In the state of Georgia there is a program they designed to help balance their budget shortfall. This program is the speeding ticket tax. The concept is that certain drivers are hit with extra fines on top of their speeding ticket for the state to raise even more revenue. There are four other states in the country that have similar programs with other states watching and waiting to see if this type of tax works on speeding tickets. Could this effect you and make you pay more fines?
Basically, this program works by charging extra to repeat offenders. If you have points against your license for any reason whether it be parking violations, outdated tags, and other things not related to speeding, you are vulnerable to this tax. If you go above certain speeds and get a speeding ticket with these points on your license, you have to pay even more above and beyond the price of the ticket.
What can the average person do about this?
The most obvious is to drive safely and avoid these types of problems in the first place. But if you do get any sort of ticket, speeding or not, you need to attempt to fight it in court at least to get the points off your license.
There are two ways of doing this. The first is to ask for alternative punishments like traffic school where you have to take a class but generally are not hit with points on your license. The second is to learn how to beat tickets in court with real defenses that can help you win. Either of these should keep your license clean and prevent extra taxation and fines.
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