I’m Bob Ciasulli and I own several car dealerships in northern New Jersey. I’d like to bring the following information to your attention—more and more motorists these days are getting stopped and ticketed for minor violations while driving at slower speeds. This article will bring to your attention how states are relying on additional traffic citations to bring in revenue in these tough financial times.
We’re all guilty of it—driving 5-10 miles per hour over the speed limit. But the once accepted “speeding cushion” is disappearing, mainly due to the recession. States need to fill their budget gaps with traffic and speeding citation revenue, so you’re going to find that troopers have a much lower tolerance to speeders these days. Friendly warnings are a thing of the past and I encourage you to carefully drive the speed limit to avoid being pulled over and ticketed.
One 2009 study in the Journal of Law and Economics found that officers issue a greater number of traffic tickets during periods of economical recession and discovered that the decrease in annual state revenue resulted in a direct 6.4% increase of traffic tickets. Increasing the volume of traffic citations is the easiest way for local governments to make up for budget shortfalls in a weak economy.
In Ohio for example, 2011 traffic tickets were issued in January 2010, a significant amount more then the 452 tickets recorded in January of the previous year. Georgia also adopted a practice that would add an additional fine of $200 to “super speeders”, or individuals who were recorded driving more then 25 MPH over the speed limit. Tennessee is also considering implementing this practice as well.
Stay alert for new “travel-safe” zones, because your speeding fine could be doubled in those areas. These zones are usually in highway areas—for example, Missouri has 5 in the St. Louis area. For all states, fines are doubled in highway construction zones. Paying attention to these established areas will prevent you from receiving a large speeding citation.>
Don’t be surprised if you get a ticket for a minor violation of a few miles per hour. Being aware of these new low tolerances to speeding, maintain the speed limit especially in school zones, construction areas, “travel-safe” zones, and adhere to all speed limit signs and you’ll avoid seeing those red and blue flashing lights in your rearview mirror. Don’t expect to go 80 MPH down the highway anytime soon-- this harsher speed enforcement isn’t likely to lighten up even as the economy improves. *Source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-03-30-speeding-cushion_N.htm
Bob Ciasulli owns and operates several car dealerships in northern New Jersey and is very interested in automotive maintenance and safe driving habits. He encourages you to go the speed limit, drive safely, and protect yourself and your fellow drivers.
One 2009 study in the Journal of Law and Economics found that officers issue a greater number of traffic tickets during periods of economical recession and discovered that the decrease in annual state revenue resulted in a direct 6.4% increase of traffic tickets. Increasing the volume of traffic citations is the easiest way for local governments to make up for budget shortfalls in a weak economy.
In Ohio for example, 2011 traffic tickets were issued in January 2010, a significant amount more then the 452 tickets recorded in January of the previous year. Georgia also adopted a practice that would add an additional fine of $200 to “super speeders”, or individuals who were recorded driving more then 25 MPH over the speed limit. Tennessee is also considering implementing this practice as well.
Stay alert for new “travel-safe” zones, because your speeding fine could be doubled in those areas. These zones are usually in highway areas—for example, Missouri has 5 in the St. Louis area. For all states, fines are doubled in highway construction zones. Paying attention to these established areas will prevent you from receiving a large speeding citation.>
Don’t be surprised if you get a ticket for a minor violation of a few miles per hour. Being aware of these new low tolerances to speeding, maintain the speed limit especially in school zones, construction areas, “travel-safe” zones, and adhere to all speed limit signs and you’ll avoid seeing those red and blue flashing lights in your rearview mirror. Don’t expect to go 80 MPH down the highway anytime soon-- this harsher speed enforcement isn’t likely to lighten up even as the economy improves. *Source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-03-30-speeding-cushion_N.htm
Bob Ciasulli owns and operates several car dealerships in northern New Jersey and is very interested in automotive maintenance and safe driving habits. He encourages you to go the speed limit, drive safely, and protect yourself and your fellow drivers.
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