I would have thought that the proven reduced life expectancy of a VFR pilot & aircraft flying into IMC would have been enough of a deterrent but, no. Instead we have x penalty units.
And I guess the Authority had to do something because pilots do still keep trying to do it, usually with fatal results.
Apparently, Darwin’s Idea of having the stupid or the foolish remove themselves from the gene pool isn’t sufficient in today’s brave new world.