Everything is serious with Traffic Citation in the USA. To make an agreement with police authorities is out of the question. They do not take bribes, which is easy to explain. To be a police officer in America is a very well paid profession and in order to become a police officer, you should be selected, bear arms and so on. They hold down a job because «policeman» sounds proud, besides employment benefits, which includes health insurance, series of discounts (even on payment for real estate), and serene and warm existence in old age (pensions are quite noble for employees). It has never occurred to anyone to barter this all for a pair of green banknotes. This is probably why, for this reason along drivers are not stopped in the USA just for checking. If you broke the rules of the road, face the consequences in front of the law.
Rules vary in different states let alone the traffic citation. Nevertheless, the fight pattern is the same.
They write out a Fine on a receipt for drivers bending the rules in the USA with the help of which it can be paid off in any bank. If a fine is paid, it is an automatic recognition of a driver of his/her fault. Non-payment leads to driving license suspense. Those car owners who disagree with amerce can apply to a court, who will decide whether there was a breakdown and what penalty the driver deserves. Penalties for an increase in speed. At authorized speed 50 miles per hour. Penalties for an increase in speed are as follows:
- 60 mi/h – 70 $;
- 65 mi/h – 90 $;
- 70 mi/h – 100 $;
- 75 mi/h – 140 $;
- 80 mi/h – 200 $;
- 85 mi/h – 350 $;
- 90 mi/h – 500 $.
If a driver increased in speed in a school-, kindergarten or construction work areas, amount of fine can rise in two times.
Then again, everything depends upon state legislation.
- Fine for red-light running is about 50 $.
- Fine for a wrong change of traffic lane – 380 $
- Fine for block intersection – 485
- Fine for flank traffic – 450 $
- Fine for those who fail to wear a seatbelt – 50 $
- Fines and penalties for driving under the influence of drink and drugs.
- Blood alcohol limit is no more than 0, 08 per mil in the USA.
If this is for the first time for a driver to be accused of driving with over the limit blood alcohol content, drugged or both, s/he may be sentenced to be confined for 6 months.
If lucky, a fine at a rate of 390-1000 $. Yes, the driver is to pay court costs as well and s/he will have to come down with money 3 times more.
A car can be confiscated and an invoice is written out for its storage. Driving while drunk is forbidden let alone drunk passengers in the car and if alcohol is found in the car even no one takes a sip requires full payment.
Fine for careless driving. A driver accused in careless driving or racing, which led to the bodily injury of others may be committed to the prison of a district or a state for a term from 30 days to 6 months, let alone should pay a fine from 220 to 1000 $.
Anyone who escaped or attempted to escape from a peace officer, who is in the line of the duty, commits an action punishable by committing to a prison of a district for a term of no more than a year.
There is one more punishment in addition to all the punishments mentioned above. Violation is reflected in the amount of a car insurance. The more a driver breaks down, the more he is to pay to an insurance company just as well.
This is how an American driver control system looks likes in a few words.
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