| Statistic Verification |
| Source: U.S. Highway Patrol |
| Date Verified: 4.28.2013 |
| A traffic ticket is a notice issued by a law enforcement official to a motorist or other road user, accusing violation of traffic laws. Traffic tickets generally come in two forms, citing a moving violation, such as exceeding the speed limit, or a non-moving violation, such as a parking violation, with the ticket also being referred to as a parking citation, notice of illegal parking or parking ticket. In the United States, most traffic laws are codified in a variety of state, county and municipal laws or ordinances, with most minor violations classified as civil infractions. What constitutes a “minor violation” or infraction varies, examples include non-moving violations, defective or improper vehicle equipment, seat belt and child-restraint safety violations, and insufficient proof of license, insurance or registration. |
| Driving Citation Statistics | |
| Total Number of People per day that receive speeding tickets | 1,000,000 |
| Total Annual number of People who receive speeding tickets | 41 million |
| Total Percentage of drivers that will get a speeding ticket this year | 16% |
| Total Cost of Average Speeding Ticket | $150 |
| Total paid in speeding tickets per year | 6 billion |
| Total Number of people who won’t contest speeding ticket | 95% |
| Total Number of Licensed Drivers in America today | 196 million |
| Top 10 Driving Citation States | |
| Rank | State |
| 1 | Ohio |
| 2 | Pennsylvania |
| 3 | New York |
| 4 | California |
| 5 | Texas |
| 6 | Georgia |
| 7 | Virginia |
| 8 | North Carolina |
| 9 | Massachusetts |
| 10 | Connecticut |
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