50% discount for traffic offender

There was one instance where the finance minister of our country declared that people who did not pay their taxes and have failed to pay for some time should pay within the given date. If they did, all cases against them for non payment of taxes would be withdrawn. Or atleast that is what I think was said. Because it was long time back and I do not remember. There was such a mad rush to pay taxes and the govt had to extend the date to allow so many other people to pay.

We don’t have any discounts announced as such and fine collection in my city is dismally poor. I think what police in your area has done is an excellent plan to recover fines. Money is what makes people dance and any discount is always welcome and here they are getting a whopping 50% off!!! The police coffers will fill up and the people will also benefit in terms of saving money…also, once people start paying the fines, they become more careful and try to avoid such mistakes in the future. If they don’t pay at all and get away with it, there’s no point in having rules really.

A brief promotion like this might be an income producer for the locality that has issued the tickets. It would also get rid of the cost of collection of late fines.

Hi yspmyl, This seems to be a better offer and a better deal. It is better than bribing these guys and escaping the reality. However here at my place, I dont think they would implement anything of this sort in the near future... New Year is approaching and it is a time for them to celebrate and party with our money Cheers, theSids.

I think this is a great way to get people to pay, they have probably been paid more now than they would have by waiting for people to pay, very clever of them! Although maybe people will be waiting for the next discount to arrive.

I would like to take this opportunity to stress out that whatever the implementation of new promotion or new campaign by the relevant authorities, should be after their duly discussion and consideration. As what I can understand from the local newspaper, the discount of the traffic compound will not apply to crossing junction during the red traffic light, speeding and so on. The discount of the traffic compound will be a good news to reduce the burden of the public. Moreover, there is an increase of the gasoline price recently. I think most of the traffic offenders like to clear their traffic compounds by the due date. If not, they are having a risk to be arrested, to be sued, to be fined, to be jailed, to be suspended for driving and so on.