Did you get a speeding ticket recently? Are you willing to settle the fine but cannot do so at the moment? As simple as it may seem, failing to pay a parking ticket may lead to more headaches in the future. Believe it or not, over seven million Americans have...
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Can You Go to Jail for Speeding in Florida?
According to the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Department, Floridians racked up over 187,000 speeding tickets last year. Even though speeding in Florida is a non-criminal offense, experts note that police officers in Florida tend to give out speeding...
Is Speeding a Felony in Florida?
Speeding is the second most common cause of accidents in America. Generally speaking, a speeding ticket does not warrant an arrest. However, there are certain circumstances under which you can be arrested. According to the Florida DMV, millions of traffic citations...
Speedy Gonzalez: 5 Common Reasons for Hiring a Speeding Ticket Attorney
Each year, more than 34 million speeding tickets are issued in the United States. This is 93,000 tickets each day and 65 tickets each minute. The average fine for a speeding ticket is $150. There’s a good chance you have received a speeding ticket (or two). If so, you...
Florida Speeding Laws You Can’t Afford to Ignore
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...
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...
Do Cops have Quotas for Traffic Citations?
"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 cops have to meet a quota? More importantly, are police quotas...
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...