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Truth & Character Thursdays

Crime & Punishment

Getting Your First Speeding Ticket

My sister-in-law just recently got her first ever speeding ticket - it’s a tough pill to swallow. I’ve still never had a ticket myself and I’ve been driving for over 20 years (can you say rule follower!?).

My sister-in-law was already having a bit of a tough week and her first speeding ticket was the icing on the cake.

It was one of those instances where she was not trying to speed but the speed limit was just going from 100 km/h to 80 km/h. She had been going about 110 km/h in the 100 zone and then hadn’t started to slow down yet when the speed reduced to 80. So just past the 80 km/h sign she was still going 110 km/h so 30 km/h higher than the posted limit.

She was just about to start slowing down when she saw the lights get turned on and she knew she was going to get a ticket.

We often joke about how a speeding ticket is literally spending your money on fresh air…and that fresh air cost her $196.

While that amount of money is not crippling, it certainly hurts because you think of all the other things you could have spent that money on. $196 could purchase a few meals out, or some new clothes, or groceries for the week, or a million other things other than a speeding ticket.

Like I said, she was already having a hard week, and this ticket just felt like it pushed everything over the edge. It was a few weeks ago now and she is already laughing about it and talking about how she is such a rebel. She can no longer say that she has never had a speeding ticket…she is now in the system lol.

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Interesting Fact #1

Get pulled over in Sudan and you may only be fined a few cents. But in Switzerland, a driver can be faced with a fine of over $17,000 (+$13,000 USD)!

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Interesting Fact #2

More than 1,000 people per day die in speeding-related crashes around the world.

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Interesting Fact #3

The world’s priciest speeding ticket went to a Swedish tourist doing 290km/h (180mph) on the A12 between Bern and Lausanne - 170km/h over the limit. His Mercedes SLS AMG first evaded detection because many speed traps are unable to clock a speed of that magnitude. “The speedometer must have been on the blink,” the driver told police. “It is not controllable. It must have taken 500m to stop,” was the police statement – along with a $1,031,192 ($767,000 USD) fine.

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Photo of the day - Speeding Ticket

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Video of the day - What Speeding is Like Around the World

Quote of the day

“On the way home I absently minded (you know what I mean) went through a stop sign in Hyannis so of course there was a police car to apprehend me. A soft answer turnethed away wrath, fortunately.” ― Edward Gorey

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Article of the day - What Speeding is Like Around the World

We all know the stories of Germany’s Autobahn highways where drivers can enjoy no speed limits (besides during bad weather). For some, that’s an extremely frightening thought to be able to drive as fast they want because of the potential dangers. For others, it’s freeing in a way that they’re never going to find here in the United States. While Germany is probably the most famous for its’ speed demons, there are some other places to watch out for.

Photo courtesy of https://brilliantmaps.com/speed-limits/

The Isle of Man and a highway in Australia’s Northern Territory both have no speed limits similar to Germany, although the Isle of Man doesn’t have any highways. Speed limits in other countries vary wildly, so it’s important that you pay attention to signs when visiting foreign places. Here in the U.S., the typical state speed limit is 65mph, while Hawaii has a speed limit of 60mph.

Compared to what we’re used to, Canada has very low speed limits at 60mph, and Nunavut has no speed limit above 45mph! Poland and Bulgaria have rather high limits in comparison of 85mph.

As far as fines go, many European countries are starting to think about adopting Finland’s method. When Finns are pulled over, police officers are able to pull up their income/tax records and fine them based off of that amount. This is meant to equalize the impact of a speeding fine across all classes – so the rich still feel the weight of what they’ve done just as someone in the middle class.

In Tokyo, speeding could land drivers a mandatory traffic school sentence, points and their license suspended, and even being terminated if holding a public office job. And in Oslo, 10% of your annual income is added to your speeding ticket to deter speeders.

The highest speeding fine to be given was in Switzerland to a Swedish driver at a hefty price of $1 million. With the first speeding fine being given in 1896 with the driver going 7mph, speed limits have come a long way. If you have been given a speeding ticket, know what to do – call Tad Morlan today!

References:

https://www.avis.co.uk/inspires/adventure/road-trips/cost-speeding-around-world/

https://brilliantmaps.com/speed-limits/

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