O'Malley would create new fines for drunken driving, speeding to raise revenue
There are speeding tickets and penalties for driving drunk. But if an obscure provision in Gov. Martin O'Malley's budget proposal becomes law, motorists in Maryland will have another sanction to worry about: a fine for bad driving.
Get caught going 85 on the highway twice in two years? On top of the $1,080 in traffic fines you've earned, you'd owe the state $1,500. There would be a new fee for drunken driving too: A conviction would cost an additional $500 every year for three years.
A driver who didn't pay the surcharge could see his or her license suspended.
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Get caught going 85 on the highway twice in two years? On top of the $1,080 in traffic fines you've earned, you'd owe the state $1,500. There would be a new fee for drunken driving too: A conviction would cost an additional $500 every year for three years.
A driver who didn't pay the surcharge could see his or her license suspended.
GO HERE to read more.
6 comments:
Really bad idea...Virginia tried something like this.....failed in the courts. This will also !
They need to do something about the bad and stupid drivers out there. They already have the laws but the only one they actively enforce is speeding.
Tailgating should be an easy enough ticket. All they have to do is look and tell if someone is following too close. No special equipment needed. Their dash cams would be proof enough is someone challenged the ticket.
tailgating would be hard to enforce, but wish there was a law against it. All to often I have a a-hole on my ass because he wants to go faster than me but I have a car in front of me going same speed and I allow distance. Car behind me passes me then pulls right in front of me.. thus making it look like I am tailgaiting.
There are laws against it. It is also grouped into aggressive driving laws.
I don't know why it would be hard to enforce but driving everyday and seeing it done would seem that is NOT being enforced.
Ten years ago MSP did a crackdown on agressive driving. Seems we are due for another one.
GLEN BURNIE, MD (August 8, 2001) --- Tailgating (following too closely) is one of the most prevalent aggressive driving behaviors in our region. Second only to speeding, it is especially dangerous in that it usually involves excessive speeding and unsafe lane changes. The tailgating problem is so rampant that it will be the focus in the fourth law enforcement wave, scheduled August 13-19, of Smooth Operator 2001.
Nearly 45,000 vehicles per day – or approximately 1,900 per hour are tailgating on the Capital Beltway. This is considered a conservative estimate by the recently released Smooth Operator Task Force Traffic Study, whose findings also concluded that 5% of those vehicles are traveling with less than 1/2-second between cars and more than a fourth of them travel with a one-second distance between cars. Tailgating erases the ability of a driver to safely stop and dramatically increases the likelihood of a fatal or injury-laden crash. Tailgating is a serious violation of a driving privilege punishable with points assessed on a driver’s record.
http://www.mva.maryland.gov/About-MVA/PRESS/2001/010808.htm
New Jersey does that and they are one of the most communist states there is. Catch the violating actual laws and fine the. But no multiple fines for the same violation. Isn't it clear that this is just another revenue generating scheme?
No offense to anyone but it would seem that some people do not even know what the driving laws are.
Maybe that is the reason for such bad driving skills? They have not been properly educated and trained in the laws and rules of the road?
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