Noway2 wrote:
Fred Bloggs wrote:



Jim Thompson wrote:

Virginia isn't for "lovers" anymore.....

Shows what the socialist coast will do to raise money for their
cockamamy schemes...

$1111 fine for driving 20MPH over the speed limit!

Count me out as a tourist.

...Jim Thompson


I certainly don't want to dissuade your decision to *not* visit the
most beautiful state in America. But is it too much to ask of your
small brain of ever diminishing capacity to note that under the new
Virginia law the civil fees are charged only to Virginia residents and
not out-of-staters? As for the 20MPH over posted limit, that has
always been one of many criteria for reckless driving, a Class I
misdemeanor punishable by up to $2500 fine and/or one year in jail. It
is actually 20MPH over posted speed except for 35MPH zones where it is
25MPH over, and 80MPH for any posted speed limit.

Excuse me, but only for Virginia residents?

Yes, the original thread is about new legislation that went into effect
on 7/1 and establishes "civil remedial" fees over and above the existing
fines for traffic law violations. The fees are payable to the state DMV
and not the courts. Out-of-state traffic law violators will not be
charged these fees. Only Virginia residents will be charged the fees. It
is not enough for the legislation to simply state that additional fees
will be charged, they must enact a schedule of specific fees charged for
each type of traffic violation. The legislation therefore goes through
each and every traffic law offense under the existing Title 46 ( or
whatever it is) in the Virginia code and specifies an exact amount for
each offense.
Many people have mental process problems and have become outraged and/or
confused by the news of this legislation. The most common
misunderstandings a
1) total ignorance of basic government function and the separation of
executive and judicial branches,
2) misunderstanding of the difference between fees and fines,
3) failure to note that only Virginia residents are charged the fees,
4) ignorance of the distinction between minor traffic violations,
misdemeanors, and felony grade offenses, and that the fees are assigned
to misdemeanors and felonies only,
5) ignorance of the Virginia code,
6) belief that the fee schedule on the existing traffic law title
offenses is the creation of an entirely new set of traffic offenses.
And the list goes on and on...I just don't know that it can be put more
simply.



A coworker of mine ....

Just obey the law and you will have no problems.