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Learn something new as this is the first time I got lighted up by BLM

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John2023

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...LE. Yup, received another one of N4teTheGreat's "performance award" about a week ago ;). Will be paying for it online. First time paying online as I've always sent a check in the mail for past tickets so hope there's no glitch.

Here's what I learned, the BLM (Bureau of Land Management in case some don't know what it stands for) LE that pulled me over said, no points will be assessed so no need to attend traffic school when I inquired about it. The reason is the traffic violation happened on federal land. That may vary slightly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction from what I gathered.

Learn something new every day.

Anyways, want to play? Be willing to pay. The officer got me doing 83mph in a 50mph zone. Not much traffic in that area but speed limit signs are posted so they still enforce it.
 

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Damn, that's a spendy award. No option to knock down the $$$ I assume?

Fun fact, the Presidio in SF is all federally patrolled as well and you can get performance awards on bicycles if you're dumb / daring enough.
 
They make it a local infraction so they don't have to share the money with anyone else.

Ever notice how a $120 ticket turns into $500 after jurisdiction fees, court fees, administrative fees etc? Those come with points and driving school. But make it a local infraction with no points? They keep it all.

I have a buddy who was fined for "inappropriate use of natural resources" (speeding) in AZ or UT (can't remember which.) Same reason. They keep the money and don't have to share it.
 
Which BLM land? Where do I need to avoid?

Yes, I know the Presidio is federal land, but I figure I can outrun the cops there....kidding. I would never try that.
 
Also stretches of Highway 1 north of the Golden Gate
 
Darn. DOGE needs to pick up the pace. Another week and that Fed would be collecting unemployment.

:laughing
 
I was on a group ride to Yosemite once back in the 80s and we were blasting in on 120 and past a maintenance worker who called the rangers we were coming their way. The guy I was behind had a radar detector and signaled me to slow down, but the rest got stopped at the Crane Flat gas station at the top. They all had to go back to Yosemite and stand in front of a magistrate and pay $400 each.
 
Butch said:
$530? Ouch. Location?
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BLM's Southern Nevada District. Pretty much covers Pahrump to Vegas to Boulder City to Mesquite if I'm not mistaken. But then again, it doesn't much where it is, BLM enforcements are pretty much the same overall since they are the Feds from what I gathered in the last few days.
 
N4teTheGreat said:
Damn, that's a spendy award. No option to knock down the $$$ I assume?

Fun fact, the Presidio in SF is all federally patrolled as well and you can get performance awards on bicycles if you're dumb / daring enough.
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I didn't ask about fine "knock down" so I'm not sure if that option exist. I've never done that anyway because I've always knew I'm speeding intentionally when getting tagged in the past. The only thing I asked that BLM officer was traffic school and he educated me on that.
 
senpai71 said:
Which BLM land? Where do I need to avoid?

Yes, I know the Presidio is federal land, but I figure I can outrun the cops there....kidding. I would never try that.
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BLM land is federal so they are spread across the United States. If you want to avoid it, I say pull up a map and plot your rides and destinations accordingly.
 
boney said:
They make it a local infraction so they don't have to share the money with anyone else.

Ever notice how a $120 ticket turns into $500 after jurisdiction fees, court fees, administrative fees etc? Those come with points and driving school. But make it a local infraction with no points? They keep it all.

I have a buddy who was fined for "inappropriate use of natural resources" (speeding) in AZ or UT (can't remember which.) Same reason. They keep the money and don't have to share it.
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Good point and probably more factual than not.
 
bmwbob51 said:
I was on a group ride to Yosemite once back in the 80s and we were blasting in on 120 and past a maintenance worker who called the rangers we were coming their way. The guy I was behind had a radar detector and signaled me to slow down, but the rest got stopped at the Crane Flat gas station at the top. They all had to go back to Yosemite and stand in front of a magistrate and pay $400 each.
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$400 is good money now so just imagine back in the 80s.
 
Anyways, paid for my "performance award" online a few days ago and there appears to be no glitch. At least that's my hope anyways since it's my first time paying online???

The online payment option was simple per my experience.
 

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That's a few sets of tires, ouch. I've been lucky to have gotten off with warnings most recently, last award I got was outside of Oroville, 85 in a 45 on 162. I managed to get a few hundred knocked off along with the points by taking traffic school.
 
N4teTheGreat said:
That's a few sets of tires, ouch. I've been lucky to have gotten off with warnings most recently, last award I got was outside of Oroville, 85 in a 45 on 162. I managed to get a few hundred knocked off along with the points by taking traffic school.
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Good to hear you got a discount for your "performance award".

Yep, my helmet cost $400 so that fine easily covers a new helmet or "tires", other gear and accessories.
 
bmwbob51 said:
I was on a group ride to Yosemite once back in the 80s and we were blasting in on 120 and past a maintenance worker who called the rangers we were coming their way. The guy I was behind had a radar detector and signaled me to slow down, but the rest got stopped at the Crane Flat gas station at the top. They all had to go back to Yosemite and stand in front of a magistrate and pay $400 each.
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I read that wrong as "we were blasting in doing 120" and thought "you must have been riding with the same off duty leo's I rode with around Yosemite"...lol
DT
 
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