News Article: Kovacs Under Investigation For Reckless Driving

[jfc64]

He's a repeat offender, he hasn't learned squat, and now someone is dead because of it. He's even tried to blame it on the woman in the car they crashed into.

I'm sorry, but that's horsecrap, I nearly got into a huge accident once because someone was doing 250 behind me on a 100 road in Sweden, it's hard to tell when someone is coming that fast from behind, this isn't the autobahn where you have to expect that kind of thing. This country is full of these speedtards as they're called in Sweden, I hope they throw the book at him and the NHL steps in, we don't need another Heatley.

in SWEDEN! This happened in SWEDEN!

 

[Revel]

in SWEDEN! This happened in SWEDEN!

Canuckster is in Sweden.

 

[GordonGecko]

As a father of an 8 year old who crosses the street (15mph play zone) several times a day to play with his buddies I have a special disdain for people who decide to drink and drive or race their cars in places where you can easily kill an innocent bystander.

We have some *******s in this town who think 15mph is only a gentle "suggestion" and race their trucks through this play area with squealing tires. Local PD thankfully is now setting up some traps after they realized this is an ongoing problem.

In Queens they put down speed bumps on all the side streets mid block. Of course that means everyone floors it even faster to the bump, brakes hard, and floors it to the next intersection lol

 

[GordonGecko]

Germany doesn't count haha. I was going 85 MPH, which is the speed limit in the Netherlands, and a truck passed me on the right.

You're lucky you didn't get caught, on the Autobahn it's a serious offense to drive in the left lane if you're not passing

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

You're lucky you didn't get caught, on the Autobahn it's a serious offense to drive in the left lane if you're not passing

I was driving in the 2nd right lane out of 5. I was transitioning from left to right to turn onto a different highway and this truck just passed me haha. It was so weird.

 

[Glennsoe]

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I just read his sentencing:

http://www.expressen.se/sport/hockey/hockeystjarnan-doms-for-vardsloshet-i-trafik/

Seems like he'll get "30 days of fine wrapped into one fine based on his Income"

 

[nyr2k2]

Without getting into a debate about appropriate punishment, as a fan I'm glad that it's over and he can hopefully move on. He really needs to show something this year.

 

[TheTakedown]

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I just read his sentencing:

http://www.expressen.se/sport/hockey/hockeystjarnan-doms-for-vardsloshet-i-trafik/

Seems like he'll get "30 days of fine wrapped into one fine based on his Income"

he went 90mph in a 55mph, it seems...

Assuming the laws are easier in that side of the world, the fine is appropriate

 

[nyr2k2]

he went 90mph in a 55mph, it seems...

Assuming the laws are easier in that side of the world, the fine is appropriate

The BAC limit there is .02! So, very strict. Any like many European countries you get a fine based on a percentage of your income, so it can get very steep. There was that one rich guy that picked up a ticket that was like 750k or something.

 

[eco's bones]

Hopefully he's learned a lesson and gets his hockey back on track.

 

[GordonGecko]

The BAC limit there is .02! So, very strict. Any like many European countries you get a fine based on a percentage of your income, so it can get very steep. There was that one rich guy that picked up a ticket that was like 750k or something.

Finland, Home of the $103,000 Speeding Ticket
Most of Scandinavia determines fines based on income. Could such a system work in the U.S.?

Finland’s system for calculating fines is relatively simple: It starts with an estimate of the amount of spending money a Finn has for one day, and then divides that by two—the resulting number is considered a reasonable amount of spending money to deprive the offender of. Then, based on the severity of the crime, the system has rules for how many days the offender must go without that money. Going about 15 mph over the speed limit gets you a multiplier of 12 days, and going 25 mph over carries a 22-day multiplier.

https://www.theatlantic.com/busines...nd-home-of-the-103000-speeding-ticket/387484/

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Finland, Home of the $103,000 Speeding Ticket
Most of Scandinavia determines fines based on income. Could such a system work in the U.S.?

Finland’s system for calculating fines is relatively simple: It starts with an estimate of the amount of spending money a Finn has for one day, and then divides that by twoâ€â€the resulting number is considered a reasonable amount of spending money to deprive the offender of. Then, based on the severity of the crime, the system has rules for how many days the offender must go without that money. Going about 15 mph over the speed limit gets you a multiplier of 12 days, and going 25 mph over carries a 22-day multiplier.

https://www.theatlantic.com/busines...nd-home-of-the-103000-speeding-ticket/387484/

The purist in me is annoyed by the fact that they talk about Scandinavia as if Finland is part of it