stateman Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 New California Law effective 7/1/07 New Driving Fines for 2007 1. Carpool lane - 1st time $1068.50 starting 7/1/07 (The $271 posted on the highway is old). Don't do it again because 2nd time is going to be double. 3rd time triple, and 4th time license suspended. 2. Incorrect lane change - $380. Don't cross the lane on solid lines or intersections. 3. Block intersection - $485 4. Driving on the shoulder - $450 5. Cell phone use in the construction zone. - Double fine as of 07/01/07. Cell phone use must be "hands free" while driving. 6. Passengers over 18 not in their seatbelts - both passengers and drivers get tickets . 7. Speeders can only drive 3 miles above the limit. < BR> 8. DUI = JAIL (Stays on your driving record for 10 years!) 9. As of 07/01/07 cell phone use must be "hands free" while driving. Ticket is $285. They will be looking for this like crazy - easy money for police department. --------------------------- Please note that I received the info above in an email from a reliable source, but haven't verified it with the newspaper yet. Another source was telling me the same thing. Keep these changes in mind when you drive in Calif. next time. Best is to strictly OBEY the law. It is becoming quite unfriendly to drivers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puuchai299 Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 WOW Peng mak.think stay here and pay 200 baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsurin Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 New California Law effective 7/1/07New Driving Fines for 2007 1. Carpool lane - 1st time $1068.50 starting 7/1/07 (The $271 posted on the highway is old). Don't do it again because 2nd time is going to be double. 3rd time triple, and 4th time license suspended. 2. Incorrect lane change - $380. Don't cross the lane on solid lines or intersections. 3. Block intersection - $485 4. Driving on the shoulder - $450 5. Cell phone use in the construction zone. - Double fine as of 07/01/07. Cell phone use must be "hands free" while driving. 6. Passengers over 18 not in their seatbelts - both passengers and drivers get tickets . 7. Speeders can only drive 3 miles above the limit. < BR> 8. DUI = JAIL (Stays on your driving record for 10 years!) 9. As of 07/01/07 cell phone use must be "hands free" while driving. Ticket is $285. They will be looking for this like crazy - easy money for police department. --------------------------- Please note that I received the info above in an email from a reliable source, but haven't verified it with the newspaper yet. Another source was telling me the same thing. Keep these changes in mind when you drive in Calif. next time. Best is to strictly OBEY the law. It is becoming quite unfriendly to drivers! It looks like the U.S. is starting to catch up with the U.K. Tony Blair followed George W Bush in your war of terror on Iraq and Afghanistan. Now it looks like George W is copying Tony's personal vendetta on motorists. Thailand isn't to different they have many road blocks looking for drivers breaking the law, the only difference is, is that for farang it's reasonably cheap. On the other hand for thai's a 200 baht fine, in most cases is two days work, so not so cheap when you put it in perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinthee Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 (edited) should be a closed topic. Edited June 30, 2007 by chinthee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwood13 Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Hoax: http://www.snopes.com/politics/traffic/california.asp -redwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsurin Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 (edited) should be a closed topic. As posted by chinthee i agree. The thread is not thailand related, however it might affect some people staying in thailand returning or planning a trip home. Perhaps the OP could have tried to word it better or tried to relate it to thai road fines, in order for it to slip through the net. Edited June 30, 2007 by johnsurin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jEFFREYk44 Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 George Bush has nothing to do with California traffic laws and this thread has nothing to do with Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbk Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 MOved to the travel forum as it could be useful for those travelling to the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsurin Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 (edited) George Bush has nothing to do with California traffic laws and this thread has nothing to do with Thailand The George Bush thing was a joke, some people have a sense of humor.Is it Arnold Shwarzenegger? he's big friends with Tony!!! However as I stated I believe the OP was trying to warn people living in thailand about new laws that might affect some people on returning home. After all, there are loads of threads on TV where people ask or post questions about other topics that might not directly relate to thailand, but are asking or advising people in thailand. There is a thread running in general topics now about travelling to vietnam or burma, what does this have to do with thailand??? Perhaps you ought to take a step back and relax. Edited June 30, 2007 by johnsurin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanyaburi Mac Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 New California Law effective 7/1/07New Driving Fines for 2007 1. Carpool lane - 1st time $1068.50 starting 7/1/07 (The $271 posted on the highway is old). Don't do it again because 2nd time is going to be double. 3rd time triple, and 4th time license suspended. 2. Incorrect lane change - $380. Don't cross the lane on solid lines or intersections. 3. Block intersection - $485 4. Driving on the shoulder - $450 5. Cell phone use in the construction zone. - Double fine as of 07/01/07. Cell phone use must be "hands free" while driving. 6. Passengers over 18 not in their seatbelts - both passengers and drivers get tickets . 7. Speeders can only drive 3 miles above the limit. < BR> 8. DUI = JAIL (Stays on your driving record for 10 years!) 9. As of 07/01/07 cell phone use must be "hands free" while driving. Ticket is $285. They will be looking for this like crazy - easy money for police department. --------------------------- Please note that I received the info above in an email from a reliable source, but haven't verified it with the newspaper yet. Another source was telling me the same thing. Keep these changes in mind when you drive in Calif. next time. Best is to strictly OBEY the law. It is becoming quite unfriendly to drivers! FYI, you're OK. I checked the California DMV www site (www.dmv.ca.gov), nada on this. So I went on to check the handy dandy www.snopes.com "urban legend" site and got the following: http://www.snopes.com/politics/traffic/california.asp Hmmm, for some reason I can't do a "copy" on their www site right now so just go to the url for the info. Mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaReina Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 False or not, too bad these laws do not apply in Bangkok. At times I wish I could be an honorary cop for just 1 day. JUST ONE DAY! Ohh the money I could make for the police dept. Forget crossing a solid line to change lanes how about deliberately holding up traffic because you are bound and determined to make a right hand turn from a land that is supposed to be going straight! Speak less of the nits wits who have their blinkers indicating the are switching to the right lane when in reality it is the left that they switch to. Ohh and the best are the intersections where cars merge.. in the middle of the intersection because although common sense dictated that who ever drew the arrows on the road should have made that lane a turning lane ONLY, they thought it would be cute to make it a "turn and or go straight" lane with no lane for the cars to go staright on. Sorry.. its been bugging me for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmyd Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 redwood you're awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Internet hoax: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...BAGAFQOV6F1.DTL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stateman Posted July 1, 2007 Author Share Posted July 1, 2007 Thanks to redwood13 and thanyaburimac for the great detective work. This is just what I wished to have verified. Whew, what a good outcome! As the OP, I too feel this topic may now be closed. Thanks for all the interests. Hope this didn't cause anyone a near-heart-attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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