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With this bad economy, + anticipated $5.00 a gallon gasoline by summer, now we have bigger fines for traffic violations (To help California recover from it's recession)



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so don't break any of them and you have nothing to worry about.

The "Driving while using a wireless phone, not hands free" fine should be $1000 for each offense. If California is anything like NYC, they could balance their budget within a year on that alone.

If anything, the handicapped violations should be higher.

I think its awesome that some uppity trendy a-hole who swings into a handicapped spot to get his Starbucks can get hit with a $1000 ticket....

We could have the budget balanced within a year if we'd fire all the politicians and abolish the unions.

HI!... Just be glad you guys don't live in Canada. Our traffic fines are twice to 3 times that. Right now I'm paying $4.80(CAN) a gallon for 94 octane. Since our money is at par it's very expensive. Here, you get caught doing over 50KPH (32Mph) over the speed limit, you can get up to $10,000 in fines, lose your car for 30 days, and lose your driver's license for 30 days. Plus storage/towing/court fees. I won't even get into their stupid "STUNTING" law....... So don't complain. You yanks got it good.

I love that the fine for "failing to notify DMV of an address change within 10 days" is:

1. higher than either driving without a seatbelt or riding without a helmet
2. equal to the fine for blowing a stop sign (one of my pet peeves in the NYC suburbs!)

Shows where the priorities are - raising funds vs. safety...

Good stuff

We are currently at $10 a gallon (UK 4.454 litres) and anything +30 of the speed limit will usually get you a 12 month ban and depending on the circumstances a possible 6 month custodial sentence.

we have it good in australia compared to you guys very strict in california it's full on.

GJW wrote:we have it good in australia compared to you guys very strict in california it's full on.

but in Australia if you do anything too bad they send out MadMax to get ya
Todd

And you can have an open container in Australia.

I have a CDL-A / tanker/hazmat endorsment. Get pulled over with so much as a marker light out and you are there for hours with inspections.

You should see what NC Motor Carrier enforcement is like ( I am sure there is 95% similarities ) They stopped me with an 18,000# plate with a 24' enclosed race hauler ( 85% empty ) and still did a full check, axle weights and contraband search. 1/10th of a mile from my shop, and all that they could site me for was "Diesel motor exhaust restriction non-compliance" Which meant, they didn't like not seeing the Cat, or the Turkey Fryer sized muffler not where they would have expected to see them-

RichieRich wrote:If anything, the handicapped violations should be higher.

Still not high enough .

after assembling my daughters wheelchair (in the rain) and pushing her through the parking lot, looked like i had jumped in a pool fully clothed. I know I have a biased view though