THE "WTF were they thinking" thread!

[HoneyBadger]

$600 ticket, that's insane

You've been to California before, right? The base fine for a 1-15 over speeding ticket is only $35, but can be more than $300 with all the additional fees and taxes.

A few other fun ones (these are the minimum fines imposed by the state and do not include county or local fees and taxes):

Operating a vehicle without fenders or mud guards: $197
If your vehicle is disabled and you don't turn on your hazard lights? They can kick you in the junk with a $238 fine.
Broken windshield: $197
Not wearing a seatbelt? $167
Towing a trailer more than 10mph over the statewide 55mph speed limit? $490
Unnecessary use of the horn: $238
Not having a horn at all? $197
"Sudden stop without signalling" (whatever that means): $238
"Coasting in neutral on downgrade": $238 Really? You cannot legally coast down hills?
Operating a vehicle with an unlicensed snow plow on the front: $238
Operating a vehicle with the license plate partially or wholly obscured: $1,105
Driving with inadequate tire treads: $197
Driving an armored car without a license: $440.
Riding a bicycle drunk: $690. Drunk without a helmet? $887
Equipping a vehicle with or possessing radar jamming equipment: $197
Possession of 4 or more radar jamming devices: $895.
Transporting a child in the case of a life threatening emergency without the proper child seatbelts? $238 (Yes, this is a real thing)
If you knowingly transport radioactive materials illegally it's a $20,580 fine.
And finally, If you hire a valet without a proper "parking lot attendant license" YOU can get a ticket for $238.

It gets better: An “additional penalty” of between $22 and $27 shall be levied upon every $10, or part of $10, of every fine, penalty,or forfeiture imposed and collected by the courts for criminal offenses. Also, $10 gets added to the base fine for each previous offense, which then gets the "additional penalty" tagged on, along with a handful of other things, so if it's your second time running a stop sign or light within 10 years, your ticket could be a MINIMUM of $366 and that doesn't even include state taxes or local fees and taxes. If you pay it a day late, you can add another 50% bringing it up to $549.


But yeah, she deserves a $600 ticket and some national social attention.