Posted on 12/23/2004 8:55:06 AM PST by MississippiMasterpiece
Getting caught speeding Boulder, Colo., could cost you big time, if the City Council's plan to increase traffic fines gets final approval.
If you're caught speeding 4 to 19 mph over the posted speed limit, you'll pay $500 and if you are speeding at 20 mph or more over the posted speed limit, you'll be slapped with a $1,000 ticket.
The current rates, which haven't been increased since 1982, are $100 and $300 respectively.
Tickets for street racing or eluding police would jump from $300 to $1,000 under the proposal that is expected to get preliminary approval Wednesday night.
City officials said the hefty fines will give judges more bargaining power when they accept plea bargains and they hope will make motorists think twice before breaking the law.
local and state governments have figured out that they can't raise taxes directly anymore. They have to find alternative sources of revenue to fund thier pet projects.
Save the cops and robbers (politicians) the time and trouble.
Simply catch the first speeder and fine them a million bucks, then all the rest of dummies, that elect these morons, can ride another year ticket free.
Interesting you should mention that. My cousin married a Mexican guy in August of 2003. A few weeks ago, my cousin and her Mexican husband tried to get car insurance from the local insurance guy (the kind of insurance agent everybody knows and does business with, ya know)....
Well, he didn't sell the car insurance policy to my cousin's Mexican husband for some reason. I don't know any of the details, but I heard that because Mexican drivers where I live are notorious for driving with no license, no insurance, drunk, and with 18 people in the car might have had something to do with it.
By the way, I live in semi-rural southern Virginia.
Here in Vegas, you can run a red light, smash into another driver and get away with a parking ticket. Hence, we have one of the highest rates of running red light highway deaths in the nation.
I believe in more punishment for traffic offenders. Make the criminals finance the budget rather than the law abiding citizens.
"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed..."
8th Amendment, Bill of Rights.
Since the bogus concepts of "States Rights" and "Collective Rights, this restraint only applies to the federal government. The states are now free to tyrannize its citizens and those passing by at will.
I think that this is entirely appropriate. Have you ever seen the damage that can be done by a speeding boulder?
Unintended Consequences
"And if you're speeding, Hispanic, here illegally, and driving without a license, what's the fine going to be?"
The city will pay them between $500-$1000 in public welfare services.
Perhaps an examination of the Colorado's state constitution would reveal language similar to the Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution, thereby making the proposed imposition of such an excessive fine, well, "unconstitutional".....
Perhaps an examination of the Colorado's state constitution would reveal language similar to the Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution, thereby making the proposed imposition of such an excessive fine, well, "unconstitutional".....
No way. I've never seen a boulder that could outrun a police car......
Sounds like the car my Dad t-boned a few years ago in rural Colorado. Seems the other guys decided to hang a U on the highway late at night without their lights on to go back and surprise a friend who was following them. It was my poor Dad who got the surprise and a smushed front end. Luckily he had good brakes but he still has dreams of the scared faces looking at him as he was bearing down on them. Amazingly, everyone got away with minor injuries including the girl perched on the gear shift who went into premature labor.
Since they should lead by example, any Boulder politician or police officer caught speeding should get a $5,000 ticket, with no plea bargaining allowed.
Wow, that was honorable. I wonder if the officer received a reprimand for stopping your reckless behavior?
Zero!
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