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Originally Posted by Impureclient
That other reckless conviction will definitely hurt this second time around but we are talking about a place that sends people to jail for doing a burnout and/or speeding.
The State seems like it needs money bad and it's citizens are paying for it dearly. I'd take this whole situation as a wakeup call to move out of Georgia quick before going
to prison for a parking tickets happens.
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Let me try this again.
Tickets can create a small revenue stream but the operating costs cancel out most of the cash flow.
Jail/prison sentences are an expense that greatly exceeds the fines revenue.
A quick look shows that Georgia prisons cost between $30 and $50 a day per inmate. This means that a person incarcerated for 6 months for a burn out costs the State between $5,400 and $9,000. Add the court and other costs and this could easily reach $15,000 for a burn out. Now do you really believe that they somehow are making money with that?
I have no idea why they are so messed up as to send people to jail for relatively minor traffic violations but it sure as hell isn't profitable.