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Just felt like venting a little. Was on the way home from Louisville visiting some family. I was about an hour from the Fl-GA border and we had just pulled off from some gas. I wasn't far from off of the on ramp and I see the lights. The officer came up to my passenger window and said he used a laser to see I was going 86 in a 70. Being I wasn't that far off of the on ramp I thought that was kind of funny but I stayed respectful. He pulled out his flash light and started looking thru my windows at the kids. My son which is 7 didn't even bat an eye from his tablet and he woke up my 11 month old with his flash light right in her face. Even peered thru the back window.
He came back about 10 mins later and asked me to step out of the car. I obliged and walked to the back of the car. He gave me two citations. One for speeding and one for my son not being in a Booster seat which is required in GA. It was cold and I had been sick the whole vacation and I was in shorts not really expecting to be outside the car. I put my hands in my pockets to warm up not thinking. He asked me to remove my hands and I quickly realised how easily things can go wrong interacting with an officer while making simple gestures. I apologised and he said they can't be too careful now a days with everything going on. He also said he didn't know how much the fines were which I thought was BS.
After doing some research about Georgia and Turner County. They are apparently notorious for issuing tickets over 85 mph. Mainly because of the Georgia Super Speeder fine which is an additional 200 on top of your other fines if they fine you above 85 mph in a 70. So all together I now owe 582.00 to Turner County.
I have had tickets before and can own up pretty easily but I am pretty sure I wasn't doing 86 that quickly off the on ramp. I contacted one of those ticket clinics to see if I can get them to drop it under 85 and keep the points off. Anyone have any luck with those?
Edit: Interesting video about that extra fee. They needed money so they added this fee and generated $120,000,000 just from it. The Officer didn't say anything about it when issuing a citation and there were no other signs stating that. This is more or less what I am upset about, not the citation itself but the shady feeling I get with them wanting to catch you or say you were above 85 on I-75. Being they really don't have to prove it makes it even easier for them.
http://www.news4jax.com/news/super-speeder-rule-surprises-orange-park-man/24331654
He came back about 10 mins later and asked me to step out of the car. I obliged and walked to the back of the car. He gave me two citations. One for speeding and one for my son not being in a Booster seat which is required in GA. It was cold and I had been sick the whole vacation and I was in shorts not really expecting to be outside the car. I put my hands in my pockets to warm up not thinking. He asked me to remove my hands and I quickly realised how easily things can go wrong interacting with an officer while making simple gestures. I apologised and he said they can't be too careful now a days with everything going on. He also said he didn't know how much the fines were which I thought was BS.
After doing some research about Georgia and Turner County. They are apparently notorious for issuing tickets over 85 mph. Mainly because of the Georgia Super Speeder fine which is an additional 200 on top of your other fines if they fine you above 85 mph in a 70. So all together I now owe 582.00 to Turner County.
I have had tickets before and can own up pretty easily but I am pretty sure I wasn't doing 86 that quickly off the on ramp. I contacted one of those ticket clinics to see if I can get them to drop it under 85 and keep the points off. Anyone have any luck with those?
Edit: Interesting video about that extra fee. They needed money so they added this fee and generated $120,000,000 just from it. The Officer didn't say anything about it when issuing a citation and there were no other signs stating that. This is more or less what I am upset about, not the citation itself but the shady feeling I get with them wanting to catch you or say you were above 85 on I-75. Being they really don't have to prove it makes it even easier for them.
http://www.news4jax.com/news/super-speeder-rule-surprises-orange-park-man/24331654
