[johniegrad]

$250 seems a little light for 33 mph over the limit. Maybe I don't get stopped often enough to know however.

[Kenny Bunk]

$250 seems a little light for 33 mph over the limit.

Woulda cost you at least $1000, and maybe a suspension for 30 days, depending upon your record.

o notice:
The documents he took contained information on terror threats in the United States during the 2000 millennium celebration

A little Clinton Legacy Protection Racket going on in the MSM. More than likely contained Sudanese Government docs offering to turn ObL over to Billy and Janet.

[Kenny Bunk]

$250 seems a little light for 33 mph over the limit.

Woulda cost you at least $1000, and maybe a suspension for 30 days, depending upon your record.

o notice:
The documents he took contained information on terror threats in the United States during the 2000 millennium celebration

A little Clinton Legacy Protection Racket going on in the MSM. More than likely contained Sudanese Government docs offering to turn ObL over to Billy and Janet.

[daviscupper]

The judge was sort of in a bind. See, Sandy Burglar stole top secret documents, destroyed them and then lied about. For these transgressions he received a warning: "Please don't do that again."

So it is kind of difficult to justify a harsh fine for Sandy Burglar when the only crime he committed this time was speeding. In fact, the judge was probably being a little too harsh.

[tanknetter]

$250 seems a little light for 33 mph over the limit. Maybe I don't get stopped often enough to know however.

These kinds of things happen regularly in VA, where hitting 80mph or so (which a lot of times amounts to just keeping pace with the rest of the traffic) brings the reckless driving charge into play.

My experiences with this (a couple of friends, one of my in-laws and a now-former girlfriend have been busted under this law ... I haven't, thankfully, yet) are that a $250 fine is a little on the heavy side. Everyone I know who has been in Burgler's situation has gone into court and pled the charges down ... and only been put on probation (of some sort) and had to attend traffic school.

[El Gato]

$250 seems a little light for 33 mph over the limit. Maybe I don't get stopped often enough to know however

It's low, note the story says: "The misdemeanor reckless driving charge carried a maximum penalty of 12 months in jail and a $2,500 fine.".

You or I would have paid the $2,500 and if lucky been placed on probation for that year, or perhaps spent our weekends for the next year in the lockup.