Over 100,000 people a day receive a speeding ticket in this country. That’s over 36,500,000 speeding tickets per year.

One in every six drivers will be ticketed for speeding this year.

An average speeding ticket will cost you $150.

$150 x 36,500,000= $5,475,000,000! Thats almost 5.5 BILLION per year in speeding ticket fines.

$900 is the average increase a speeding ticket will cause your auto insurance premiums to increase over three years.

Multiply 900 by 36,500,000 and you get $3,285,000,000 (3.28 BILLION dollars) in extra insurance money the insurance industry makes in a single year just from speeding tickets.

More than 95% of drivers who get speeding tickets will simply pay the fine and not fight it in traffic court.

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.

In the US there are almost 200 million licensed drivers.

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 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.

In July 1879, two men are fined for speeding horses in Seattle.

Henry Ford’s first automobile in 1894 only went in one direction, forward.

In 1868 horse buggies and also pedestrians in London were the first to use the precursor to the modern day traffic lights.

Since 1999, Washington, D.C. cameras have issued 2,421,841 tickets worth $182 million.

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.

Doctors receive the most speeding tickets than any other profession.

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

Learn how to fight your speeding ticket in traffic court. Stop by Steven Swihart’s site where you can find a lot more advice to help you challenge your traffic violations successfully.

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