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Proven Legal Strategies to Fight & Beat Speeding Tickets.
The
True Cost of a Speeding Ticket
by: Wayne Patterson
Have you noticed more autos on the side of the
road with an officer issuing the driver a speeding ticket? Have
you seen more trucks surrounded by DOT transport police? I sure
have. There are several reasons for this increased activity.
One is that after 9/11 many departments have increased patrols.
The additional police presence is to assure the public that
efforts are being taken to prevent terrorist attacks like the
recent sniper killings. The other reason is that cities and
states are faced with budget deficits in these tough economic
times. Since traffic tickets are a politically correct form
of taxation, many jurisdictions are increasing fines as a means
of balancing the books.
A traffic officer will cost his department the average of $75,000
per year while he can be expected to issue between $150,000
to $200,000 in speeding ticket citations. There are few businesses
that can equal that rate of return. Some towns like New Rome,
Ohio and Waldo, Florida take in over 70% of their entire town
budget through speeding tickets.
What does this mean to you, the safe driver who has not received
a traffic citation in years? It means that you are now more
likely than ever to see those dreaded blue lights flashing in
your rear view. If that does happen you need to know that the
true cost of a speeding ticket has changed drastically in the
last few years.
Consider Mary, a successful sales representative who enjoys
the perk of a company car. She travels extensively and has received
four speeding tickets in the last three years. She considers
herself a safe driver and in each instance was traveling with
the flow of traffic on the interstate. She has 9 out of the
12 points on her driver’s license. Imagine her surprise
when her company’s insurance carrier refused to allow
Mary to drive a company car. The company obtained supplemental
insurance but Mary had to pay the extra $1600.
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