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verslibre wrote:$200 for speeding? Not in Californi-ayyy!
Over here, ANY traffic violation that does not involve speeding is now $238. That's right. I made a left-hand turn (followed a bunch of other cars) into a parking lot and whammo! The cops were there with a really convenient, no-effort sting operation. They ambushed every one of us with a $238 ticket. They wrote dozens of them, no doubt. The two officers easily made their quotas for the month. I asked the cop to cut me a break, I can't afford it, blah blah blah. No dice. There is NO left hand turn sign posted on the opposite side of the street. They fucked all of us in the ass because it's "a school zone." It turned out somebody almost hit a kid, so they decided to make a bunch of us pay for it. A 10MPH left-hand turn (that I've made many times over a period of three years) cost me $238. I've never seen the cops there again because they knew it wouldn't work twice.
And forget fighting it. The judge won't throw it out. Not here, anyway.
Speeding violations start in the neighborhood of $400-odd dollars. MINIMUM. We're fucked!!!
Voyager wrote:How can anyone afford to live in that state?
Voyager wrote:verslibre wrote:$200 for speeding? Not in Californi-ayyy!
Over here, ANY traffic violation that does not involve speeding is now $238. That's right. I made a left-hand turn (followed a bunch of other cars) into a parking lot and whammo! The cops were there with a really convenient, no-effort sting operation. They ambushed every one of us with a $238 ticket. They wrote dozens of them, no doubt. The two officers easily made their quotas for the month. I asked the cop to cut me a break, I can't afford it, blah blah blah. No dice. There is NO left hand turn sign posted on the opposite side of the street. They fucked all of us in the ass because it's "a school zone." It turned out somebody almost hit a kid, so they decided to make a bunch of us pay for it. A 10MPH left-hand turn (that I've made many times over a period of three years) cost me $238. I've never seen the cops there again because they knew it wouldn't work twice.
And forget fighting it. The judge won't throw it out. Not here, anyway.
Speeding violations start in the neighborhood of $400-odd dollars. MINIMUM. We're fucked!!!
How can anyone afford to live in that state?
verslibre wrote:$200 for speeding? Not in Californi-ayyy!
Over here, ANY traffic violation that does not involve speeding is now $238. That's right. I made a left-hand turn (followed a bunch of other cars) into a parking lot and whammo! The cops were there with a really convenient, no-effort sting operation. They ambushed every one of us with a $238 ticket. They wrote dozens of them, no doubt. The two officers easily made their quotas for the month. I asked the cop to cut me a break, I can't afford it, blah blah blah. No dice. There is NO left hand turn sign posted on the opposite side of the street. They fucked all of us in the ass because it's "a school zone." It turned out somebody almost hit a kid, so they decided to make a bunch of us pay for it. A 10MPH left-hand turn (that I've made many times over a period of three years) cost me $238. I've never seen the cops there again because they knew it wouldn't work twice.
And forget fighting it. The judge won't throw it out. Not here, anyway.
Speeding violations start in the neighborhood of $400-odd dollars. MINIMUM. We're fucked!!!
KenTheDude wrote:I love Texas. Everday when I drive to and from work, I pass up the cops on the side of the road doing 85+ MPH in a 65 MPH zone. It's a toll road and it's EZ Tag only (no stopping to pay tolls), so the cops are only waiting to pull over cars that don't have an EZ Tag.
Rick wrote:KenTheDude wrote:I love Texas. Everday when I drive to and from work, I pass up the cops on the side of the road doing 85+ MPH in a 65 MPH zone. It's a toll road and it's EZ Tag only (no stopping to pay tolls), so the cops are only waiting to pull over cars that don't have an EZ Tag.
Same in the DFW area. I worked with a guy that was a part time, volunteer? police officer. The speed limits around here, on the freeways is 65, and I asked him what speed they generally pull people over, and he said "We usually give them 80". Debbie (wife) got a speeding ticket the other day though, 55 in a 40. It was $140.
verslibre wrote:Rick wrote:KenTheDude wrote:I love Texas. Everday when I drive to and from work, I pass up the cops on the side of the road doing 85+ MPH in a 65 MPH zone. It's a toll road and it's EZ Tag only (no stopping to pay tolls), so the cops are only waiting to pull over cars that don't have an EZ Tag.
Same in the DFW area. I worked with a guy that was a part time, volunteer? police officer. The speed limits around here, on the freeways is 65, and I asked him what speed they generally pull people over, and he said "We usually give them 80". Debbie (wife) got a speeding ticket the other day though, 55 in a 40. It was $140.
I remember those days. In CA it's now another $300 on top of that $140, easy. A real shit sandwich.
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