Most Expensive Speeding Tickets
Written by: jeremy Filed Under: Luxury on February 20th, 2008If you’re upset over a $200 speeding ticket, be glad you’re not a Virginia resident. While their traditional fine is only $100 over the national median for a first time offense, they’ve recently added a $1,050 surcharge for state residents. At $1,350 total, that’s the most expensive speeding ticket in the US for first offenders.
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For the rest of us, Georgia is the state to watch out for. First-time speeders in Georgia face a maximum fine of $1,000 and possibly even up to a year in jail. North Carolina is slightly more lenient; you can only be fined up to $1,000 and spend up to sixty days in jail. Illinois, Nevada and New Hampshire also carry maximum fines of $1,000, but no jail time.
Of course, these don’t include fines and/or jail time for multiple offenses, reckless endangerment or for speeding in construction zones. As always, the best way to avoid getting the most expensive speeding ticket (or any speeding ticket) is to avoid speeding.
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here in ontario, Canada
30km over the speed limit gets you a $10,000.00 fine
the most expensive speeding ticket is here in canada
50km/h (31 MPH) over the speed limit will automatically trigger “street racing” penalties — even if the accused motorist is driving alone on an otherwise empty road. The change in definition will, in effect, turn ordinary speeding into an offense that can carry a $10,000 (US $9305) fine and up to six months in jail, making it one of the most expensive traffic tickets in North America.
n June, McGuinty cited the importance of combating the “organized crime” of street racing as he urged passage of the Safer Roads for a Safer Ontario Act which created the $10,000 penalty. The change in definition also means that the word of a police officer is all that it takes to confiscate a car and driver’s license for at least seven days.
“There is no appeal from, or right to be heard before, a vehicle detention, driver’s license suspension or vehicle impoundment under [the street racing] subsection,” the Safer Roads Act states.
Canada has to impose such high fines to cover the free healthcare system you all have.