Virginia Cities Raise Speeding Fines

Virginia allows individual cities to increase the cost of a speeding ticket by $200. Traveling with the flow of traffic earns $355 fine. With speeding penalties in Virginia already topping out at a maximum of $3550, at least one city has decided its own cut has become too low. Charlottesville is one of many cities now taking advantage of a 1996 law that authorized jurisdictions to tack an extra $200 fine onto selected speeding tickets handed to drivers accused of exceeding the limit by 1 to 20 MPH. Full story...

Posted by Editor at September 14, 2007 01:58 PM