IP: FUN READING tech = personalized fines in Finland

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>
>Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 10:17:43 -0800
>To: dave@farber.net
>From: "Suzanne M. Johnson" <sjohnson@cncdsl.com>
>Subject: tech = personalized fines in Finland
>
>http://interactive.wsj.com/archive/retrieve.cgi?id=SB978398058976592586.djm&;
>template=bb-company-news^NOK
>
>....clip
>And so, in October 1999, the Finnish government made some major changes,
>including basing fines on net income. But the biggest change was this:
>Using cellular phones, the police can now tap into official tax records,
>which in Finland are open to the public, and learn within seconds a
>driver's reported income and the corresponding traffic fine.
>....clip



For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/