(All photos courtesy of "County Recurrent" News)
"Traffic Fine Advisory" Courtesy of Nick Steers of the much heralded LACOLA Alumni Association:
Important Notice: HUGE California Traffic Ticket Fines Effective 01/06/2010
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. The highway patrol no doubt is 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 Tickets Fines (Effective 01/06/2010)
Offense -- Vehicle Code Section -- Total Fine Due
Failure to obey license provisions, VC 12814.6, $214
Failure to notify DMV of address change within 10 days, VC 14600(A), $214
(Note: The fine may be reduced with valid proof of correction.)
Failure to provide evidence of financial responsibility (insurance), VC 16028(A), $796
(Note: This fine may be reduced with proof of insurance on or after the violation date)
Failure to stop at a red signal, VC 21453(A), $436
Unsafe Speed, 1 to 15 miles over the limit, VC 22350 and VC 22349, $214
Unsafe Speed, 16 to 25 miles over the limit, VC 22349 and VC 22350, $328
Failure to stop at a stop sign, VC 22450, $214
Passing a school bus with flashing red signals, VC 22454(A), $616
Drive using wireless phone not hands free, First offense, VC 23123(A), $148
Drive using wireless phone not hands free, For each subsequent offense, VC 23123(A), $256
Drive while wireless device to send, read or write text, VC 23123.5(A), $148
Minor drive using wireless phone, VC 23124(B), $148
Parking in a bus loading area, VC 22500(I), $976
Violation of disabled parking provisions, first offense, VC 22507.8(A through C), $976
Violation of disabled parking provisions, second offense, VC 22507.8(A through C), $1,876
Unlawful material on vehicle windows, VC 26708(A), $178
Adequate muffler required, VC 27150(A and B), $178
Mandatory use of seat belts, VC 27315(D and E), $148
Mandatory use of child passenger restraints, VC 27360(A and B), $436
(Note: This fine may be reduced by completing a court authorized child seat diversion program.)
Headsets/Earplugs over both ears, VC 27400, $178
Motorcycle safety helmet requirements, VC 27803 (A through C), $178
Commercial Driver - Log book violation, VC 34506.3, $616
No evidence of current registration, VC 4000(A), $256
(Note: The fine may be reduced with valid proof of correction.)
Notify DMV of change of address within 10 days, VC 4159, $178
(Note: The fine may be reduced with valid proof of correction.)
Display of license plates, VC 5200, $178
(Note: The fine may be reduced with valid proof of correction.)
VC 9400 (A through C), $178
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So be careful out there, recurrents ! Please drive carefully.
After all, wouldn't you prefer to spend your hard earned money on more surf and snow toys and such?...
(Custom shortboards on display on ceiling of flagship "Jam's World" store in Waikiki, Nov. 2009).
(Retired S.O.L., Bill Powers, January 2010, Mammoth Lakes, CA, kicking back on one of his quads).
10-4, Copy that !
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