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Well, there is an easy way not to have to pay these fines... Don't perform the violations.
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* 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.
But closing a $28 billion dollar deficit isn't easy. Consider these Golden State fines:
* 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: $754
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Let's get real, you shouldn't passing a school bus with the sign out and lights flashing red, and if you haven't figured out what that funny blue sign that says "Handicapped parking" I am sure you will.. If you haven't figured out the first time you got the tkt, you deserve the second one, probably at double the cost. (Yes I am "Mobility impaired" after receiving a permanent disabling injury in the military and I would be GLAD to trade the ability to park in a handicapped spot, if I could get my injuries repaired and my life back)...
A 200$ surcharge for driving more than 85MPH! I am sure some of our speeders who believe the speed limit sign is a suggestion will love that one.
To be honest, if you have legitimately recieved one of the above tkt's, you deserve the fine.
Towing fees as well. Some cities levy a $500 fee in addition to towing charges for [/i]infractions such as playing you stereo too loud. In one case they pulled over a driver for illegal left turn, found he had a suspended license and towed it, even though another driver with a valid license was a passenger.
Towing fees as well. Some cities levy a $500 fee in addition to towing charges for [/i]infractions such as playing you stereo too loud. In one case they pulled over a driver for illegal left turn, found he had a suspended license and towed it, even though another driver with a valid license was a passenger.
Seeing as drivers who can afford gas are obviously rich we should allow cops to mug anyone perceived as having money. //sarcasm off
Seriously, government is the enemy of the people and what we need to do is defund law enforcement agencies by 75% so they have to do real police work instead of trolling for dollars along the interstate.
Between the property tax bubble bursting and the decrease in sales tax revenues, the wretched excess of municiplaity spending will have to be supported through other predatory means such as these.
If people want to keep the same levels of police protection, yet lower the tax payments that fund them, how the living hell are they supposed to do that?
Will the magic money fairy come down and give them money to pay their salaries?
Some people need to take a course in logical reasoning, this is just getting sad as hell.
What these developers and crooked politicians have done is make a deal where they profit off sprawl one way or the other. People are forced to drive long distances. Traffic is worse than eveer. GAS PRICES ARE HIGHER then ever.
On top of this, now they want to punish drivers with MORE FINES.
They will make people hate driving even more if they feel like targets.
Many major cities have tolls too? WTF are our taxes paying for?
If people want to keep the same levels of police protection, yet lower the tax payments that fund them, how the living hell are they supposed to do that?
Will the magic money fairy come down and give them money to pay their salaries?
Some people need to take a course in logical reasoning, this is just getting sad as hell.
Why would I want to pay the salary/benefits/pension of someone to prey on me?
[Michigan: Police Search Cell Phones During Traffic Stops ACLU seeks information on Michigan program that allows cops to download information from smart phones belonging to stopped motorists.
The Michigan State Police have a high-tech mobile forensics device that can be used to extract information from cell phones belonging to motorists stopped for minor traffic violations. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan last Wednesday demanded that state officials stop stonewalling freedom of information requests for information on the program.
ACLU learned that the police had acquired the cell phone scanning devices and in August 2008 filed an official request for records on the program, including logs of how the devices were used. The state police responded by saying they would provide the information only in return for a payment of $544,680. The ACLU found the charge outrageous.
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So the broke sate of Michigan spent millions to equip cops with these devices?
Sound to me like a repeal of all Michigan income taxes are in order. Without money they can not attack us.
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The Michigan State Police have a high-tech mobile forensics device that can be used to extract information from cell phones belonging to motorists stopped for minor traffic violations. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan last Wednesday demanded that state officials stop stonewalling freedom of information requests for information on the program.
