ticket for no seatbelt 27315

[Fenvy]

I got a 27315 (d) (i) vc for no seatbelt

however I received the fine and it was 132$

what's up with this?

now according to dmv, http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc27315.htm

it shoudl be no more than 20$ for the 1st offense

[Otto.]

Why the f weren't you wearing it in the first place?

[Fenvy]

Right, I am sure you're perfect and have always worn seatbelt, always signaled, never sped and never operated a phone while driving.

let's not turn this into your personal quest for self empowerment over the internet. I am just curious as to what others have experienced

[Red coupe]

that's not what I asked

I know... that's what otto asked.

Honestly what do you want from us? Why not ask the people who wrote the bill.. call the number on the ticket or the local PD and ask them.

And wear your seat belt... not only is it safer, and the law...Its just better. I remember once my mom was being a mom and making sure I always wear my seat belt. I basically told her if anything I want more seatbelt, like a harness... Stock seats do a bad enough job of holding you still with out getting rid of the belt too.

BTW, did you SN used to be loveless?

[MinisterofDOOM]

Holy crap $132. Maybe they screwed something up processing the fine? Go to the court and find out.

Stock seats do a bad enough job of holding you still with out getting rid of the belt too.

Exactly. I can't stand driving without a seatbelt on. It bothers me so much that, yes, I am perfect and always use it. Unless I'm on some horrible rough dirt road that causes it to lock up too much.

[MellowZ32]

Holy crap $132. Maybe they screwed something up processing the fine? Go to the court and find out.

Exactly. I can't stand driving without a seatbelt on.

yeah I feel awkward if the car is on and I'm not wearing a seatbelt.

I would call the local PD and find out why.

[Red coupe]

yeah I feel awkward if the car is on and I'm not wearing a seatbelt.

I would call the local PD and find out why.

Yeah, I was in NH not too long ago and there are no seat belt laws. Being from California we were kinda amazed and took ours off some what as a novelty.

After that short trip I noticed everyone in our van went back to wearing them all the time. They are not that inconvenient.

I even like when mine locks, other then when I have to reach something. The car just feels better when you are strapped into it.

[AZ89two4Tsx]

I agree

[Red coupe]

I agree

You post too much.

[AZ89two4Tsx]

I happen to be very conservative with my

[AZ89two4Tsx]

posts.

[PoorManQ45]

^^^ LOL.

Seriously though, they just instituted the seatbelt thing here in florida.

I think they said it's like $20, but up to $150 including court costs. I dunno..

Call the court house or whatever number is on the ticket.

[breadbox]

Virginia has had click it or ticket for as long as I can remember.

Also there are tons of commercials for the legal limit of Blood alcohol contentsaying Over the limit, under arrest. However, in the real world you can go down for being the legal limit. .08 while driving=under arrest Isn't this kinda of wrong?

[numbnuts240]

they can arrest you for being under. it's all at the discretion of the arresting officer.

[breadbox]

I'm surprised everyone doesn't get tased regardless of offense then.

[PoorManQ45]

"Don't taze me Bro'"

[Street1]

i recieved one driveing in sc...wasn't quite that much but sure as hell wasn't $20...it was up there...some states have different prices on fines i would agree with the statements abovee just call the number they provide..

[DrifterXRPS13]

good info cumguzzlemagee.

[Street1]

good info cumguzzlemagee.

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[ScrapMetal]

And wear your seat belt... not only is it safer, and the law...

Just because it's a law, doesn't make it right. The state doesn't have to threaten me with a $120+ ticket for me to realize that not wearing my seatbelt is dangerous(for me). I wear my seat belt because I want to, not because I have to.

[Nismo ZJ]

I enjoy my life so I've always worn a seatbelt. I like when it locks in my Miata. It's like I have a harness. Like others have said, either call the number on the ticket or go to the court. Find out if there are any other circumstances that lead to the higher ticket.

[Red coupe]

Just because it's a law, doesn't make it right.

Doesn't nessisarily make it right... but it does make it the best thing to do if you don't want to get a ticket.

Besides, read whats around those words and realize that my whole point was that it being the law is definitely not the only reason.

However, in the real world you can go down for being the legal limit. .08 while driving=under arrest Isn't this kinda of wrong?

No not really. It does open the door for some potential abuse but that is supposed to be what the courts are their for.

BAC is just how much alcohol is in your blood, not how drunk you are. The guys who write the laws found .08 to be where most people are starting to become a danger, but what if some light weight little girl is obviously drunk but under the limit? Just let her go drive drunk because the number wasn't right?

[numbnuts240]

his point is that he knows it's unsafe, but why does he have to fear being penalized for partaking in a practice (not wearing his belt) when the only person at risk of injury is himself? anything else to be said by me after that statement is going to be completely off topic and would really belong in the politics section, so i will stop here.

[krimsonviper]

Actually not wearing your seatbelt isn't just for your own safety. People being ejected out of their seat in a collision and causing other drivers to dodge your fat a** flying at them causes other accidents.

My ticket for not wearing a seat belt was $80. It was total BS though because I always wear a seat belt. It's programmed into me so well, that I'll even put it on when knowing my sole purpose of hopping into the car is to get laid.

[numbnuts240]

well, in your case, you really don't need a full range of movement just to fap
Modified by numbnuts240 at 4:32 AM 7/2/2009

[krimsonviper]

WHOA who said anything about fapping? I had Maribel back there!

And I thought the last part of your sentence said fapface and not "pface

[Loki]

I know... that's what otto asked.

Honestly what do you want from us? Why not ask the people who wrote the bill.. call the number on the ticket or the local PD and ask them.

And wear your seat belt... not only is it safer, and the law...Its just better. I remember once my mom was being a mom and making sure I always wear my seat belt. I basically told her if anything I want more seatbelt, like a harness... Stock seats do a bad enough job of holding you still with out getting rid of the belt too.

BTW, did you SN used to be loveless?

You should see this girl I (unfortunately) work with. No license or permit, always speeding/reckless driving, frequent pot user, frequently driving while intoxicated, and never wears a seat belt. I sometimes inform her of how absurdly stupid she is. She says she doesn't wear it cause one of her (long since shot to death) friends once got in a horrendous accident in which she claims he would have died if he had been wearing his seat belt. How in God's name people like this are alive is beyond me. The only thing I can come up with is the Law of Inverse Value

[Infinitiguy19]

I ALWAYS wear my seat belts, But I am freinds with some one who goes off roading a lot. he once flipped his truck over and it rolled down the hill. He claims had he had a seat belt on he would have been dead, So he never EVER wears one since that.

To each his own in this case, sometimes your lucky sometime you pay with your life.

[Red coupe]

his point is that he knows it's unsafe, but why does he have to fear being penalized for partaking in a practice (not wearing his belt) when the only person at risk of injury is himself? anything else to be said by me after that statement is going to be completely off topic and would really belong in the politics section, so i will stop here.

OOHHHH THATS HIS POINT!

I don't care and it doesn't matter, go cry to the libertarian party...

Philosophize as much as you want, then come back to reality where your ticket will be waiting. The law is the law. Follow it, break it and stop b****ing about the consequence, move somewhere else or doing something more productive about it then b****ing on the internet.

So tired of people breaking laws that they know about, then complaining on the internet because of how it should be.

[Dire91]

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