Slow Down Thru GA.

Polkersince85

Just a heads up if you travel thru Georgia. As of today, if you exceed 85 on a four lane or 75 on a two lane, there is an additional $200.00 fine on top of the regular fine. You'd be lucky to get out for less than $500.00. Good luck if it is in a construction zone.. $650 plus $200. The $200 goes to support the trauma centers.

treitz3

Those high rates just for speeding should be illegal.

I seriously doubt that will change anything though. Every time I go through Atlanta, if I'm not going 85 in a 55? I would die from getting plowed over from everybody else going 90.

Polkersince85

Out on the open interstate is where they will have a field day. The inner cities are a little harder to enforce.

ben62670

Thanks for the heads up. I will be dropping off mom at the airport 3am. Gotta love these bubba do dah states.

Sherardp

Out here speeding ticket will hit you for a grand so those rates are a deal. Plus out here you lose your license for 30 days.

mhardy6647

treitz3 wrote: »

Those high rates just for speeding should be illegal.

Why (given that speeding is itself illegal)?

treitz3

I'm sorry, but $800.00, points on your license and most likely an increase in rates is way out of line for a simple speeding ticket.

Back when I was young and dumb, I was flying around the beltway in DC and got clocked at around 120mph. Because the state trooper was a fan of my car, he reduced the speed to 74 [Thank you, sir ] and the fine was only $150.00 or so. I learned my lesson. An $800 ticket? Give me a freakin' break! :eek:

I know the right thing to do is simply not to speed, but these kind of fines are completely out of line with the violation.

george daniel

Eh,, 800+/- really is about right,,in 1999 I was clocked at 87 in a 55 in metro Atlanta,, just a wee tad faster than the flow--312 smackers.

F1nut

Just another way for the state to fund it's spending. It's got nothing to do with safety.

george daniel

^^^^^^^^yes sir--they gotta keep that cash flow ^^^^^^^

F1nut

We have speed cameras set up in some of the areas around here. $40.00 a pop with no points, strictly a money maker for the county.

There's one road I travel a lot that has two traps, one for each direction, set up within a quarter mile of each other. The speed limit is 30 (should be at least 40), so for this one quarter mile stretch everyone does 30, then it's back to 40+. It's a complete joke.

audiobliss

Thanks for the heads up! When I hit the road back to school coming up here next Saturday, I'll be driving right through Georgia and Atlanta!

ben62670

Stop by kid. You will have a place to crash if you wish.
Ben

billbillw

Its simple. Keep at 80 and you won't have problems on most of the interstate roads (unless its a construction area, in which case, you should be going slower anyway). If your on a 2 laner, you should never be doing much more than 60 anyway. I've lived in Atlanta for almost 14 years now. Its nonsense to say that you have to drive more than 70 to keep from getting run over. You can be just fine doing 70 if you stay in the middle lanes.

gdb

Seems to me like a $200.00 investment in a detector would be better than paying a high fine. IF, they are still effective, it's been a long time since I had a "lead foot" and used detectors!:D

ben62670

I just cruised to ATL airport and back. I feel no need to do more than 75. 80 on long trips. Virgina sucks worse than here.

gdb

"Virgina sucks worse than here."


They just love to nail us folks from Maryland and........detectors are illegal in VA.:mad:

tonyb

F1nut wrote: »

Just another way for the state to fund it's spending. It's got nothing to do with safety.

Bingo.

Here in Chicago and the burbs, camera's are set up everywhere. They have done studies that concluded the intersections with the camera's made it less safe for motorist. A ticket here cost 100 bucks. As such,goverment never controls it's spending,or gets smaller. But our wallets sure do.