WTF? Talk about an expensive lesson. How the hell can these cities and towns get away with exorbitant fines? Oh well, gu
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haroldbaines — 9 years ago(January 20, 2017 08:59 AM)
What city?
In California, you're allowed 3 tickets in one year. Your fourth ticket is a six month suspension of your license.
The fines have nothing to do with how many you have - unless it's major stuff like DUIs or wreckless driving.
Cities for the most part are raising fines. The better the city, the bigger the fine. I ran a red light (yellow turned red before I crossed the line) in Beverly Hills a few years back and the ticket was like 398.
In Cal I don't think there are a lot of cheap tickets anymore. 4 years ago, I did get 4 tickets in one year, it was just one of those things, I went to traffic school for one so I didn't lose my license but the three I got were expensive (running a stop sign, 3 for speeding). But it the hike in insurance that makes me drive like an old lady now. -
Jep_Gambardella — 9 years ago(January 19, 2017 11:39 AM)
What does that mean, "driving left of center"? Driving on the oncoming traffic lane?
I got a speeding ticket recently while driving a rental car. The rental car company is charging me $40. I still haven't been able to find out how much the actual ticket is going to cost me. Apparently I was going at 70 MPH in a 55 MPH zone. -
jennypage028-1 — 9 years ago(January 19, 2017 02:37 PM)
Driving left of center means you were crossing over middle into oncoming traffic, so sounds like it's really 2 tickets , one for speeding one for reckless driving.
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NJtoTX — 9 years ago(January 19, 2017 02:48 PM)
Considered two separate violations. How much over the speed limit? Is the speed they wrote down accurate?
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RohanJ_Carringbush — 9 years ago(January 20, 2017 01:04 AM)
I don't know what driving left of centre is; if half the fine is for speeding, unless you were doing 180kmh, that's excessive.
Having said that, if an American drives like a typical American in my home state of Victoria they'll be going home with thousands of dollars in fines. Most of the time you won't even know you've been hit. -
bluerisk — 9 years ago(January 20, 2017 09:20 AM)
We have a catalouge that applies to the entire country.
The fine (money and loss of the licence) depend on the speed, and if you were within or without the limit of built-up area: village, town, citywhatever.
My tickets ranged from 20 Euro min to 35 Euros max. The last oneoh no, a beep JewI hav
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artist formally known — 9 years ago(January 20, 2017 11:26 AM)
A normal speeding ticket (11-12 over) averages $160. A reckless driving ticket can be $500-$2500 and time in jail for 2nd/3rd offenses.
Hell, parking tickets are $75.
Sounds like reckless driving for crossing the yellow line since he had an attorney go with him.
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haroldbaines — 9 years ago(January 20, 2017 12:21 PM)
A normal speeding ticket (11-12 over) averages $160. A reckless driving ticket can be $500-$2500 and time in jail for 2nd/3rd offenses.
Maybe in your state, but in California, it's much higher. States have different fines. You should preface your post with "in my state (name of state), the fines are"