{"id":385,"date":"2007-06-22T12:44:24","date_gmt":"2007-06-22T16:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2007\/06\/22\/another-fine-legislative-achievement-in-virginia\/"},"modified":"2007-06-23T09:10:14","modified_gmt":"2007-06-23T13:10:14","slug":"another-fine-legislative-achievement-in-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2007\/06\/22\/another-fine-legislative-achievement-in-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Fine Legislative Achievement in Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The wake-me-up-quicker-than-coffee moment this morning came courtesy of Del. Dave Albo, who gave rise to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewspaper.com\/news\/18\/1818.asp\">this gem of a law<\/a>, which will become effective July 1st:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Driving as little as 15 MPH over the limit on an interstate highway now brings six license demerit points, a fine of up to $2500, up to one year in jail, and a new mandatory $1050 tax. The law also imposes an additional annual fee of up to $100 if a prior conviction leaves the motorist with a balance of eight demerit points, plus $75 for each additional point (up to $700 a year). The conviction in this example remains on the record for five years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ever driven 80mph on I-66 or 95?  If so, you&#8217;re looking at not just a reckless driving conviction, but also <strong>$3550<\/strong> in fines and taxes.  It&#8217;s the sort of thing that makes you worried enough to get a lawyer to see if you can get that ticket knocked down a bit.  And guess who&#8217;ll be there to help?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Albo, a senior partner in the Albo &amp; Oblon, LLP traffic law firm, can expect to see a significant increase in business as motorists seek to protect their wallet from traffic tickets that come with assessments of up to $3000 in addition to an annual point tax that tops out at $700 a year for as long as the points remain.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>WTF?  Yes, Albo the legislator ginned up business for Albo the traffic lawyer.  I guess we should be thankful he&#8217;s not a firefighter.<\/p>\n<p>(Found this story via <a href=\"http:\/\/notlarrysabato.typepad.com\/doh\/2007\/06\/virginia-create.html\">NLS<\/a>, but it looks like <a href=\"http:\/\/albomustgo.blogspot.com\/\">Albo Must Go<\/a> has <a href=\"http:\/\/albomustgo.blogspot.com\/2007\/03\/albo-oblon-pllc-abuser-fee-plan-part-ii.html\">been on the story<\/a> a while.  I&#8217;m sorry I didn&#8217;t notice it earlier.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: The Washington Post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/06\/22\/AR2007062201781.html?hpid=topnews\">has the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wake-me-up-quicker-than-coffee moment this morning came courtesy of Del. Dave Albo, who gave rise to this gem of a law, which will become effective July 1st: Driving as little as 15 MPH over the limit on an interstate highway now brings six license demerit points, a fine of up to $2500, up to one year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-law","category-virginia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}