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Another $50 on the speeding ticket?

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The proposed [Spinal Cord Injury Trust] will be funded by a $50.00 surcharge to speeding tickets and other moving violations, including drunk driving and reckless driving.
So they are thinking of/planning to add another $50 to the speeding tickets (and other moving violations)... this is now along with the $25 Head Injury Surcharge and another $25 "general fund surcharge" (alternative taxation?).

I wonder how long will it be before we get a laundry list of charities, lining up for their piece of the drivers' pocket. Head Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, what's next... brain injury? Eyesight injury? Red Cross Blood Donation charge?

To me, it's a tax in disguise. There's got to be a better way to support various injury research institutes than through mandatory fees on speeding tickets.

If one gets pulled over for 40 in a 35 zone, that could be a $150 minimum ticket!
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I agree with mt1...a good tool for a better pinch. I like dfc2502's solution for regular lemmings, but I'd gig scumbags for 90-17 (they'll default on the payment anyway!).

When we were in a radar "wolfpack", we'd give them 15 MPH over. When I used VASCAR while moving, most of my stops were well above 15 MPH over without trying. The VASCAR was great for getting the dangerous speeders: the ones that are passing in all lanes during rush hour and such. I think that the VASCAR was a much more useful speed enforcement tool than radar, and since it gave an average speed, it was more "fair" to the violator. Also, because VASCAR is a passive system, it can't be detected!
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