More than 100,000 speeding tickets are issued daily. That comes to more than 36,500,000 traffic tickets yearly.
That means 1 in 6 people will get a speeding ticket this year.
An average speeding ticket will cost you $150.
36,500,000 x 150.00 = $5,475,000,000 That’s almost 5 and a half BILLION dollars per year in speeding ticket fines alone.
The average raise in insurance costs for one speeding ticket over the course of 3 years is $900.00.
Take 36,500,000 and multiply by $900 and you get 3.28 BILLION ($3,285,000,000) in extra money made by insurance companies from increased auto insurance premiums.
More than 95% of drivers who get speeding tickets will simply pay the fine and not fight it in traffic court.
Of the 5% of people who do go to traffic court to contest their ticket, a large percentage will either have the charge reduced or the ticket dropped altogether.
There are 196,000,000 licensed drivers in America today.
A police officer will fail to show up to court between 30 to 50% of the time. This is immediate grounds for a dismissal.
Paradise Valley, Arizona, in 1987 became the first town in America to use photo radar.
In 1966 Brooklyn Ohio was the first city that mandated the use of seat belts.
The demographic that receives more speeding tickets are the 17 to 24 year drivers.
Males receive more speeding tickets than their female counter parts.
More women than men fight their speeding tickets in traffic court.
17 year olds cause more traffic accidents than any other age.
In July 1879, two men are fined for speeding horses in Seattle.
The first automobile made by Henry Ford in 1894 only went forward.
In 1868 horse buggies and also pedestrians in London were the first to use the precursor to the modern day traffic lights.
Washington D.C. area photo radar cameras since 1999 have been responsible for almost 3,000,000 traffic tickets worth almost $200,000,000.
The earliest known speeding ticket on file was issued in 1910 to the Prime Minister of Canada’s wife. She was traveling at a whopping 10 mph over the limit.
Out of all professions, doctors get the most speeding tickets.
The average traffic cop will cost a city about $75,000 per year in salary, bonuses, and benefits. This same police officer will make the city an average of $200,000 per year in traffic ticket fines! That’s one hell of a profit margin.
Top 10 States Notorious for Writing Tickets:
1. Ohio 2. Pennsylvania 3. New York 4. California 5. Texas 6. Georgia 7. Virginia 8. North Carolina 9. Massachusetts 10. Connecticut
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