NEW VIRGINIA SPEEDING FINES EFFECTIVE 1 JULY 2010
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New VA tax law goes into affect 1 July 2010. Might want to pass this info
around to your friends and families. Cost can accumulate rather swiftly.
It only applies to Virginia Residents.

Good information for everyone. Please pass along. In short, 10-15 mph over
the posted speed limit is now $3,500 (after a new points tax that was
introduced) in the state of Virginia .

Here is the link http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/18/1818.asp

Virginia Introduces $3550 Speeding Ticket Virginia legislator introduces new
speeding ticket tax that boosts penalties beyond $3550, driving business to
his traffic law firm.

Virginia motorists convicted of minor traffic violations will face a new,
multi-year tax beginning July 1. Led by state Delegate David B.
Albo (R-Springfield), lawmakers slipped a driver responsibility tax into a
larger transportation funding bill signed by Governor Tim Kaine (D) in
April. Albo, a senior partner in the Albo & Oblon, LLP traffic law firm, can
expect to see a significant increase in business as motorists seek to
protect their wallet from traffic tickets that come with assessments of up
to $3000 in addition to an annual point tax that tops out at $700 a year for
as long as the points remain.

Driving as little as 15 MPH over the limit on an interstate highway now
brings six license demerit points, a fine of up to $2500, up to one year in
jail, and a new mandatory $1050 tax. The law also imposes an additional
annual fee of up to $100 if a prior conviction leaves the motorist with a
balance of eight demerit points, plus $75 for each additional point (up to
$700 a year). The conviction in this example remains on the record for five
years.

Other six-point convictions include "failing to give a proper signal,"
"passing a school bus" or "driving with an obstructed view." The same $1050
assessment applies, but the conviction remains on the record for eleven
years.

Although the amount of the tax can add up quickly, the law forbids judges
from reducing or suspending it in any way. The tax applies only to Virginia
residents, so that out-of-state motorists only need to pay the regular
ticket amount. Michigan , New Jersey , New York and Texas also impose a
somewhat more modest driver responsibility tax
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/03/362.asp which they apply to
out-of-state residents.

The Virginia Supreme Court provides a full explanation of the new penalties
for each traffic infraction in the 34k PDF file at the source link below.
Update: View which legislators support a repeal, link to online petition
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/18/1880.asp .

Thanks for posting an article dated 6/21/07. These were repealed a couple years ago.

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Dave Albo is a douche. I used his firm to represent me and I met with him two times to discuss my case before my court date. He told me to wait outside the courtroom on the day of my trial until he arrived and then we would go in and wait for my name to be called. Court was about to start and I was sitting on the couch outside the courtroom waiting for him. All of a sudden this guy that had been sitting a few seats down says "Are you so and so?" and I say yes. He then tells me he is from Dave Albo's office and is there to represent me, I had never seen this guy before and was under the impression that Dave Albo would be representing me. The guy then tells me to go in the court room and if they call my name tell the judge that my lawyer is upstairs dealing with a criminal case. He finally comes back down and all he says to me is "I think your best bet is to take the plea deal." I paid them f'ing $3000 for a DUI defense and all I got was some guy I've never met tell me that I should take the plea deal. He didn't even bother to negotiate on the plea deal, he just took what the prosecutor offered and told me I should accept it.

This is old shit that is no longer valid. Why the fuck you posting this now?

I am outraged I am emailing my representative as we speak!

Actually I wonder how they'd reply now.

Great question! Guy obviously doesn't do research and likes to spread lies.

HOLY SHIT!!! THE JAPS HAVE BOMBED PEARL HARBOR!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/7/newsid_3494000/3494108.stm

Japan has launched a surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and has declared war on Britain and the United States.

The US president, Franklin D Roosevelt, has mobilised all his forces and is poised to declare war on Japan.

Details of the attack in Hawaii are scarce but initial reports say Japanese bombers and torpedo-carrying planes targeted warships, aircraft and military installations in Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, the third largest and chief island of Hawaii.

News of the daring raid has shocked members of Congress at a time when Japanese officials in Washington were still negotiating with US Secretary of State Cordell Hull on lifting US sanctions imposed after continuing Japanese aggression against China.

At 0755 local time the first wave of between 50 and 150 planes struck the naval base for 35 minutes causing several fires and "untold damage" to the Pacific Fleet.

The Japanese squadrons dropped high-explosive and incendiary bombs.

A second strike followed at about 0900 when a force of at least 100 planes pounded the base for an hour.

At least two Japanese airplanes have been shot down but it is reported that at least 350 men were killed by one single bomb at the Hickam Army Air Field, an Air Corps post on Oahu.

Officials announced a further 104 Army personnel were killed and 300 were wounded in the raid.

It is believed the attack was launched from two aircraft carriers.

One radio report says US forces downed six Japanese planes and sunk four submarines.

There are reports the Hawaiian capital Honolulu was also bombed as well as the Pacific island of Guam and the capital of the Philippines, Manila.

A British gunboat, the Peterel, has also been sunk at Shanghai in China.

Reports from Singapore suggest a build-up of Japanese warships in the South China Sea and seem to be headed for the Gulf of Siam, towards Bangkok.

President Roosevelt is working on a message to Congress tomorrow in which he is expected to ask for a declaration of war with Japan.

The Times newspaper's Washington correspondent says the US Government expects Germany and Italy to declare war on the US within hours.

Although the attack has shocked the American people there is little doubt that it had been brewing for some years.

Relations with the United States have deteriorated since 1931 when Japan occupied Manchuria in northern China. Over the last decade conflict has intensified into a full-scale war between Japan and China.

Last year, the US imposed trade sanctions on Japan.

Then in September 1940 Japan signed a Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy. It became a formal member of the Axis alliance fighting the European war but continued to negotiate with America for trade concessions until today.

Japan's fury over the embargoes and allied support for China prompted a declaration of war.

KJASDHASKFASJKFHASDJKFASDFLA!!!!!!!!!!!

"MORE_BREAKING_NEWS", BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH, LOL, omg, I can't stop laughing. You made my entire family crack up with that one. Bloody classic!

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"And if any women or children get their legs torn off, or faces caved in, well, it's tough shit for them." -2LT. Bert Stiles, 505th, 339th (On Berlin Bombardier Mission, 1944).

ThePackLeader Wrote:
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> "MORE_BREAKING_NEWS", BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH, LOL, omg,
> I can't stop laughing. You made my entire family
> crack up with that one. Bloody classic!


your whole family reads posts with you? like families gathering around the radio to listen to radio shows in the 50's? you're weird man.

bloody blisters Wrote:
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> ThePackLeader Wrote:
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> > "MORE_BREAKING_NEWS", BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH, LOL,
> omg,
> > I can't stop laughing. You made my entire
> family
> > crack up with that one. Bloody classic!
>
>
> your whole family reads posts with you? like
> families gathering around the radio to listen to
> radio shows in the 50's? you're weird man.


Yes, we all sit at our computers, and talk to eachother via chatrooms. My family only exists within the interwebz, so it's the only way to socialize.

Lol, no of course not, I read it aloud because it was too damn funny.

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"And if any women or children get their legs torn off, or faces caved in, well, it's tough shit for them." -2LT. Bert Stiles, 505th, 339th (On Berlin Bombardier Mission, 1944).

Dude, thanks for posting out-of-date and inaccurate information as thought it was credible news. You sent a 64 year old lady into frenzy because she thought she would be convicted of a felony and slammed with a fine of over $3,000.00. Congratulations. Do me and everyone else a favor, especially those who don’t know how to check a credible source from a heinous one, and do your due diligence before posting something like that again.

Due diligence being... reading all of the thread messages that already brought up the fact it was an outdated post before deciding to panic?

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> Due diligence being... reading all of the thread
> messages that already brought up the fact it was
> an outdated post before deciding to panic?

Another fine mess the Republicans created.

Some people have no clue as to what is right or wrong,they just try to create havoc as this idiot attempted. My 82 year old mother was calling to warn me about this as it appears some "other" idiot was trying to do the same thing... Having followed this from 2007 and 2008 I knew it was repealed. Get the facts right next time pea brain!

Hey BBX:

Was the guys name from Albo's office David Deane?

The assembly voted to boost the speeding fine to $6/mi from $5.

http://www.midlothianexchange.com/index.php/news/article/assembly-boosts-fine-for-speeding/22603/

Breaking News is OUT OF CONTROL! Thats the funniest post I've read in a while...good show!

Who Cares?

This was repealed in 2008...This has been going around the internet for months.


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As you may know, Virginia is the only state that bans the use and sale of detectors. There is no evidence that the detector ban increases highway safety. Our nation’s fatality rates have fallen consistently for almost two decades. Virginia’s fatality rate has also fallen, but not any more dramatically than it has nationwide. Research has even shown that radar detector owners have a lower accident rate than motorists who do not own a detector.

Maintaining the ban is not in the best interest of Virginians or visitors to the state. I know and know of people that will not drive in Virginia due to this ban. Unjust enforcement practices are not unheard of, and radar detectors can keep safe motorists from being exploited by abusive speed traps. Likewise, the ban has a negative impact on Virginia’s business community. Electronic distributors lose business to neighboring states and Virginia misses out on valuable sales tax revenue.

Radar detector bans do not work. Research and experience show that radar detector bans do not result in lower accident rates, improved speed-limit compliance or reduce auto insurance expenditures.
• The Virginia radar detector ban is difficult and expensive to enforce. The Virginia ban diverts precious law enforcement resources from more important duties.
• Radar detectors are legal in the rest of the nation, in all 49 other states. In fact, the first state to test a radar detector ban, Connecticut, repealed the law – it ruled the law was ineffective and unfair. It is time for our Virginia to join the rest of the nation.
• It has never been shown that radar detectors cause accidents or even encourage motorists to drive faster than they would otherwise. The Yankelovich – Clancy – Shulman Radar Detector Study conducted in 1987, showed that radar detector users drove an average of 34% further between accidents (233,933 miles versus 174,554 miles) than non radar detector users. The study also showed that they have much higher seat belt use compliance. If drivers with radar detectors have fewer accidents, it follows that they have reduced insurance costs – it is counterproductive to ban radar detectors.
• In a similar study performed in Great Britain by MORI in 2001 the summary reports that "Users (of radar detectors) appear to travel 50% further between accidents than non-users. In this survey the users interviewed traveling on average 217,353 miles between accidents compared to 143,401 miles between accidents of those non-users randomly drawn from the general public." The MORI study also reported "Three quarters agree, perhaps unsurprisingly, that since purchasing a radar detector they have become more conscious about keeping to the speed limit..." and "Three in five detector users claim to have become a safer driver since purchasing a detector."
• Modern radar detectors play a significant role in preventing accidents and laying the technology foundation for the Safety Warning System® (SWS). Radar detectors with SWS alert motorists to oncoming emergency vehicles, potential road hazards, and unusual traffic conditions. There are more than 10 million radar detectors with SWS in use nationwide. The federal government has earmarked $2.1 million for further study of the SWS over a three-year period of time. The U.S. Department of Transportation is administering grants to state and local governments to purchase the SWS system and study its effectiveness (for example, in the form of SWS transmitters for school buses and emergency vehicles). The drivers of Virginia deserve the right to the important safety benefits that SWS delivers.
*** A small surcharge($5-$10) or tax(2%-3%) could be added to the price of the device to make-up for any possible loss of revenue from reduced number of speeding tickets and the loss of tickets written for radar detectors.***

Please sign this petition and help repeal this ban and give drivers in Virginia the freedom to know if they are under surveillance and to use their property legally:

www.stoptheban.org

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/repeal-the-virginia-radar-detector-ban

Slow the fuck down or pay the fine, and throw
that GAY radar detector in the garbage where it belongs!

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"Why don't you LOSERS just pack your flower print DOUCHE BAGS
and get your stoopid @$$#$ THE FUCK OFF MY INTERNETZ!"

- 'philscamms' (the YT Watchdog) ; internet & YouTube® extraordinaire.

Good ole Dave Albo and his Republican plans. This worked out well.

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> Good ole Dave Albo and his Republican plans. This
> worked out well.

Did it? What were the results?

TrickyDick,

I'm really not sure what his name was, this was about 8 years ago. I think I was so pissed off about spending all that money when I could have spent less than half and had another lawyer tell me to take the plea deal that the prosecutor was offering. The name David Dean does sound familiar though, did the same thing happen to you?

Good ole Republicans trying to stick it to Virginians. This was a complete Republican waste of taxpayer time and money! What hell was he thinking?