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57. The problem was

Sun Mar 24, 2013, 03:11 PM

Mar 2013

the system didn't have any kind of cap in the past, so property taxes could be raised at alarming rates to astounding levels by all jurisdictions who levied them.

In California, people who worked hard their entire lives to pay off their homes were threatened constantly with losing their homes just because the state or the county kept raising the property tax rates.

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California: How a $25 traffic ticket ends up costing $194. [View all] BlueCheese Mar 2013 OP

I got a ticket in my driveway for no seatbelt...$175.00 SoCalDem Mar 2013 #1

WTF! Art_from_Ark Mar 2013 #3

In your driveway? BlueCheese Mar 2013 #4

how can you get a ticket in your driveway - that is private property hollysmom Mar 2013 #5

Cops can do whatever they want. They are not restricted by the law, logic, or common sense. AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #13

He happened to be on the street and "whooped" as I pulled in.. SoCalDem Mar 2013 #16

So you were on the street with unbuckled seatbelt? Duckhunter935 Mar 2013 #29

Why? dems_rightnow Mar 2013 #31

Common mailbox is one driveway away from my house SoCalDem Mar 2013 #69

You must live in a large city. hollysmom Mar 2013 #38

Same here. Locals don't get tickets. They go after the visitors Cleita Mar 2013 #53

But, never seen a bad ticket being given out and locals do get stopped and warned. hollysmom Mar 2013 #56

My client was convicted of DWI in her driveway while in park, no_hypocrisy Mar 2013 #23

That's the law in KS proud2BlibKansan Mar 2013 #42

Yep. It sometimes depends on how the state law is written. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #65

the engine doesn't even need to be on. shanti Mar 2013 #74

She's lucky she wasn't thinking about having sex or they would have charged her bluedigger Mar 2013 #62

My kid got a seat-belt ticket at the drive through. MindPilot Mar 2013 #49

It's completely chickenshit, and turns the cops into jackbooted tax collectors villager Mar 2013 #2

Seriously... BlueCheese Mar 2013 #6

Hasn't happened yet - pitchforks, that is Cirque du So-What Mar 2013 #24

We have DUers supporting this crap. They'll call it an asshole tax. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #27

You'll never read anything I write in favor of it Cirque du So-What Mar 2013 #34

Choose traffic school? In Chicago, traffic school has been privatized and operated in part by AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #14

I had a red light ticket Politicalboi Mar 2013 #18

I was in court a few years ago and the "supervision" with traffic school was like... Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #30

In California SoCalNative Mar 2013 #55

Welcome to the American Criminal Justice System MrScorpio Mar 2013 #7

A ticket for talking on the phone and driving is $160 in CA GObamaGO Mar 2013 #8

Ridiculously high or ridiculously low? This may depend upon whether you've gotten into an accident AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #15

My mom and dad who were hospitalized overnight after being hit by a driver on the phone proud2BlibKansan Mar 2013 #43

As a lifelong motorcyclist, I think it should be much higher too ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2013 #44

it should be $1000 for first offense and progessively higher until third offense datasuspect Mar 2013 #46

the fine should be WAY more than that Skittles Mar 2013 #73

Because many of the Americans who actually vote refuse to accept that they must pay tblue37 Mar 2013 #9

By buying cookies at a school bake sale Turbineguy Mar 2013 #20

I don't think it is necessarily "agreeing" so much as it is tblue37 Mar 2013 #21

You are right. Turbineguy Mar 2013 #22

Hahaha! Nice story. Luminous Animal Mar 2013 #10

we can't have the wealthy having to pay their share , so we do things like this JI7 Mar 2013 #11

the ticket I got last may in Ohio did me the same way dsc Mar 2013 #12

My husband's "red-light" camera-ticket cost us $800. SoCalDem Mar 2013 #17

That is ridculous. RebelOne Mar 2013 #37

now that is outrageous dsc Mar 2013 #41

My friend in LA got off much cheaper mokawanis Mar 2013 #67

Is some or all of the traffic ticket system now in private hands? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #19

I was stopped for speeding, knew it was me as soon as the LEO came out into the road w/ lights on. bike man Mar 2013 #25

Was this 1967? Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #28

No it was not Deputy Fife. It was about 5 years ago. The LEO explained that refusal to sign bike man Mar 2013 #40

I think you may have misunderstood the purpose of the signature. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #50

No, I did not misunderstand the purpose of the signature. It is/was in effect bike man Mar 2013 #59

Remind me to never do a crime with you. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #61

One of the things I learned from inmates whilst working in a prison - never bike man Mar 2013 #70

I used to work for a guy with a pretty rough past. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #71

I received a speeding ticket about 5 years ago. RebelOne Mar 2013 #48

I'm in a small town. Courthouse is about 6 miles from my house. I went from the place of the crime bike man Mar 2013 #60

I happen to like the system here in South Korea davidpdx Mar 2013 #26

Although it may cost more money up front, one should hire a lawyer MrScorpio Mar 2013 #32

sounds inspired by a phone bill markiv Mar 2013 #33

Your friend can thank Howard Jarvis and his republican buddies for that tularetom Mar 2013 #35

Chicago loves the red light tickets because they call them a municipal infraction.. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #39

The problem was SoCalNative Mar 2013 #57

That's why my dad moved back to Oklahoma when he retired tularetom Mar 2013 #58

How long before DU's gang of authoritarian douchebags comes to this thread to scold us? backscatter712 Mar 2013 #36

Oh they are already upthread. MindPilot Mar 2013 #52

So the state pays its way by taxing tickets? Surreal. McCamy Taylor Mar 2013 #45

In WI a speeding ticket I had for about 12 mph over was $300. And they would change it to a MillennialDem Mar 2013 #47

Are they going crazy? Cleita Mar 2013 #51

Years ago I got a ticket for getting out of my car, I forget now the legal language used in the Sadiedog Mar 2013 #54

It's like car tabs in WA: b_in_AK Mar 2013 #63

Depends. $30 for an optional Discovery Pass to get into state parks & other legislated fees =>$30.. uppityperson Mar 2013 #66

The brilliant residents of California voted to devastate their tax base and hand Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #64

A minimum wage or low-wage worker really gets screwed by that system mokawanis Mar 2013 #68

Yep. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #72