Drivers Beware!

A few weeks ago my brother and I were
driving through the city of South Pasadena.
When we came to an intersection my brother
failed to stop at the designated spot and
stopped after crossing the line. We were
immediately pulled over. After the cop
explained what he had done he wrote out a
ticket. My brother had stopped at the stop
sign but missed the mark by a foot or two and
for that mistake he was cited. This would no
doubt cost him a few hundred bucks and time
wasted in court. Such pettiness shows how
desperate things have gotten in the state of
California. Check out the story below and let
us know if you've been in a similar situation.





The budget crisis facing state and local governments is becoming particularly costly to California motorists, as officials turn to parking and traffic violations as a way to boost their depleted coffers.

The ticket for an expired meter in Los Angeles jumped from $40 in 2008 to about $50 last year, and "fix-it" tickets for minor moving violations such as broken taillights more than doubled.

And officials are now hatching new ideas to bring in even more money from naughty motorists.

L.A. and other cities are urging the Legislature to allow them to place wheel boots on cars that have as few as three unpaid parking tickets. Currently, the law allows the boot only after a driver accumulates five parking tickets. In L.A. alone, officials estimate the change would help them recover overdue parking citations totaling up to $61 million.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants cities and counties to install speed sensors on red-light cameras to catch speeding cars. Fines would range from $225 to $325, and state officials estimate the change would generate more than $300 million for the state through the end of 2011.




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