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Virginians Face $3,000 Traffic Ticket

[/align][align=center]By Dennis Cauchon,[/align][align=center][/align][align=center]USA Today Space[/align][align=center][/align][align=center]Posted: 2007-07-01 15:18:05[/align][align=center][/align][align=center]Filed Under: Law, Nation[/align][align=center][/align][align=center]
(July 1) - Virginia is for lovers, or so the state slogan has declared since 1969. Starting today, Virginia also will be the home of the $3,000 traffic ticket. In an effort to raise money for road projects, the state will start hitting residents who commit serious traffic offenses with huge civil penalties.

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Beginning Sunday, Virginia is adding new civil charges to traffic fines. They range from $750 to $3,000 and will be added to existing fines and court costs. The civil penalty for going 20 mph over the speed limit will be $1,050, plus $61 in court costs and a fine that is typically about $200. [/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align][align=center]
[/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align][align=center][b][size=4]The new civil charges range from $750 to $3,000 and be added to existing fines and court costs. The civil penalty for going 20 mph over the speed limit will be $1,050, plus $61 in court costs and a fine that is typically about $200.

Virginia's traffic law is one of several thousand new state laws that take effect Sunday. Jan. 1 and July 1 are the most popular dates for state laws to become official.

July 1 is especially popular for new taxes and fees because it's the start of the budget year in 46 states. For example, Arkansas will cut its sales tax on groceries from 6% to 3% Sunday.

Virginia's new traffic penalties are expected to raise $65 million a year and are part of an effort to improve the state's roads without raising

 

yeah i live in VA and this sucks, and this aint all, they are also talking about making it where when u get a ticket u have to pay it every year for 3 years in a row. and im like wtf?! everything in va is falling to pieces but they are dragging all this money in and wheres it going? whos pocket is it lining this time

 

Whats next, the death penalty for speeding?????
First they say this:

Then they say this:
It is either to promote safety or to make the state money, either way it is a bunch of BS.

Mike.

 

Man who's making all that bad moonshine in VA? Cause the people that run the state must have gotten hold of some of it.

 

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