Every year across the United States police issue around 41 million speeding tickets. That works out as an average of one every second! And these add up to a total value of between 25 and 50 billion dollars a year. So people all across America are paying the price for...
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First Speeding Ticket? Here’s What Happens When You Get Your First Citation
Aside from that pit in your stomach when you see the flashing lights, what happens when you get your first speeding ticket? If you’re new to police encounters it may be a mystery to you. Stress not, the more informed you are about what happens after getting ticketed,...
What to Do When You Can’t Pay Your Speeding Ticket Fines
Every year, nearly 40 million speeding tickets are issued by traffic police with an average price around $150 each. If you have a little bit of an issue with a heavy foot on the gas, you could receive multiple speeding ticket fines in the course of a year. This could...
Are Police Quotas for Traffic Citations Fact or Fiction?
Drive slow. It’s the end of the month and the police need to meet their quota. If you’ve been driving long enough, someone has probably said this to you either directly or in passing. But is it true? Do police quotas exist? More importantly, are police quotas legal?...
Most Common Speeding Ticket Areas
Where Are You Most Likely To Get A Speeding Ticket In Florida Speeding tickets happen, but they don’t have too. When you find yourself in a jam, then you might be stuck wondering how much you have to pay and if it is going to affect your insurance, your driving...
Is Getting a Speeding Ticket Really a Big Deal?
Speeding killed over 10,000 people in 2016. This made up 27% of traffic fatalities in that year, according to the NHTSA. Life has a way of making it difficult to abide by the speed limits. Sometimes we run late for work or get frustrated by the congested roads and bad...
Ways to Slow Down on the Road and Avoid a Speeding Ticket
Speeding is the main cause of about 31% of fatal auto accidents on the road. As shocking as this number is, it doesn’t even include non-fatal speeding-related incidents. Accidents in which speeding could have been a factor but wasn’t recorded aren’t included, either....
What to do When You’re Caught By A Red Light Camera
The Right Steps For Facing Florida Red Light Cams With red light cameras springing up everywhere nowadays, there is the need to ensure that you properly protect yourself from getting on the wrong side of the law. Testing the red light cameras is one of the easiest and...
What’s the Difference Between a Speeding Ticket and a Speeding Citation?
Whether we want to admit it or not, everyone speeds. It’s a simple fact of life. But, there’s a difference between going a few over the limit and barreling down a residential street at 40 miles per hour. While many people believe that a speeding ticket and speeding...
4 Reasons you need a Traffic Violation Lawyer
Why you need to hire a traffic violation lawyer… Whether you drive without a valid license, run a red light hit, make an illegal turn, forget to use a turn signal, driving intoxicated or get a speeding ticket, getting stopped by the police for a traffic violation is...