tejgi amerikons esi, turetum zinot :) "Jessica Simpson" <jessica@simpson.com> wrote in message news:iis20l$i46$1@trimpas.omnitel.net... > kas ta amĖrikĖ ? > > "pranZo" <pranas@gabija.net> wrote in message > news:iis1uk$i1r$1@trimpas.omnitel.net... >> Gal kam bus idomu paskaityti apie baudas amerikej. >> >> VC 12814.6 $214 Failure to obey license provisions. >> VC 14600(A) $214 Failure to notify DMV of address change within 10 days >> Note: The fine may be reduced with valid proof of correction. >> VC 16028(A) $796 Failure to provide evidence of financial responsibility >> (insurance) >> Note: This fine may be reduced with proof of insurance on or after the >> violation date. >> VC 21453(A) $436 Failure to stop at a red signal. >> VC 22349 $214 Unsafe speed, 1 to 15 miles over the limit. >> VC 22350 $328 Unsafe speed, 16 to 25 miles over the limit. >> VC 22450 $214 Failure to stop at a stop sign. >> VC 22454(A) $616 Passing a school bus with flashing red signals. >> VC 23123(A) $148 Driving while using a wireless phone not hands free, >> first >> offense. >> VC 23123(B) $256 Driving while using a wireless phone not hands free, >> each >> subsequent offense. >> VC 23123.5 $148 Driving while using a wireless device to send, read or >> write >> text. >> VC 23124 $148 Minor driving while using a wireless phone. >> VC 22500 $976 Parking in a bus loading area. >> VC 22507(A) $976 Violation of disabled parking provisions, first offense. >> VC 22507(B) $1876 Violation of disabled parking provisions, second >> offense. >> VC 26708 $178 Unlawful material on vehicle windows. >> VC 27150 $178 Adequate muffler required. >> VC 27315 $148 Mandatory use of seat belts. >> VC 27360 $436 Mandatory use of passenger child restraints. >> Note: This fine may be reduced by completing a court authorized child >> seat >> diversion program . >> VC 27400 $178 Headsets or Earplugs covering both ears. >> VC 27803 $178 Violation of motorcycle safety helmet requirements. >> VC 34506 $616 Commercial Driver - Log book violation. >> VC 4000 $256 No evidence of current registration. >> Note: The fine may be reduced with valid proof of correction. >> VC 4159 $178 Notify DMV of change of address within 10 days. >> Note: The fine may be reduced with valid proof of correction. >> VC 5200 $178 Proper display of license plates. >> Note: The fine may be reduced with valid proof of correction. >> VC 9400 $178 Commercial weight fees due. >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Motorcyclist training. Anyone under 21 wanting to drive a motorcycle will >> be >> required to complete an approved motorcycle safety course. Upon >> completion, >> the driver will receive a motorcycle instruction permit that must be held >> for six months before receiving a motorcycle driver license. >> >> Local traffic citations. Local law enforcement officials will no longer >> be >> authorized to ticket drivers for moving violations under municipal law or >> local ordinances. Under the new law, all moving violations must be cited >> under an appropriate section of the state vehicle code, which specifies >> penalties. This law takes effect July 1, 2011 and will provide uniform >> punishment for moving violations throughout the state. >> >> Carpool lanes. Solo drivers in certain "green" (fuel-efficient, >> low-emission) vehicles with a DMV-issued carpool lane sticker will be >> able >> to continue using the high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes until July 1, >> 2011. >> In addition, a new class of plug-in hybrid vehicles will also be able to >> use >> HOV lanes starting in January 2012. >> >> Drunk drivers. If a person is convicted of three or more DUIs in a >> 10-year >> period, judges will be authorized to revoke the drunk driver's license >> for >> 10 years. This law does not take effect until January 1, 2012. The >> purpose >> behind the new law is to reduce repeat offenses by drunk drivers and >> decrease the number of drunk driving fatalities. >> >> Higher traffic citation fines. All moving violation ticket fines will >> increase by $4. This law will remain in effect until 2016. Every >> vehicle-related or traffic infraction will cost $4 more than they did in >> 2010, raising an extra $34 million for Medi-Cal. >> >> Street-sweeper cameras. Local agencies are now permitted to install >> cameras >> on street sweepers in order to digitally photograph illegally parked >> vehicles parked on streets during posted street sweeper times. >> >> Other safety changes require all motorcycle drivers to complete a fifteen >> hour training course before earning a learner's permit and laws >> increasing >> reckless driving penalties for paparazzi chasing celebrities. >> >> A new law makes adults liable if an underage guest gets drunk and causes >> a >> car crash. >> >> cities to install and operate cameras on street sweepers to digitally >> photograph vehicles that are parked on streets when street sweeping is >> posted to occur. Critics of the law are already comparing the plan to an >> Orwellian Big Brother plot, but this program literally would only >> photograph >> cars that are parked illegally. >> >> Thanks to cuts to the state's Medi-Cal program, motorists caught breaking >> the law will be charged $4 for the next six years to pay for emergency >> air-lifts. >> >> a last new law wasn't about change but about preserving the status-quo >> for >> "clean cars" and the state's HOV Lanes. Hybrid vehicles adorned with the >> "yellow sticker" advertising its clean air status will be allowed to use >> HOV >> lanes as though they had multiple passengers until July 1 of this year. >> Cars >> with "white stickers" showing that they are electric or "compressed >> natural >> gas" will have HOV privileges until January of 2015. The new law creates >> a >> third sticker, for plug-in hybrid vehicles, to be issued and to allow >> access >> to HOV lanes also until 2015. >> >> 2011 Bail and Penalty Schedule, direct from the State of California: >> http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov >> >> >> >