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I just wanted to post a quick update in regards to the new ridiculous civil traffic fines in Virginia. There is a petition against it online, and I encourage all Virginia residents to sign it!
If you want to vent, feel free to post your comments below on what you think about the new fines.
7/12/07 Update: There are now over 22,000 signatures on the petition as of about noon today. It looks like it’s really starting to spread around, as the numbers are getting higher much quicker. Make sure to sign and spread the word around so that it can really make a difference!
7/13/07 Update: There are now close to 50,000 signatures as of about 10:40am, it’s definitely picking up! A co-worker this morning told me he was watching NBC4 news this morning, and they mentioned that Virginia was considering repealing the fines. I haven’t been able to find a story about that anywhere, so if you know of one, post the link. It looks like there may be some hope!
7/17/07 Update: We just hit the 100,000 mark!? That’s a huge milestone, but lets keep it going.
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Bryan Ault
07/11/2007 4:46 pmI’m the one who started the petition and I just wanted to say thanks for the support.
Bryan
David Pitlyuk
07/11/2007 4:58 pmHey Bryan,
Thanks for getting it up there, we’ve been spreading it around all over the place. I also have it on Digg, but not enough Digg’s yet. If you could spread this link and get people to Digg it, we can get it on their front page and get wayyy more attention to it!
Ron Hodges
07/12/2007 10:43 pmPlease post the names of Delegates and Senators who voted for this bill.
David Pitlyuk
07/12/2007 10:53 pmRon, here are the house votes that voted yay:
YEAS–Albo, Alexander, Amundson, Armstrong, Athey, BaCote, Barlow, Bell, Bowling, Brink, Bulova, Callahan, Caputo, Carrico, Cosgrove, Cox, Crockett-Stark, Dance, Dudley, Ebbin, Eisenberg, Englin, Fralin, Griffith, Hall, Hamilton, Hargrove, Hogan, Howell, A.T., Hugo, Hull, Hurt, Iaquinto, Ingram, Janis, Jones, S.C., Kilgore, Landes, Lewis, Lingamfelter, Lohr, Marsden, Marshall, D.W., May, McClellan, McEachin, McQuigg, Miller, J.H., Miller, P.J., Moran, Morgan, Nixon, Nutter, O’Bannon, Oder, Orrock, Peace, Phillips, Plum, Poisson, Purkey, Putney, Rust, Saxman, Scott, E.T., Scott, J.M., Shannon, Sherwood, Shuler, Sickles, Suit, Tata, Toscano, Tyler, Valentine, Waddell, Ward, Wardrup, Ware, O., Ware, R.L., Watts, Welch, Wittman, Wright, Mr. Speaker–85.
Here are the Senate votes that voted yay:
Bell, Blevins, Colgan, Deeds, Devolites Davis, Edwards, Herring, Houck, Howell, Lambert, Marsh, McDougle, Miller, Norment, O’Brien, Potts, Puckett, Puller, Quayle, Rerras, Reynolds, Ruff, Stolle, Stosch, Ticer, Wagner, Wampler, Whipple, Williams–29.
Shannon
07/13/2007 10:43 amAlso visit http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/VAtrafficfees/ and sign. The petition site has direct email links to the Governor, to the entire Senate and to the entire House. Write all of them!!
Bryan: Thank you for getting this rolling.
David Pitlyuk
07/13/2007 10:47 amShannon,
I think it may be better to promote just one petition to try and maximize the number of signatures? There are only 1,300 sigs on that petition, compared to about 50,000 on the first one.
Nothing wrong with trying to make a difference, I just think it would be more effective to put all of our efforts into the same petition so that the numbers can be more drastic
Shannon
07/13/2007 11:04 amDavid,
I don’t disagree, however I thought it would be worth pointing it out since it does have direct email links to the Governor, the entire Senate, and the entire House. Whether people choose to sign it or not is up to them. I only pointed it out because it has easy access to emails.
David Pitlyuk
07/13/2007 11:06 amDefinitely, I’ll give you that
Johnson Moss
07/13/2007 5:52 pmThis law is clearly unconstitutional. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says in part in Section 1. “nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
How charging Virginians and not charging non-Virginians is “equal protection” is beyond me. How did our Virginia Attorney General let this bill slip through?
alan
07/14/2007 11:39 amabsolutely outrageous. politicians running a steam roller over regular citizens. vote every one of these assholes out of office.
Liz Johnson
07/17/2007 10:43 amOur founding fathers are turning in their graves.
keith spencer
07/17/2007 4:41 pmi think the new laws for va sucks, as if they dont already have enough people in court every monday and every other date too! so i think it is crazy to seperate other states from the laws and rob your own citizens who live here every day & pay taxes just like any other state!
Bobby Boyd
07/18/2007 9:04 amdudes and dudets alike I am here to say I am among the VA citizens who is completely enraged and confused why all the rediculous amounts who set them and where do they live…. no just kidding I would like to see an end come to this as soon as possible!
lisecoan@yahoo.com
07/23/2007 8:40 amI want to sign your petition but I cannot find a place on this site to do so. Please advice. Thanks!
David Pitlyuk
07/23/2007 9:55 amYou can find the petition here:
http://www.petitiononline.com/va3202/petition.html
Dottie Hampton
07/23/2007 9:09 pmI am going to sign the petition. I believe it is unconstitutional to have one law for the citizens of a state and another set of laws for visitors. If we are striving for safety, then the laws should be across the board.
Penny Gilliland
07/26/2007 1:22 pmI realize many Virginians drive too fast, however it is difficult to follow the speed limit when people from out of state are flying and leaving you in their dust.