View Poll Results: Drivers as revenue targets
Disgusting, I'm voting them out of office next go round
5
38.46%
Its fine, people need to obey the law
4
30.77%
I seem to be targeted daily!
0
0%
Driving less and will use other options
1
7.69%
We need to raise revenue anyway we can
0
0%
Target the Goat Herders!
3
23.08%
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Balancing Budgets on Drivers' Backs
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 6,806
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From: californication
I don't find these charges unreasonable, except the one for 1mph over speed limit.
it is easy to avoid most of these fines..... fire lane, handicap spot, seat belt, stop sign, broken headlight, school bus.
come on! any 1/4 responsible driver can avoid these easily.
if you get dinged for these offenses, you deserve to pay whatever they charge.
these fines help you become a responsible citizen
it is easy to avoid most of these fines..... fire lane, handicap spot, seat belt, stop sign, broken headlight, school bus.
come on! any 1/4 responsible driver can avoid these easily.
if you get dinged for these offenses, you deserve to pay whatever they charge.
these fines help you become a responsible citizen
* Parking in a fire lane in Pensacola, Fla., will cost you $100, up from $10.
* Georgia recently added a $200 surcharge for anyone driving more than 85 miles per hour.
* Colorado increased fines for speeding from $50 to $135.
* Portland, Ore., increased fines for parking in a handicapped spot from $190 to $450.
* Parking fines in Boston doubled to $40.
* Speeding in Florida just 10 miles over the legal limit will cost you $196, up from $154.
* Driving one to 15 miles over speed limit is $215. Compare that to $50 in Idaho and Washington State.
* Run a stop sign: $236
* No seat belt: $148. In Louisiana, the same infraction is $25.
* Broken headlight: $100
* Park in a disabled spot: $1,043. A second offense is $2,000.
* Pass a school bus with flashing red lights in San Francisco: $754
* Georgia recently added a $200 surcharge for anyone driving more than 85 miles per hour.
* Colorado increased fines for speeding from $50 to $135.
* Portland, Ore., increased fines for parking in a handicapped spot from $190 to $450.
* Parking fines in Boston doubled to $40.
* Speeding in Florida just 10 miles over the legal limit will cost you $196, up from $154.
* Driving one to 15 miles over speed limit is $215. Compare that to $50 in Idaho and Washington State.
* Run a stop sign: $236
* No seat belt: $148. In Louisiana, the same infraction is $25.
* Broken headlight: $100
* Park in a disabled spot: $1,043. A second offense is $2,000.
* Pass a school bus with flashing red lights in San Francisco: $754
Lexus Champion
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 3,054
Likes: 3
From: Alberta
We went through pretty much this same issue in another recent CAR CHAT thread on quotas. There are so many people breaking so many traffic-laws each day (including cell-phone use/texting while driving, which is one of the most widespread) that police don't really need quotas. All they have to do is open their eyes and look....and they could write more tickets on any given day, especially in dense-traffic areas, than they physically have time for.
I don't find these charges unreasonable, except the one for 1mph over speed limit.
it is easy to avoid most of these fines..... fire lane, handicap spot, seat belt, stop sign, broken headlight, school bus.
come on! any 1/4 responsible driver can avoid these easily.
if you get dinged for these offenses, you deserve to pay whatever they charge.
these fines help you become a responsible citizen
it is easy to avoid most of these fines..... fire lane, handicap spot, seat belt, stop sign, broken headlight, school bus.
come on! any 1/4 responsible driver can avoid these easily.
if you get dinged for these offenses, you deserve to pay whatever they charge.
these fines help you become a responsible citizen
Don't break the rules and you don't have to pay the fines. I know that if I get caught, I'm paying a premium for driving above the speed limit. Such is life.
I'd go even further and increase the cost of licensing & registration and make the licensing process staged, more difficult and more costly. This would help make the roads safer, as most days it seems like many people get their licenses out of a Cracker Jack box.
Tickets are a killer these days. Obeying the laws helps you prevent getting a ticket, but that won't always stop a cop from giving you a bogus ticket because he needs to meet a quota.
If everything were within walking distance, I'd just walk or ride a skateboard instead.
If everything were within walking distance, I'd just walk or ride a skateboard instead.
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