mbamg06e55

Some new traffic fines our elustrious goverment has imposed on us as of the first of this yr.



UPDATE ON THE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS:

1. CARPOOL LANE: 1ST TIME IS $1068.50 STARTING ON 1/1/07 ( ITS NOT $271 WHICH IS POSTED- THATS OLD INFO) 2ND TIME- DOUBLED, 3RD TIME- TRIPLE AND 4TH TIME IS A SUSPENDED LICENSE.
2. INCORRECT LANE CHANGES- $380 ( DONT CROSS SOLID LINES OR CHANGE LANES IN AN INTERSECTION)
3. BLOCK INTERSECTION- $485
4.DRIVING ON THE SHOULDER- $450
5. CELL PHONE USE IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE- DOUBLE FINE
6. PASSENGERS 18 AND OLDER NOT IN SEATBELTS- BOTH THE PASSENGER AND THE DRIVER GET TICKETS
7.SPEEDERS CAN ONLY DRIVE 3MILES OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT (NOT 5 MILES)

psk145

actualy, there is no law against changing lanes in an intersection. I belive its a gray area on the vehicle code, at least in CA

AndrewAZ

For number 7.. Speed limit means its the limit.. Not that you can go over the limit. Its up to the officers, I have know people that have been pulled over for 2mph over the limit and given a ticket.. I drive 10-15 over the limit and have never been pulled over, here in Arizona 10 over is considered the "safe" zone.

StealthAuto

I believe there's a 3/5mph buffer zone, even in the courts.

Fast55

Correct. There is no V.C. against it. It's very old "trick" question on most of the CDL tests.

sdsilverm3

+2. This is confirmed with two officers I asked.

glassJAw

Wow, those carpool violations are gonna hit hard.

psk145

Im glad. I hate seeing single drivers in the carpool lane, and people cutting in and out of them as well

FloridaE55

I'm not so sure about that...you might get a ticket for driving 2 or even 1 mph over the limit, the question is IF this was really your measured speed...

Example: In Germany, you get a "measuring tolerance" of 3 km/h. If you were "caught" doing 103 km/h in a 100 km/h zone, you wouldn't get a ticket although you were measured 3 km/h too fast (and maybe you were that fast - doesn't matter). They take the measured speed, deduct the 3 km/h and call the result "the minimum speed the vehicle had". 103 km/h - 3 km/h = 100 km/h = no ticket...

NOW, if they might have caught you doing 104km/h, than you might get a ticket for doing 101 km/h in a 100 km/h limit. So yes, you might get a ticket for being 1 km/h too fast - but in reality, you were 4 km/h too fast...

BTW, I always set my cruise control to the speed-limit PLUS 5 mph. I already ran into several radar-traps going 47 mph in a 45 limit (I know that my "real" speed is about 3 mph slower than displayed by my car) - nothing hapened. Once I actually saw the cop getting out of his car with the radar gun in has hand, pointing it at me with nobody else around.. I bet my *** that he would have stopped me in my M5 if he could...

abhatti55

mbamg06e55, not to change the subject, but i couldn't help but to notice 375,000 miles on the 300se, thats amazing, we have a silver '89 as well, have 249,000 on it now, and still runs like a charm, and cleans up quite nice too. ours has paid for itself many times over, i'm sure its the same with you..

gE63

Agreed. There are no "lanes" in an intersection.

ChicagoX

In Florida, it was within 100ft of an intersection.

3x ADI classes in the early 90's all reiterated this.

ChicagoX

I still have a ticket for going 12 in a 10mph zone.

Daytona Beach a$$hole cops........

FloridaE55

As I pointed out before, the question is if your MEASURED speed was 12 or your speed after deducting a tolerance was at least 12....

Jrocket

WOW...the car pool lane fine is huge now.

korveine

BTW, I read on a couple websites that this *may* be a hoax/chain email as there is no information posted on DMV or AAA about such a big change as carpool fine. Still searching tho...

ChicagoX

I was going an indicated 10. He pulled me over. I got a ticket for going 12 in a 10.

FloridaE55

That's really strange - Usually, the indicated speed is slightly higher than the "real" one..

Maybe AMG speed-indicators don't work properly at those speeds....These cars were meant to fly, not to walk..

korveine

unless... a possibility could be different size rims and tires. I believe u have to recalibrate the speedometer when u change to different sizes to reflect the new true speed. did u have different size rims/tires?

AMG_55

speeding tickets......

ive gotten one for going 7 over in a 35 at 3am, there was one other car on the street. ****in ******* bh cops


i was driving at 120 (cruise cont.) on the 405, i look in the rearview and see lights catching up to me so i slow to 95 or so w/o braking. a cop pulls along side, turns his pillar light on, looks at me (i guess) and takes off

maybe the fact that i was in a completely stock 220 helped

eLTURCOamg

***** the police