06-26-2007, 04:32 PM
I actually bet it doesn't work. Not for the reason Derek cited, though.
Jess already told us that a lot of her clients are in trouble because they can't pay their tickets as it. If I get a $1,050 failure to signal ticket I guarantee you I can't pay it cash. Oh, and Chris, Judges aren't given any leeway with the fines under the new fee schedule - if you get the ticket that's your fine - period - kind of puts a hole in the "well, it's to prevent accidents" theory. It's not. It's extortion. If people simply can't pay what willl the state do?
*Suspend licenses and increase fines they can't collect on?
*Use collections agencies? Either the agencies will take a cut of what they collcet on or the state will fund them directly... either way, lost revenue for the state - and there will be lots of defaults. Collections agencies don't even collect a very high percentage of what they're tasked with, anyways.
*Put fines on top of fines? That'll help... right.
*Damage people's credit? Well, that does to bad things for the money multiplier and people's abilties to spend (especially since cash savings is at an all time low and the multiplied is at a high).. and then people can't spend in general.
Taken to extrmes? Really, what will they do when people can't pay $4,000 speeding tickets and carry $750/yr points fines? How will people even earn the money to pay their fines if they can't drive to work because their TWELVE POINTS from TWO tickets suspends their liscense, and the fees keep them from reinstating it? What, will they put people in jail over tickets? Well, that won't generate any revenue...
... put people in jail and you've got to spend money to keep them alive.
And what if people's driving habits change because of these tickets? I, for one, won't get a single ticket during these price hikes. They won't collect any money if offenders don't offend... and then they'll have to raise regular taxes, which is a double edged sword because we won't be able to drive like normal people (because of the high fee schedule), and we'll get increased normal taxes. Of course, this is the kind of shit that'll get those parties responsible voted out of office, anyways.
And what of the justice of the penal code at all? Seriously, the whole thing is royally fucked up.
Oh, and yeah, hanging tag parking permits count as obstructions.
Jess already told us that a lot of her clients are in trouble because they can't pay their tickets as it. If I get a $1,050 failure to signal ticket I guarantee you I can't pay it cash. Oh, and Chris, Judges aren't given any leeway with the fines under the new fee schedule - if you get the ticket that's your fine - period - kind of puts a hole in the "well, it's to prevent accidents" theory. It's not. It's extortion. If people simply can't pay what willl the state do?
*Suspend licenses and increase fines they can't collect on?
*Use collections agencies? Either the agencies will take a cut of what they collcet on or the state will fund them directly... either way, lost revenue for the state - and there will be lots of defaults. Collections agencies don't even collect a very high percentage of what they're tasked with, anyways.
*Put fines on top of fines? That'll help... right.
*Damage people's credit? Well, that does to bad things for the money multiplier and people's abilties to spend (especially since cash savings is at an all time low and the multiplied is at a high).. and then people can't spend in general.
Taken to extrmes? Really, what will they do when people can't pay $4,000 speeding tickets and carry $750/yr points fines? How will people even earn the money to pay their fines if they can't drive to work because their TWELVE POINTS from TWO tickets suspends their liscense, and the fees keep them from reinstating it? What, will they put people in jail over tickets? Well, that won't generate any revenue...
... put people in jail and you've got to spend money to keep them alive.
And what if people's driving habits change because of these tickets? I, for one, won't get a single ticket during these price hikes. They won't collect any money if offenders don't offend... and then they'll have to raise regular taxes, which is a double edged sword because we won't be able to drive like normal people (because of the high fee schedule), and we'll get increased normal taxes. Of course, this is the kind of shit that'll get those parties responsible voted out of office, anyways.
And what of the justice of the penal code at all? Seriously, the whole thing is royally fucked up.
Oh, and yeah, hanging tag parking permits count as obstructions.
When it comes to Ryan Jenkins, the story ends with me putting him in the wall.
2009 Speed Triple | 2006 DR-Z400SM | 1999 CBR600F4 | 1998 Jeep Cherokee
-Ginger
2009 Speed Triple | 2006 DR-Z400SM | 1999 CBR600F4 | 1998 Jeep Cherokee
-Ginger