top 10 costly ticketed states

[thepushercg]

forbes list these as the top 10 highest fine states.
1.Georiga
2.Illinois
3.Nevada
4.New Hampshire
5.North Carolina
6.Utah
7.Oregon
8.Indiana
9.Kansas
10.Maryland

wonder where your state fits in....




Penalties for first-time speeders State Jail time & Fines
Alabama
Up to 10 days
Up to $100
Montana

$10-$100

Alaska

Up to $300
Nebraska

$10-$200

Arizona

Up to $250
Nevada
Up to 6 mos.
Up to $1,000

Arkansas
Up to 10 days
Up to $100
New Hampshire

Up to $1,000

California

Up to $100
New Jersey
Up to 15 days
$50-$200

Colorado

$15-$100
New Mexico
Up to 90 days
Up to $300

Connecticut

Up to $50
New York
Up to 30 days
$30-$400

Delaware

$20
North Carolina
Up to 60 days
$100-$1,000

Washington, D.C.

$15-$100
North Dakota

$5->$99

Florida

$25-$250
Ohio

Up to $100

Georgia
Up to 12 mos.
Up to $1,000
Oklahoma
5 to 30 days
$10-$200

Hawaii

Up to $200
Oregon

$75-$600

Idaho

Up to $100
Pennsylvania

$35

Illinois

Up to $1,000
Rhode Island

$50

Indiana

Up to $500
South Carolina
Up to 30 days
$15-200

Iowa
Up to 30 days
$50-$100
South Dakota
Up to 30 days
Up to $200

Kansas

Up to $500
Tennessee
Up to 30 days
Up to $50

Kentucky

Up to $100
Texas

$1-$200

Louisiana
Up to 30 days
Up to $175
Utah
Up to 90 days
Up to $750

Maine

$25-$250
Vermont

Up to $175

Maryland

Up to $500
Virginia

Up to $200

Massachusetts

Not less than $50
Washington

Up to $250

Michigan

Up to $100
West Virginia

Up to $100

Minnesota

Up to $200
Wisconsin

$30-$300

Mississippi
Up to 10 days
Up to $100
Wyoming
Up to 30 days
Up to $200

Missouri
Up to 6 mos.
Up to $500

 

[ozz]

Wow even oregon beat out cali hard to believe we arent NO.1

 

[nerfboy]

My impression of Oregon has always been, that if you got a ticket, it's gonna be expensive cause you where really pushing it. I've had cops pass me doing 80+ down there without a thought. I've heard similar things about Nevada

Washington passes em out like gum drops, being the nanny state it is, but they didn't make the list. So maybe being on this list is a good thing.

Do these states charge more cause they give out few but more valid tickets?

 

[dadofthree]

SC 10 over $77, 15 over $128, 25 over $180, and above that $440. You can be jailed for reckless driving 30 over vs. speeding. Magistrates are limited to a fine of $1000 and 30 days in jail for folks deciding not to pay. Most of the time everything gets reduced to the minimum and there's no special treatment for first time offenders, etc. There is habitual offender law, but it's rarely used.

 

[DaCol.]

I can tell you that the Kansas HP have NO sence of humor

. You speed (5 over) and your risking a ticket. If they stop ya, I don't think they have ever heard of or ever used a WARNING ticket. Especially from out of state  

. No, I've never gotten a ticket there, but a bunch of my riding buddies have, including a Dep Sheriff who they know, for doing 10 over. He can't wait for them to drift down this way

 

[GIXERHP]

Ha now i know why i hate New Hampshire! #4

 

[heavybusa]

 

[ToyKraz]

Speaking from experience.

75 in a 65 zone cost me $247 while passing through Oregon. Probably saw the Calif. plates and figured I could afford it.

 

[semi]

well, at least we're not #1

 

[greyrocket]

well 29 over in ca is $351

 

[rockadaous]

#5 figures

 

[psycobusa]

115 in a 65 in MS is $230

 

[lugnutz]

In New York, I was caught doing 88 in a 65, I sent in the ticket guilty because I live in CT. Didn't feel like making the drive. The first ticket was from the town, 175. Then I received another ticket for 300 from the state.. What is up with NY? 475.00!!

 

[jjmetheny]

Iowa just bumped up all their tickets last summer. I got a ticket for 55 mph over when I was young and dumb and it was only $167.

 

[skid vicious]

this is an incredibly misleading post. how were these stats gathered? are they just going off ticket info or actual decisions by the court? in theory, a state could have a min 25 dollar charge per ticket all the way up to lets say 10,000 dollars making it both the cheapest and most expensive state at the same time. then you have to factor in tickets pet capita. i can go on and on, but i won't

 

[thepushercg]

http://www.forbes.com/2006....ed=6000

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Insuran....ts.aspx

 

[dmrowe]

(ozz @ Jan. 24 2007,17:02) Wow even oregon beat out cali    hard to believe we arent NO.1

Yeah, how the heck did we do that? Seems like CA goes out of its way to be as punitive as possible for almost anything.

 

[skid vicious]

(thepushercg @ Jan. 29 2007,13:44) http://www.forbes.com/2006....ed=6000

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Insuran....ts.aspx

pusher, i know where you got the info from. i'm saying, the way they presented it, is open to interpretation. in fact, they never tell you how they arrive at those numbers. i call shoddy reporting on forbes

 

[ozz]

(greyrocket @ Jan. 25 2007,22:29) well 29 over in ca is $351

and for me John it was $744 for 105 in a 55

 

[inthexring]

Yeah Oregon is pretty rough!!