Virginia Ups Speeding Tickets
 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...062201781.html

From Article, these fees are on TOP of court fees:
Reckless - 1050
First DUI- 2,250
Driving w/o license - 900

Keep in mind, this may take awhile, since it still has to go through the house.

doesn't apply to out of staters

wreckless is considered 20mph over or =>80mph, and that will cost you $350 to the court, plus $700 to the DMV, plus the ticket and regular court fees.

yum. I'm pretty sure it's effective July 1st....but maybe if fairfax county courts sold of some of thier nice plasma screens and stop tripling the size of the building, there would be more share of the money to go around as is.

i'm gonna do donuts at your gov's house.

oh and what about raising the goddamn artificially low speed limits all over this area? please, 55 on the beltway? it's backwards compatible with model Ts.

I interperet every speed sign to equal +19mph.

VA has it's thumbs up it's ass....the law makers down in Richmond are too busy swiming in all the cash from up here to worry about anything other than why the air smells so goddamn awful in richmond. The have no clue about the ongoings of noVA, and are very left-winged compared to up here where is more right-winged and efficient.

nova aint right winged last time I checked... doesn't Jim Webb live up there?

i think richmond is like the only major place where democrats ever win a majority of the vote....virginia always goes red.

i guess I will have to be careful if I rent a car next month.

I also remember how you guys cant have radar detectors.

check out the MI responsibility act... you are still getting off lite.

in MI:
DWI/DUI: pay ticket & court costs + "responsibility act fees"
the responsibility acts requires that you pay ~$1000/year for 3-5 years or your license gets suspended.

it kicks in for DUI/DWI, no proof of insurance (even if you provide proof on your court date), driving without a license (forgot your wallet even), speeds in excess of 85 mph or 25+ over the limit, etc, etc.

I can understand raping drunk drivers, but some of the other stuff is just stupid.

haha, I just sold mine on ebay because I got a $100 ticket for it. Fucking cop wasn't running radar, he was running radar detector detector detector detector.

the "civil fees" don't apply to you if you are out of state, however, radars detectors are still illegal.

Hm technically if I am recklessly speeding I'm better off losing control of my car and crashing into a wall. Might be cheaper.

my wife wants to move to Virginia when she finishes her doctorate. It is crap like this that makes me want to stay in Georgia! At least I can run my V1 and not worry about it.

its not reckless in GA until like 90-95 right?

Well, technically, in VA determination of reckless driving is at the discretion of the officer. So you don't even need to be going 20+ over.

true, but once your speeding over a certain speed, no matter what you are doing, it becomes reckless, at least in NC.

yeah that's how it's here...however local police can put it under a county offense not state, and over 20 can just be speeding...i forgot exactly how it works...its happened to me before.

but technically here, 20 over is an automatic wreckless.

wow,they really like to rape you guys.ouch what a scam they have going.

Ya, my friend just went to court for doing 22 over. He's 22 and it was his first ticket ever. Never even got so much as a parking ticket and they gave him a $1000 fine plus all the other bull shit fines and 6 points.

damn usually you can talk it down. somehow, I've maintain a great record. The last time I was in court was two weeks ago for an overdue inspection. Showed the judge the pink slip and that was that.

I feel bad for you guys. VA sounds like a great place for an enthusiast to avoid. $1000+ for a first ticket at age 22 is outrageous! I realize that any violation is left up to the officer, but here in WI I've never heard of anything like that. In fact, I got caught "driving fast" with two other sports cars (75 in a 45) and the worst the officer said he could've given us was $300 and 6 points. Ended up with $200 and a disorderly w/motor vehicle charge. Btw, I'm new, so hi all! I'm sure you'll catch me in the emanage forums asking noob questions shortly.

I heard the bill didnt pass. But thats why I live across the river

damn i wonder how they would react to my 130 in a 55 :gay: never got caught yet. thank god.

here in hicksville SD(city of about 150K people) you can drag race down the busiest street in town with three other cars and only get a exhibition driving ticket which is a $90 fine. The worst I have ever heard of someone getting is a wreckless driving charge which is still only around $200. You guys are getting raped

VA is crazy about traffic laws.

i lived in MI, VA, NC and now CA. VA has been my least favorite by far. NC has been my favorite. owning and operating a car? MI was the easiest, NC was the cheapest by far.

Actually in VA, if your radar detector is "Built-In" to the car, they can't really do anything about it. I learned that when I was pulled over in VA w/ PA tags from some state trooper (as he wrote me a reckless).

I got a reckless charge for practicing drifts in a HUGE parking lot....with cones no less. Done it before at other places and never had a problem. Setup cones, do a little practice session, pull out the skateboards...you know, I don’t go and fuck shit up. This last time the cops weren’t having it...:td:

I have till September to finish my year of probation and just finished my 25 hours of community service. Nothing goes on the record, no fine, just pay the lawyer. :bigtu:

Vash-

really...they cant do that on private property...unless the state somehow owned the parking lot.

See, I thought that too, but my lawyer told me if the parking lot has 10+ parking spots, that they can. They said that by me having a friend in the car that I was being reckless. My friend said he didn’t mind and that I do it all the time, not sure if that helped the situation.

Vash-

well....insert vash :vash:

http://www.courts.state.va.us/publications/hb_3202.pdf

Check that out....

$300 annual fee for an operational N2O system, and that's as bad as your second refusal of a blood/breathalyzer test, and that's as bad as using a commercial vehicle to distribute a controlled substance!?!?! All 3 get $300, 3 installment civil assessments, what a bunch of B.S.

Mark

PS - Looks like it's law: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp...bil&val=hb3202

aren't you glad you'll be in MD mark?

No, I am glad that I am a gun carrying Texas resident. Although MD seems to think that I should be disarmed... which sorta sucks ass. Where is the logic of being in the military and NOT having a weapon?

Mark

at least va has lax gun laws. ironically, md is where id most rather havea gun.

gun laws dont mean much. i live in DC where guns are banned and hear gunshots once a week.

so now you hear them twice a week now??? oh wait no...most poeple dont go around shooting guns...legal or not.

Bottom line: Guns don't kill people. Ninjas kill people.

ninja gaiden is out soon for the ps3 and it's *gorgeous*

I used to kick ass in that game...when controllers had an "a" and a "b"

Ninja Gaiden Sigma.. already preordered. I have the demo too! 56" on 1080p bitchhhh!

i finsihed the easy levels of the demo. hard is too hard. :(

1080i on a 34" t00b.

Haha I beat easy medium and hard.. i'm on master ninja level now which is brutal. Like 3 hits and ur dead.