New California Traffic Fines!!!!!!!

[86 911 Targa]

Heads up guys...........

Someone just sent me this bad news......

Gerry

THE LOS ANGELES TIMES HAS AN ARTICLE ON:

HUGE California Traffic Tickets Fines Effective 01/06/2011
Please be extremely careful in your driving and car registration & insurance
matters. State of California is broke and they are trying hard to squeeze
all of us hard to collect money.

Effective immediately, if you do not stop at the red light, be ready to pay
$436 in fines or if you pass a school bus with flashing red signals, you will
be charged $616. The state of California is going for blood, so be extra
careful in driving, You cannot afford messing with them. I have been hearing
that Highway Patrols are under pressure to issue a lot more tickets than last
year with at least 30% increase in fines over 2009, so beware of radar guns,
highway and traffic cameras installed everywhere and the tougher enforcement
of parking rules.

Just for your info, the next time you park in the handicapped zone, even for
a minute, you will be looking at almost $ 1000 in parking tickets , so it'd
better be worth it.

California needs money, so pay close attention to the rules of the road!
Traffic Ticket Fines (Effective 01/06/2011)

VC 12814.6 $214 Failure to obey license provisions.

VC 14600(A) $214 Failure to notify DMV of address change within
10 days

Note: The fine may be reduced with valid proof of correction.

VC 16028(A) $796 Failure to provide evidence of financial
responsibility (insurance)

Note: This fine may be reduced with proof of insurance on or after the
violation date.

VC 21453(A) $436 Failure to stop at a red signal.

VC 22349 $214 Unsafe speed, 1 to 15 miles over the limit.

VC 22350 $328 Unsafe speed, 16 to 25 miles over the limit.

VC 22450 $214 Failure to stop at a stop sign.

VC 22454(A) $616 Passing a school bus with flashing red signals.

VC 23123(A) $148 Driving while using a wireless phone not hands
free, first offense .

VC 23123(B) $256 Driving while using a wireless phone not hands
free, each subsequent offense.

VC 23123.5 $148 Driving while using a wireless device to send,
read or write text.

VC 23124 $148 Minor driving while using a wireless phone.

VC 22500 $976 Parking in a bus loading area.

VC 22507(A) $976 Violation of disabled parking provisions, first
offense.

VC 22507(B) $1876 Violation of disabled parking provisions, second
offense.

VC 26708 $178 Unlawful material on vehicle windows.

VC 27150 $178 Adequate muffler required.

VC 27315 $148 Mandatory use of seat belts.

VC 27360 $436 Mandatory use of passenger child restraints.

Note: This fine may be reduced by completing a court authorized child seat
diversion program .

VC 27400 $178 Headsets or Earplugs covering both ears.

VC 27803 $178 Violation of motorcycle safety helmet
requirements.

VC 34506 $616 Commercial Driver - Log book violation.

VC 4000 $256 No evidence of current registration.

Note: The fine may be reduced with valid proof of correction.

VC 4159 $178 Notify DMV of change of address within 10
days.

Note: The fine may be reduced with valid proof of correction.

VC 5200 $178 Proper display of license plates.

Note: The fine may be reduced with valid proof of correction.

VC 9400 $178 Commercial weight fees due.

Note: The fine may be reduced with valid proof of correction. Don‘t blame
the cops. They don’t set the fines or collect them!

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[MikeD930]

Wow...I'm glad I don't live in CA and probably will never visit it either in the future unless Wayne invites me to drive his 962 on a track!

[AirKuhl]

If anything, $148 for texting while driving it too damn low.

[Jerome74911S]

Originally Posted by AirKuhl

If anything, $148 for texting while driving it too damn low.

No kidding!!

[86 911 Targa]

Originally Posted by airkuhl

if anything, $148 for texting while driving it too damn low.

The town we live in is very small, with many narrow streets, and many "blind" intersections.

But, almost anytime, you can see the fools driving down the street while on their cell phones.

What is sad, is that a visor remote can be bought for $50.

Our PD tells us, "we write them all".

Gerry

[Ed Bighi]

And my last speeding ticket here in Austria was about 50 euros. I paid that thing with a smile on my face considering that the one before that was near Yuma, Arizona and cost me about 320.

[5:04]

I love CA, but the Nazi fines and emissions laws and stupid high cost of living is really starting to piss me off. I'm going to move to AZ where I could get a five bedroom home for what I'm paying for my townhouse and drive my car without worrying about my hood getting popped.

[barndoor]

VC 23123(A) $148 Driving while using a wireless phone not hands
free, first offense .

VC 23123(B) $256 Driving while using a wireless phone not hands
free, each subsequent offense.

VC 23123.5 $148 Driving while using a wireless device to send,
read or write text.

VC 23124 $148 Minor driving while using a wireless phone.

these should be $1000 per !

[Flieger]

So now you have to stop at red lights and stop signs. Was that not the case before? I would rather they police that than the canyons. Red light violations are more serious/deadly, IMO.

[pksystems]

Red light cameras too.... and they cut down the length of time the lights stay yellow - 1 second, so they can catch more people..... Gotta love the PRC

[logan2z]

Originally Posted by 86 911 Targa

I have been hearing that Highway Patrols are under pressure to issue a lot more tickets than last year with at least 30% increase in fines over 2009

This probably explains why I saw no less than three police cars within two miles of each other with people pulled over on my way up to San Francisco the other day. I've never seen such a heavy CHP presence on the Bay Area freeways before.

[mca]

Originally Posted by pksystems

Red light cameras too.... and they cut down the length of time the lights stay yellow - 1 second, so they can catch more people..... Gotta love the PRC

THAT is something I've really noticed lately here in Charleston, SC. Some yellow lights are ridiculously short. Shouldn't they all be the same?

Makes no sense to me.

[Hugh R]

I believe those are just the "fines", I've heard they can double those $ with court and processing fees and such.

[DRACO A5OG]

Originally Posted by barndoor

VC 23123(A) $148 Driving while using a wireless phone not hands
free, first offense .

VC 23123(B) $256 Driving while using a wireless phone not hands
free, each subsequent offense.

VC 23123.5 $148 Driving while using a wireless device to send,
read or write text.

VC 23124 $148 Minor driving while using a wireless phone.

these should be $1000 per !

You can thank the Cell Phone Lobby.

Oh yeah, a client told me no more Navigation Systems on the Wind Shield's Center, it must be on the lower corner driver side. I think this was imposed last year, never heard of anyone getting a ticket though.

Idiots, with the power cord draping over the legs, how safe is that???

[yelcab1]

And those are just the straight fines. All counties add on top of those fines their own fees. Which means, those fines can be 170% more. Fight every ticket, clog the system so that they have to stop writing tickets due to lack of prosecution.

[cool5]

For those of you in the bay area be extra carefull on Highway 17 Los Gatos to Santa Cruz. I recently got a ticket on a late Sunday early Monday morning +- 1:00 AM coming home from playing ice hockey. It was for 67 in a 50 mph zone, I've driven that section of road enough to know better, but was'nt paying attention. CHP asked me to slow down to "make it safer for the rest of us" actually there were no other cars on the road at the time. He also noted that they had secured some federal funding to patrol that section late at night. Sounds like a pretty lucrative gig, as pretty much everyone is speeding at that hour. Oh yeah ticket was about $400

[DRACO A5OG]

Oh BTW, I just had my CHP ticket dismissed and cleared from my record using the Ticket Clinic.

I was skeptical being a law student, but they did it, and cost only $200, no bail, no nada. My speeding ticket was $425. I think I made money here, didn't I?

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by DRACO A5OG

Oh BTW, I just had my CHP ticket dismissed and cleared from my record using the Ticket Clinic.

Interesting read on this entity. Seems they are real good at finding mistakes made by the police.

Cool beans.

[yelcab1]

Originally Posted by DRACO A5OG

Oh BTW, I just had my CHP ticket dismissed and cleared from my record using the Ticket Clinic.

I was skeptical being a law student, but they did it, and cost only $200, no bail, no nada. My speeding ticket was $425. I think I made money here, didn't I?

what is this ticket clinic?

[regency]

Born in Calif........now hate almost everything about this silly State. Will move when I can.

Steve

73 911T MFI Coupe, Aubergine