Holy cow, look at these fees

This article is about the new fee structures in Virginia for motor vehicle offenses.

Say you are driving 78 mph on the Capital Beltway and a state trooper tickets you for "reckless driving -- speeding 20 mph over." You will probably be fined $200 by the judge. But then you will receive a new, additional $1,050 fine from the Old Dominion, payable in three convenient installments. So convenient that you must pay the first one immediately, at the courthouse.

One person points out that the poor will be unduly punished by these fees and could end up losing their license since they can't pay then they'll lose their job and eventually their home.

I'm just wondering how many people will decide to move to Maryland or DC instead. Or West Virginia, already cheaper than the DC suburbs of Virginia. It's just that it's fairly easy to go 20 MPH over the speed limit because the limit changes all the time. Parts of one highway I drive are 55 and parts are 65. If you're going ten miles over the speed limit in the 65 mph zone and pass into the 55 you're suddenly 20 mph over. I'm just saying.

And I know ideally you'll always go the speed limit but sometimes that's a recipe for getting rearended by the crazy speeders around you.