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Virginia Introduces the $3550 Speeding Ticket

by violatedrights | June 30, 2007 at 11:44 am

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Driving as little as 15 MPH over the limit on an interstate highway now brings six license demerit points, a fine of up to $2500, up to one year in jail, and a new mandatory $1050 tax. The law also imposes an additional annual fee of up to $100 if a prior conviction leaves the motorist with a balance of eight demerit points, plus $75 for each additional point (up to $700 a year). The conviction in this example remains on the record for five years.

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Jordan Yerman

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at 11:55 on June 30th, 2007

To put this in perspective, my last car was not worth $3550... if pulled over and issued such a (let's face it) excessive fine, could one simply hand the keys to the cop and simply walk home and call it a day?

brock

at 22:42 on June 30th, 2007

Hey, VR, you wanna break down how you got that $2500 and $1050 figure for us?

I pulled down New Virginia Code § 46.2-206.1, Civil Remedy Fees, but I couldn't make the math your talking about work. Enlighten me, please.

And how about when you quote something, do the service of actually quoting the text fully and in context. You pull a partial quote [on the full entry, which you have to read on your tedious VR web site] to imply that the new law is intended solely to generate revenue, well, that's not exactly how it's written, is it?

Here's the full passage: The statute states the purpose of these fees is "to generate revenue
from drivers whose proven dangerous driving behavior places significant financial
burdens upon the Commonwealth.” [Emphasis added.]