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Police Creativity: How to Increase a Speeding Ticket Charge

This is creative. There is an extra charge on the speeding ticket in Atlanta, Georgia:

“HOLLY SPRINGS, Ga. — The surging price of gasoline has come to this: a “fuel surcharge” on your next speeding ticket.

Drivers caught speeding in this north Atlanta suburb soon will have to pay an extra $12 — to cover $4-a-gallon gas costs for the police officers who stop them.”

link: Speeders to pay extra for police fuel

Along the same lines, wouldn’t it be wise to add a ‘health surcharge’? If the police incident raised the officers’ blood pressure, then shouldn’t the offending motorist be penalized and made to contribute to a health plan? If one thinks about it, there are a myriad of other ’surcharges’ that could be added to the speeding ticket.

Catherine Forsythe

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It’s getting way too creative out there.
We’re seeing a totally out of control system where what used to be enforcement has turned into revenue generation.

Red light cameras, anyone?

It further verifies that speeding tickets aren’t about traffic safety. They’re about revenue generation.

Oh, come on people! When did the Powers-That-Be ever NOT serve the almighty dollar?

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