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The way the new fee works is if - and only if - you are a Virginia licensed driver then you have the pay the regular fine, but they tack on the fee to the cost of your driver's license fee. Essentially it works out that if your driving is worse then you will have to pay more for the privilege to have a license. The fee only applies to more serious violations (e.g., speeding + 20 MPH = reckless driving).
If you are licensed in another state then you only pay the regular fine.
I wonder though if you are a Virginia driver and you get one of these tickets if you could simply surrender you license and not have to pay the fee?
Apparently New Jersey has the same sort of system, only their fees are a little more reasonable.
There is an constitutional Equal Protection Under The Law issue which you could raise but I'm sure they considered it to some extent when debating the bill that became this law.
Needless to say, I will not be getting anywhere near those speeds.
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