- Report: #1267907
Complaint Review: City of Colorado Springs - Colorado
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Charles -
Colorado Springs , Colorado, USA
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City of Colorado Springs
224 E Kiowa St 80903 Colorado, USA
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719) 385-5922
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https://coloradosprings.gov/
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City of Colorado Springs Over charging, excessive fines, scam, ripoff Colorado Springs Colorado
The City of Colorado Springs charges outraegeous price for speeding tickets! It's simply unbelieveable. They have speed limits posted of 35 mph in an over crowded city on main streets. This only creates traffic jams everywhere you go. I have never gotten off with a warning the 18 years I have lived in this City. Its always about the money!
They charge you a whopping $195 for going over the speed limit by 15 mph. The speed limit in city limits should be at least 45 mph.Its like the speed limit is posted that low on purpose. These are outraegeous charges for speeding tickets in a economy that is not doing so well. And if you get caught speeding in a school zone its a whopping $300! Don't get me wrong I'm all about keeping our school zones safe. But this shouldn't be a way for the city to get rich off of its citizens!
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Robert
Irvine,California,
USA
Simple Solution....
#2Consumer Comment
Sat, November 14, 2015
STOP SPEEDING..
Yes it really is that simple. You don't get to make up your own laws, if the speed limit is 35MPH you have a choice. To keep your speed at or below 35MPH or to go over 35MPH. However, if you CHOOSE not to obey the speed limit, then you are subject to getting a ticket. Where you appear to be fully aware of the costs involved.
Penalties are used as a deterant, $195 would actually seem quite reasonable. As a speeding ticket in other areas for that same amount would be over $300. Unfortunatly $195 has not detered you from speeding, so if they see that isn't working you can expect them to increase them more.
If you don't like it then either move to a more favorable city, or petition the local government to increase the limit. Get the local community involved. If more people feel like you do, then you may be able to put more pressure on them. But somehow I don't think you will do either of these things, and just continue to complain and hand over $196 every so often.
Oh and one other thing. By my math, if you think the Speed Limit should be 45MPH, and you got a ticket for going 15MPH over the speed limit of 35MPH. You still would have gotten a ticket for going 5MPH over. Oh and yes I am fully aware you said "at least 45MPH", but since you gave that as a minimum one must figure that you are okay with that speed.
