Sorry but in my lifetime I have found fines to be WORTHLESS.
Driver or passenger or anyone, I have never seen anyone change their ways based on a fine, unless its just an insignificant matter of concern like a parking ticket.
Its been my observation fines only annoy the recipient and reinforces their notion that the laws are stupid. Fines dont seem to change really bad behavior.
Not sure anything changes really bad behavior, just look at how many times a drunk driver can be arrested again and again,,,
People only change really bad behavior when they are ready to change, and in too many cases its because of a serious near-miss or something horrible that actually happened, but but rarely because they got yelled at, got fined or even lost some privilege for any period of time.
Your opinion may vary.
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