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Re:Life expectancy declines seen in U.S. and other high-inco... by anoncoward111 on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @11:50PM (#17824436)
Dammnnnn Seattle the land of speeding protections!!

Doing 72 in a 55 (17mph over limit) came with a sticker price of $400 fine, 6 points on the license, plead guilty by mail or in person pre-trial hearing in the absolute middle of nowhere in NY. Plea bargained to $225 "parking violation" that went straight to the town's budget. Sickening considering most roads in MA have a 70 mph speed limit

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Re:Life expectancy declines seen in U.S. and other high-inco... by StudentStuff on Friday August 24, 2018 @04:34PM (#17837710)
I've seen Too Fast For Conditions (a ticket for crashing basically) plea bargained to a parking violation (without much of a discount), but yet to see the same for a speeding ticket. No points or counter for accidents that may affect your license here in WA State tho.
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