Subject: Speeding in New York State just got more dangerous
Thanks to the state legislature's new budget, speeding in
New York just got a whole lot more dangerous.
Up until now, the state got the fine money from any local
courts whenever a speeding ticket was paid. The local town
got to keep the fine money from any equipment violations,
such as broken tail lights or bald tires. Speeding tickets
put points on your license, equipment violations don't. As
anyone who has ever gone to traffic court will tell you,
the courts are usually very eager to offer equipment violation
pleas to anyone in for a speeding ticket. Hey, it saves
you the points on your license, and now we see that it
also puts money into the local town's pockets.
Well, the state has now decided with the new budget that *all*
fine money goes to Albany. Since there's no financial
incentives for local towns to offer equipment violation pleas
any more, we are all going to lose. Watch car insurance go
up as well in the next year or so, since now the state's drivers
will all be getting points on their licenses and the state
will look like a bigger risk all of a sudden.
Remember to send a thank-you note to your state politicians
come election day.....
Thanks to the state legislature's new budget, speeding in
New York just got a whole lot more dangerous.
Up until now, the state got the fine money from any local
courts whenever a speeding ticket was paid. The local town
got to keep the fine money from any equipment violations,
such as broken tail lights or bald tires. Speeding tickets
put points on your license, equipment violations don't. As
anyone who has ever gone to traffic court will tell you,
the courts are usually very eager to offer equipment violation
pleas to anyone in for a speeding ticket. Hey, it saves
you the points on your license, and now we see that it
also puts money into the local town's pockets.
Well, the state has now decided with the new budget that *all*
fine money goes to Albany. Since there's no financial
incentives for local towns to offer equipment violation pleas
any more, we are all going to lose. Watch car insurance go
up as well in the next year or so, since now the state's drivers
will all be getting points on their licenses and the state
will look like a bigger risk all of a sudden.
Remember to send a thank-you note to your state politicians
come election day.....