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Speeding ticket cost

1962siia88 said:
Just to show the difference between cal and other states, not to rub it in, I got a ticket two weeks ago in Montana for supposedly doing 84 in a 70. Total bail is $40! I wonder how long it will take for the point to show up here?
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Never...Things are different in Montana..And by things..I'm including people.

Californians have visited Montana for ever, been exposed to nice Montana people,
and then return to California...And continue being Californians.
 
antidote said:
That 25MPH limit is why many dont bother with RWR anymore. Going nearly double a posted limit anywhere isnt a good idea. Regardless of actual or perceived risk (perceived risk for me is that LEO might just be around the next corner so better back it down).

The cost however is borderline insane.
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Doing double the posted speed limit, isn't for everyone. :laughing

Sheesh...If Ya can't do it, that isn't the only thing the rider can't do.
 
Rel said:
A lot of the "fine" is taxes and assessments. Blame the county for taxing the bail amount.
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$360 is the max number (2012) that I have for the Uniform Penalty Code, so $377 is pretty close. There is not much Uniform about the fines, except the base amounts, it appears to me. :laughing

The base fine was $70, o.p. Everything else is legislated b.s.. Because, well, we spend too much money on government in California.
 
I didn't know where RWR was, thanks for the link.

Is there a link to where I can find what counties charge the highest fines and/or CRAZY LOW speed limits? So far I've searching for rides looking at apps and playing with google maps. I can see myself looking at RWR and thinking what a cool ride it would be. Except for the 25 limit. Argh. That should be only near schools...
 
IAmA M0t0r Ridεr;8551044 said:
I didn't know where RWR was, thanks for the link.

Is there a link to where I can find what counties charge the highest fines and/or CRAZY LOW speed limits? So far I've searching for rides looking at apps and playing with google maps. I can see myself looking at RWR and thinking what a cool ride it would be. Except for the 25 limit. Argh. That should be only near schools...
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When I lived (first in Haward, then in Dublin) I'd ride RWR,/Skyline,/ Grizzly peak, about 3 or 4 times a week,late afternoon's- Early evening's to "the wall" (when it was there), then home.

Speed limit didn't affect me at all...I ride my speed, and if the setting/conditions, make the speeds similar, then what's the problem?
 
louemc said:
Never...Things are different in Montana..And by things..I'm including people.

Californians have visited Montana for ever, been exposed to nice Montana people,
and then return to California...And continue being Californians.
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I sure hope youre right lou, and to back up what youre saying my wifes last montana ticket hasnt shown up yet and its been three years. Keeping my fingers crossed.

I'm definitely a come back to california type... winter there is just too cold for me, but I do try to get there a couple times a year to visit friends.
 
You could break 25 on a bicycle on rwr.
Facing a bs $400 fine I wouldn't be shocked if people were tempted to run.
 
channelcat said:
CVC 22350 says not to drive faster than is safe, and nothing about exceeding posted limits. I haven't contested using that one in quite awhile..doubt it would fly. I think last TS I took was $135. dammit.
I got tagged going into Roseburg, OR in my GMC at 100 once. $80 ticket. Put it in the mail..this state is going to hell...
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Well, I don't think it's getting any cheaper up in Oregon these days either. My sister got nabbed by the cop who likes to sit and get people hauling down that hill into Roseburg, and I think the ticket amount was almost 300 bucks.. this was more than 10 years ago, too.
 
Rel said:
Again, each county taxes the bail amount as they see fit. Not the state going to hell, the county you got that ticket in likes to get you over the barrel.
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Don't get caught speeding in Santa Cruz... 21 over cost me over $500 and they denied my request for TBWD!!!
 
Abyss said:
Don't get caught speeding in Santa Cruz... 21 over cost me over $500 and they denied my request for TBWD!!!
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Can they do that? Or was it a mandatory court appearance?
 
Rel said:
Can they do that? Or was it a mandatory court appearance?
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I have the papers somewhere, written by the judge, says "TWBD is not available for this defendant." I'm assuming that means they want me to do trial de novo and subsequently lose so they get tha $$$

The tall, sexy milf who works there (srs) told me that the judge has been on a warpath with tickets lately.
 
The Trial de Novo would be if there was a decision made on the TBWD. As for the judges being on the warpath, yep, I can see that too. The MC fatals, so far this year, are off the map state wide. Maybe I should bump my Bloody Sunday thread. (Not referring to you and your riding habits, just that riders are being killed all over the place.)
 
bunnygoat said:
Where on RWR? I'd like to know...
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there was a fellow Barfer who got killed a few months ago by a civic crossing the line, towards CV after the straight past Marciel. at the middle of the top of the two swoopy sweepers with the off camber humps. you know where I mean. there is a roadside memorial. thats where the leo was parked. that was his logic for being a hard ass about it. also that since I stopped up short when I saw him, I must have been speeding. wtf? he could not state exactly how far the last 25 mph marker was, so I took the subie on a recon run to look for a case that the markers were too far apart. problem is, posted limit is 40, then 35 around the EBMUD lot, then 25 virtually all the way to the stables at Skyline. maybe not. I got dicing and forgot to check. Like I ever looked at the posted speed limit.
Anyway, that the text of 22350 doesn't say anything about posted speed limit is a point I would have gone to the mat for, and did, when I was younger and rode full time. I don't have time anymore, I got numerous warnings from riders going the other way, so my bad. You get away with murder most of the time, every once in awhile, it's a good idea to shut up and pay. keeps things even, maybe.
 
IAmA M0t0r Ridεr;8551226 said:
Yeah, I can see that.
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can't out run radio..there would be five sheriffs waiting for you at Alta Mira Rd.
or maybe not..
 
22350. No person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent having due regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and the surface and width of, the highway, and in no event at a speed which endangers the safety of persons or property.
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The reason its a 25 is because of the roadway, the traffic, the pedestrians, and private driveways that are on that road.
 
Rel said:
The Trial de Novo would be if there was a decision made on the TBWD. As for the judges being on the warpath, yep, I can see that too. The MC fatals, so far this year, are off the map state wide. Maybe I should bump my Bloody Sunday thread. (Not referring to you and your riding habits, just that riders are being killed all over the place.)
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I don't like to see the red pavement stats go up, either, and I do what I can, and gotten a lot of crap for intentionally being a stick in the mud as far too high speed high jinks by new riders on the street. some would say it's just sour grapes on my part for having such a slow bike. But..
44 in a 25? please...:x

I'm just pissed that I didn't follow my own awareness mantra.
 
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channelcat said:
But.. 44 in a 25? please...:x
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I'm not saying it's right, but I can see where they're coming from. You're best bet is to A: Go to traffic school, or B: fight it. Lot's of great info on how to beat a ticket out here, on the net, that is....
 
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