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Old 06-25-2008, 11:35 PM
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Speeders to pay extra for police fuel

Seems as if the police are picking up ideas from the airlines:

Speeders to pay extra for police fuel
HOLLY SPRINGS, Ga. — The surging price of gasoline has come to this: a "fuel surcharge" on your next speeding ticket.
Drivers caught speeding in this north Atlanta suburb soon will have to pay an extra $12 — to cover $4-a-gallon gas costs for the police officers who stop them.
The City Council passed the fee hike, effective July 1, to offset fuel prices that have eaten up nearly 60% of the police department's 2008 fuel budget, Police Chief Ken Ball says....
http://www.usatoday.com/money/indust...ngticket_N.htm
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