Ok, I take a lot of road trips, so I will admit that my odds of paying the "highway tax" are high. And I'm going to plead the 5th on the speeding charge, because the case is still pending. However, I believe I can make a good case for my innocence.
And I don't know the final amount just yet. I was accused of going that fast.
BUT. All that aside. I have this theory that when government gets too big, there is a point where it is forced to turn on its own people. It's not just my theory. Other people smarter than me believe this.
Fast forward to life in California, today. If you try to drive from Northern Cal to Southern Cal, you will find it very highly patrolled with radar traps literally everywhere you look.
Turning up the heat on the average California driver is a nice, easy way for the mother state to increase revenue without raising anyone's taxes. But we are all at risk of paying.
So the question is: should I fight the ticket? If we all fight every traffic ticket, will the courts only become more efficient at winning and collecting? Won't this approach only fuel the fire, so to speak? What do you think?
I don't know what I will have to pay just yet. But I know it will be high. Stay tuned.
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