i am never driving through virgina again

Check this out. Just bananas.

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/virginians-face-3000-traffic-ticket/20070701103509990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

a $1050 fine for driving 20mph over speed limit.

 

Luckly that only applies to Virginia residents. I don't like driving their anyway because radar detectors are illegal there.

 

i hate driving through that state. I rather drive around it and add 20 hours to my drive.

 

I will tell you I have had my share or interstate problems but have found that even though Virginia clearly has more troopers the Carolina troopers just cant let you go with a ticket. One minute your pulled over for speeding next thing you know the entire contents of your car are on the hood.

 

Radar detectors are not illegal to have/own, they are illegal to use . I forget the exact wording of the law, but a radar detector is in use if it has access to power (ie a battery or power cord). So, when I'm driving thru VA, I just make a mental note that if I get pulled over, to just pull the power cord, and toss it in the backseat . No power guarantees that the detector was not in use.

 

Those ticket prices are just insane!!!

 

Yeah I read that and got a nice bit of relief because of this. I drive down to FL abiout 4 times a year and was worried for a little bit.

 

I've been there once, and don't plan on ever going again. Almost everyone i came across was a total prick or simply odd.

 

Hmmm.... I've been out of law school for a few years now and my Constitutional Law courses are fading a bit, but this is a bit questionable to me. Traffic is definitely in the purview of states to regulate, not the Fed Govt. I think if this went the other way around, there would have to be a "compelling state interest" otherwise it might be challenged as a restraint of interstate comment. I wonder if there is any constitutional issue the direction this law goes...
Any of you other lawyers on the board remember...?

 

i have no idea what you are talking about. Just tell me when to speed and when not to speed

 

I don't even think I KNOW what I'm talking about. I meant interstate commerce, not interstate "comment". God, I'm tired...

 

got a 600 dollar fine (canadian money) for going about 20 km over

 

thats crazy, for that price, you should at least get an ice cream with your ticket

 

we should just set the state a blaze, i hate it

 

What do you think of Virginia's new traffic penalties?
I don't support them 83%
I support them 17%

Total Votes: 550,883
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