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Speeding tickets now up to $600 in NYC
2014 May 20, 4:31am 937 views 4 comments
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2014 May 20, 5:26am
How someone can speed in NYC is beyond me.
If they are trying to raise funds, they should concentrate on giving tickets for reckless driving. NYC drivers have no manners, no courtesy and think they own the roads. Especially those cabbies.
Although it doesn't state it in the article for some reason, Blasio lowered the speed limit 5mph citywide at the same time they started installing cameras in the beginning of this year to maximize the effectiveness of catching drivers who were still used to driving the old speed limit for years, and bring in a significant stream of revenue since cameras are cheap to operate.
How someone can speed in NYC is beyond me.
Not hard when you set artificially low speed limits. Manhattan is not the only borough in New York City.
I suspect that $600 and 11 points figure is probably based on driving 75+ on city streets, most likely (which could be reckless as defined by state statute). It's not like California where even 1 mph over the limit could be a $400+ ticket. It used to be around $321, but has been jacked up as budget crises have gone on.
lostand confused
2014 May 20, 5:56am
This is why people lose respect for law enforcement. Budget crisis-raise taxces, raise cigarrete taxes, raise property taxes and give out speeding tickets.
At least on taxes, you are open, here they make it about safety-this is bipartisan. When Arnie was the gov of CA, he wanted to add speed tickets to red light cameras. He didn't even bother to coat it as safety and alreayd ahd calculated how much revenue it would bring in. Thugs-all of them.
http://www.myfoxny.com/story/25561545/speeding-crackdown-in-new-york-city
NEW YORK (MYFOXNY) - Pay attention to the speed limit if you drive in New York City, especially on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.
The NYPD is cracking down on speeding drivers as part of Mayor Bill de Blasio's Vision Zero initiative to reduce traffic-related deaths.
Even if you don't see a traffic officer, you can still get a ticket for speeding. There are speed cameras around the city.
The speed limit is 30 mph on local streets, 25 mph in slow zones and 20 mph in school zones.
Fines for speeding range from $90-$600 and up to 11 points on your license.
Last week, the NYPD targeted distracted drivers and handed out 4,000 tickets, mainly to drivers on their cell phones