Here's a linky:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oakland...161?source=rss
I hate the Merc News, but what can you do.

Clif Notes:
PRICIER TICKETS
Gotten a traffic ticket? As of Jan. 1, you're paying more. The higher fees are expected to raise $300 million a year to pay for renovations at 41 court houses across the state. -Surcharge on traffic ticket: $35 hike
-Fix-it ticket: $15 hike per violation
-Parking tickets: $3 increase
-Traffic school costs: Up $25
Source: Judicial Council of California

 

you get an audience that way too

 

+1 for honesty and being polite.

 

dang man. u dont want him to shoot you and plant a dirty gun in your dead hands so that he justifies the shoot to be legit.

that's what I'd do anyways... hahaha too many movies...

 

Never Mouth Off, it will only end up with your butthole matching the size of the big mouth you're giving a workout. Remember you have the right to remain silent even before you are mirandized. Save the hot air & emotion for court, there's no such thing as a Jedi mind trick on a l.e.o

 

Wow...mouthing off to a cop...great idea...

I can't tell you how many times I've been let off with a warning just for being a nice, respectful individual. Imagine that...

-Brian

 

Amen! And considering most of them have to deal with *******s 24/7, they actually might be nice/polite back to you.

Two weeks ago I was pulled over on 880 for speeding. I was going 80MPH on the dot. The CHP officer walks up and does is thing.

CHP: "do you know why I pulled you over?"
ME: "Yes, I was speeding"
CHP "How fast were you going"
ME: "80MPH"

Long story short. He comes back and hands me a ticket and says..

CHP: "I only wrote you up for your window tint because you told me what I wanted to hear. You told me exactly how fast you were going and didn't try to lie and say 65, 75. So I appreciate your honesty."

I thought that was cool as hell. Not to mention he loved my car and said he "couldn't believe" I did not have any speeding tickets.

anyhow,
So it looks like I'll be paying $25 in a week or two for that fix it.

 

Yeah, I got pulled over the day after Christmas at 7:15ish AM going "between 80 and 90". The sheriff had been pacing me for a while and since my back window was covered in dirt, I couldn't see him 'til it was waaaay to late. He basically walked up to the car, asked me if I knew why I was being pulled over and I said that I was speeding and that I was sorry. Had my license, reg. and ins. ready to hand to him and he said he'd been "trying to keep up for 15 to 20 miles" and that I was going between "80 and 90". I apologized again and said I was sorry. About 5 minutes later he hops out of his Tahoe without his ticket book. Comes to the window and explains how they'd had a dual fatality just two days prior and to "slow it down". No mention of the tint or missing front plate just a stern, disappointed father-like, look and a verbal warning. I thanked him profusely and was on my way.

Cliff notes: Be Honest and Polite to officers of the law and more often than not they will return the favor.

-Brian

 

oh, have they raised parking meter rates anywhere else? Monterey lowered the amount of time you get for your money. A nickel now gets you 2 friggin minutes!

 

Yeah say hello to another broke *** cali year, they gonna do what they can to get some funds...

 

I got a ticket for modified exhaust and they told me I had to go to court if I want to pay the $25 compliance fee. So two trips to 850 Bryant, take some time off work, standing in line for an hour and pay the $25 fee. I almost paid the $128 penalty instead of all this hassle!!