Virginia Laws: Stiff Fines added July 1st

I have to say, Virginia has some of the more insane driving laws around.

seems like if you're a good driver you won't have anything to worry about

I agree. Why should I care how much a terrible driver has to pay compared to another terrible driver. Seems like a good source of non-taxed revenue for our state. Better than raising state taxes to balance the budget.

I had no idea, Virginia had such an epidemic of............parking associated concerns. How do you sleep at night? COPS: Virginia edition. 60 minutes of parking lot stake-outs, and wild rides through the local Wal-Mart crossing parking spaces with reckless abandon. What next Hannibal, the........parking...space.........crosser?

With the idea of preventing people from crossing parking lots, they could just put in parking curbs. You know, those small curbs at the end of a parking space. However, instead of choosing to spend some money to do that (or force businesses to use them), they decided to issue an excessive fine. It really makes their motive pretty obvious.

I received a wreckless driving for failing to use my turn signals 4 years ago. All i did was change lanes to get into the turn lane and bam ticketed me, at the time i was still under 18 so i ended up having to go to court and all that jazz, it was ridiculous. Some of the driving laws in VA are insane. You know what else really gets me, this is to raise funds to improve the roads right? how much improvement do you think northern virginia is really gonna see... practically none, all the fat cats down in richmond will make sure those roads are real nice around richmond while the rest of us in Nova, which pays the overwhelming majority of taxes in VA suffer through the worst traffic in the country and the VA govt does nothing about it.

This will hammer the poor folks. Poor folks are the ones struggling to keep their car up and are the ones who will bear the brunt of these fines.

I still don't believe this can really hold up in court. Politicians pass stuff all the time that don't fly. This has to be one.

I'm suprised it's me a Republican screaming and not some of you left wing ACLU card carrying members flipping out about the poor folks. lol

Where's the love man?!?!??!!

Use your turn signals, don't cut across parking lots, and you'll be fine. I honestly don't see what the big deal is, unless you're a bad driver who doesn't follow the rules of the road and use common sense.

I received a wreckless driving for failing to use my turn signals 4 years ago. All i did was change lanes to get into the turn lane and bam ticketed me, at the time i was still under 18 so i ended up having to go to court and all that jazz, it was ridiculous. Some of the driving laws in VA are insane. You know what else really gets me, this is to raise funds to improve the roads right? how much improvement do you think northern virginia is really gonna see... practically none, all the fat cats down in richmond will make sure those roads are real nice around richmond while the rest of us in Nova, which pays the overwhelming majority of taxes in VA suffer through the worst traffic in the country and the VA govt does nothing about it.
In Va. its not reckless driving for failing to use a turn sig. If you went to court the judge should have throwing it out as its minor violation of not using a turn sig.

I think the parking lot fine is for someone who cut across a parking lot to avoid waiting for a light. Like at a corner 7/11.

I agree the fines are high, but the $1000 penalty only usually attaches in cases where the violator is a felon or the action in question leads is the proximate cause of someone's death (you cross a parking lot illegally and run over granny). In most cases they are $300 or $350 fines, which are still high, but not nearly as nasty as $1000.

I haven't read the law, but hopefully it includes channeling provisions for the revenue created so that a good portion has to come north to fund the projects we desperately need. As painful as a fine like this is, I prefer it to an across the board tax increase.