$12,000.00 Speeding Ticket
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From: Calgary on 30 Aug 2008 10:47 On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:06:18 -0400, "Mortimer Schnerd, RN" <mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com> wrote: >Vito wrote: >> "Calgary" <actual.rider_remove_the_obvious_(a)telus.net> wrote >>> On May 1, a police officer noticed the man speeding on a Honda >>> motorcycle on a stretch of Highway 16, between Edson and Hinton, >>> Alta., with a 110 km/h speed limit. The officer gave chase, but was >>> unable to match his speed, said Sgt. Ron Lyons with the RCMP. >>> >>> The same officer later spotted the motorcycle in Hinton, which is >>> about 280 kilometres west of Edmonton. The Edson Traffic Court handed >>> down the fine Aug. 27. >>> >> Wouldn't fly in US courts if the dude had a decent lawyer. Cop hadn't kept >> sight of the bike so he couldn't say for certain that it was the same bike >> let alone the same rider. > > > >Not to forget the proscription against "cruel and unusual punishment". That >would certainly be considered unusual in my neck of the woods. What no one gets fined 12 grand in your corner of the world? Going 150k (90mph +/-) over the limit might invoke a charge over and above speeding. I guess how unusual the fine might be is dependant on the law broken. -- See Ya On The Road 2000 Yamaha Venture Millennium 2004 HD Road King Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
From: Mike Schenk on 30 Aug 2008 13:39 rm(a)48pan.com writes in rec.motorcycles: >Calgary <actual.rider_remove_the_obvious_(a)telus.net> wrote: > >:What no one gets fined 12 grand in your corner of the world? Going >:150k (90mph +/-) over the limit might invoke a charge over and above >:speeding. > >Not for speeding. You can lose your license for a long time, but the >maximum fine wouldn't run over $1,000 in most places. The only example of a fine that extreme that I've heard of was a few years ago in one of the Scandinavian countries. Apparently traffic fines there are a percentage of annual income (does make sense in some kind of way). And a guy had just cashed that year by selling has startup company to the highest bidder and was fined something close to a 100.000 Us dollars. Mike
From: Polarhound on 30 Aug 2008 13:59 Vito wrote: > Wouldn't fly in US courts if the dude had a decent lawyer. Cop hadn't kept > sight of the bike so he couldn't say for certain that it was the same bike > let alone the same rider. In some states, a ticket for 10 over the limit can cost you thousands in fines and fees, and that is BEFORE insurance.
From: BryanUT on 30 Aug 2008 14:44 "Polarhound" <udf7832283483y(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:EfOdnUNddJp5FyTVnZ2dnUVZ_g6dnZ2d(a)comcast.com... > Vito wrote: > >> Wouldn't fly in US courts if the dude had a decent lawyer. Cop hadn't >> kept sight of the bike so he couldn't say for certain that it was the >> same bike let alone the same rider. > > In some states, a ticket for 10 over the limit can cost you thousands in > fines and fees, and that is BEFORE insurance. Really? Which states? Cite please.
From: Beav on 30 Aug 2008 14:56
"Vito" <vito(a)xxcrosslink.net> wrote in message news:48b8c6bf$0$4910$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com... > "Calgary" <actual.rider_remove_the_obvious_(a)telus.net> wrote >> On May 1, a police officer noticed the man speeding on a Honda >> motorcycle on a stretch of Highway 16, between Edson and Hinton, >> Alta., with a 110 km/h speed limit. The officer gave chase, but was >> unable to match his speed, said Sgt. Ron Lyons with the RCMP. >> >> The same officer later spotted the motorcycle in Hinton, which is >> about 280 kilometres west of Edmonton. The Edson Traffic Court handed >> down the fine Aug. 27. >> > Wouldn't fly in US courts if the dude had a decent lawyer. Cop hadn't > kept sight of the bike so he couldn't say for certain that it was the same > bike let alone the same rider. I was thinking exactly the same. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 |