Varoom! A fuel surcharge for speeding
It's only a matter of time before everyone is doing it, sort of like skinny jeans spreading from New York to North Dakota. A town in Georgia will start issuing a fuel surcharge to drivers on July 1st. Drivers in Holly Springs, Ga. who are stopped for any moving violation will also be charged for fuel. While this could have been, in another socialist universe, a reminder to speeders that speeding does a better job of sucking up fuel than it does of providing better arrival times, this has nothing to do with the environment.
The city of Holly Springs is struggling to pay for the gas it needs to patrol. The city's solution was to slap on a $12 surcharge to every moving violation ticket it issues. (Officer to driver: "I see you failed to use your right turn signal back there.")
Other municipalities and counties considering the measure include Atlanta, Key West, Fla. and Los Angeles County.
The price of gas in Atlanta varies from $3.85 to $4.31 a gallon.
[via Yahoo! News]
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