What's typical your Fine

[wpd8905]

Whats your fine for speed or equipment violation ours is as follows

equipment - 85.00 includes court cost

Speed
1-10 over 95.00 W/ court Cost
11-15 105.00
16-21 110.00
21 over 115.00

25 above in bussiness zone 250.00
all includes court cost

[Officer_Grady]

I really do not know how the courts figure it out. I make a ugly face when I hear the fines are over two bills as that's pretty expensive. :shock:

[Mac]

Each county has their own bail schedule, so the fines vary from place to place.

[bcjack]

This is the BASE fine schedule for California. As was stated, each County has their own schedule, but they are all based on the State Schedule.


http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/invitationstocomment/documents/sp06-20.pdf

[Your Mentor]

To chime in with Mac and Officer Grady, it is true that each county cites a different dollar amount. Citizens of other states always scratch their heads at that notion. There are numerous differences between our state-level law enforcement and that of other states. Most state police organizations cite the bail amount (fine) right on their citations and a portion of the fine is captured by state revenue. In California's history, Highway Patrol officers were actually paid according to how many citations they wrote (before the Dept. of CHP was created) and this caused some less than ethical conduct by individual officers. This is where the stereotype of a motor cycle officer sitting behind a billboard came from. The first action taken against such conduct was to unify Highway Patrolmen into a collective agency and take revenue away as an income source. This removed any question that officers would issue citations for the unethical purpose of collecting revenue. The end result of this political and economical evolution is that the CHP is no longer connected to the fine process. That is done by each county within our state. Each county is held to a uniformed bail schedule but is allowed to funnel revenue toward certain projects or programs. So if a county has several DUI abatement programs, they are permitted to increase fines in order to cover funding for such programs. Also, court 'assessment' fees, designed to compensate the county for processing citations, is not held to a uniformed code. Finally, each county has a different schedule for enhancements. For example, counties can increase fines if the violator has prior convictions for traffic infractions. That amount is up to the county municipality.

In the end, each county in California has a different bail/fine schedule for each offense.

YM

[wpd8905]

I understand each county is different in each state, I have people complain all the time about a 110.00 ticket, I'm like 1st off the fine is only 65.00, you add 40 court cost and its 110.00 and second if it was up to me you would pay a lot more.

our court complains about us and ticket writing for a department of 12 guys we wrote 1600 cits last year, they bi@th cause they say they didn't make enough money. I say quit reducing the fines when they plead NG example : young girls speeds 47 / 25 comes to court cries "no money In college" 3rd cit in 12 months.. Judge says OK 10.00 plus 20 for costs instead of 115.00 ... I say raise the fine !!!!

I was just trying to compare different area's and different views

[MotorInLA]

our court complains about us and ticket writing for a department of 12 guys we wrote 1600 cits last year, they bi@th cause they say they didn't make enough money. I say quit reducing the fines when they plead NG example : young girls speeds 47 / 25 comes to court cries "no money In college" 3rd cit in 12 months.. Judge says OK 10.00 plus 20 for costs instead of 115.00 ... I say raise the fine !!!!

I was just trying to compare different area's and different views

12 guys - 1600 cites/year?

Must be kinda slow in your town. I probably write close to that many a year by myself.

Easy solution (at least in CA). Create a Commercial Enforcement position. If your truck is a few thousand pounds over declared weight = $6600 (state mandated fine - no reductions allowed). If you don't have the hazmat placard within arms reach in the cab = $5000. The list goes on and on.

Difficult solution. Remove current judge and replace with one that has a spine.

My $0.02.

[wpd8905]

Easy solution (at least in CA). Create a Commercial Enforcement position. If your truck is a few thousand pounds over declared weight = $6600 (state mandated fine - no reductions allowed). If you don't have the hazmat placard within arms reach in the cab = $5000. The list goes on and on.

Problem is this: I love to hammer truck drivers. OSHP used to put out DOT enforcement classes to smaller departments, but stopped because to many small departments would send there guys, and the SP would loose the money, (LOCAL CODE) So now we have to call out the Motor carrier officers to the scene and most guys like me don't wanna wait 3 hours for DOT to show up so we don't bother most of the time

Some places offer a DOT class, but it 6 weeks long and almost 5,000. My department wont shell out that kinda money.

But I agree with the judge, get one in with some :shock:ops: . But that's why he continues to will elections