On average, over 100,000 drivers get speeding tickets every day. Thats 36,500,000 traffic tickets yearly.
One in every 6 drivers will get a speeding ticket this year.
Average speeding tickets cost $150.
Almost 5 and one half BILLION dollars a year are generated just from speeding fines. $150 x 36,500,000= $5,475,000,000!
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! Thats the extra money auto insurance companies make in increased premiums.
Most people simply pay their speeding tickets instead of fighting it in traffic court. (over 95%!)
The other 5% who make an effort to fight their ticket usually have their case dismissed or receive reduced charges that don’t get reported on their driving record.
There are 196,000,000 licensed drivers in America today.
Immediate grounds for dismissal of a traffic ticket is the officer not showing up to traffic court. This happens 40% of the time.
The first city in the US to use the photo radar was Paradise Valley, AZ in 1987.
In 1966 Brooklyn Ohio was the first city that mandated the use of seat belts.
The age groups between 17 and 24 years of age receive the most speeding tickets.
More males than females receive speeding citations.
More women than men fight their speeding tickets in traffic court.
17 year olds cause more traffic accidents than any other age.
Two men in Seattle were fined for their speeding horses. In 1879.
Henry Ford’s first motor vehicle, built 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 first known speeding ticket was given to the wife of Canada’s Prime Minister in 1910. She was doing 10 miles an hour over the limit.
Out of all professions, doctors get the most speeding tickets.
In salary and benefits an average police officer will cost a city around $75,000 a year. He will also make the town an average of $150,000 in that same year. Cops are good investments.
The top ten states for writing speeding tickets are:
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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