssens" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [OM] Re: Cell phones/Italy, as far OT as possible
> >Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 10:42:35 +0200
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Just be grateful you don't live in the UK. Thanks to our
> > > > revenue-obsessed government, this little island harbours 70% of
> > > > the world's speed cameras. And as a result deaths on the roads
> > > > are increasing.
> > >
> > > I'll give you a story of Leuven, the city where I live, which
> > > should provide all French list members with yet another true joke
> > > about
> >Belgians.
> > >
> > > The first idea was to get most traffic out of the city centre,
> > > onto
> the
> > > ring road around it. Lots of streets were converted to one way or
> > > pedestrian only, pedestrian right of way and speed limits were
> severely
> > > enforced. The city is quite small, so just heading for the ring
> > > road and driving half a tour isn't too much of a hassle.
> > >
> > > Obviously, a couple of years later, people were complaining about
> > > speeding on the ring road. So, a battery of speed cameras were
> > > installed. Result ? Everybody's back in the city with their cars !
> > >
> > > I wish they would just make up their mind. Like that one-way
> > > street they just switched to be in the other direction. Then, the
> > > parallel street had to be redone, so now the one-way street is
reverted again.
> > > Reminds me of that story I once read in French of a roundabout
> > > with
> only
> > > one way streets leading towards it. ("But, but ! If I get sick ?"
> > > -- "You see ? There's the ambulance driving around. And if it gets
> > > worse, there's the funeral services too !")
> > >
> > >
> > > Peter.
> > >
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