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The Most Expensive States For Speeding Tickets 2007

STOPandGO — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:53:01 +0000

Taking a road trip home for the holidays this year? Be sure to go easy on the gas pedal, particularly if your travels take you up or down the East Coast. According to stats from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the I-95 corridor between the southeast and New England includes five of the 10 U.S. states carrying the highest fines for speeding–Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland and New Hampshire. All hit up speeders for a maximum of $500 or more for a first offense.

The Most Expensive States For Speeding Tickets 2007

Safety first or speed trap? Red light cameras raising eyebrows

STOPandGO — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:25:39 +0000

New traffic ticket cameras set to be placed in busy intersections in Carol Stream are raising a host of questions about their safety and legality. The cameras could also add fuel to the fire of local motorists who complain about the number of citations handed out by Carol Stream law enforcement along North Avenue. The complaints may not just be sour grapes from lead-footed drivers.

Safety first or speed trap? Red light cameras raising eyebrows

DPS has new way to catch drivers speeding in AZ

STOPandGO — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:59:31 +0000

The Arizona Department of Public Safety unveiled a new tool on Thursday that will help them bust speeders. Mobile radar units will now be popping up all over the state.

DPS has new way to catch drivers speeding in AZ

Red Light Cameras — Safety Or Entrapment?

STOPandGO — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:35:31 +0000

An I-team investigation found a traffic light malfunction at a major red-light camera intersection. Those are the cameras that record drivers running red lights, but you don’t know you’re busted until you receive a $100.00 fine in the mail. You’d think the malfunction would have translated into money back for motorists. But when the I-team’s went looking for refunds, that is not what she heard.

Red Light Cameras — Safety Or Entrapment?

Most drivers break speed limit

STOPandGO — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:01:25 +0000

More than half of drivers admit speeding but only 16% have been convicted of the offense in the last five years, it has been revealed.

Most drivers break speed limit

Smile, Hoboken: You’ll be on traffic light camera

STOPandGO — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:00:33 +0000

Hoboken is planning to use clandestine cameras to catch people running red lights and stop signs.

Smile, Hoboken: You’ll be on traffic light camera

Opinion: The Roads Have Eyes

STOPandGO — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:18:35 +0000

Your days of being pulled over for speeding are numbered. That would be great news, except in an increasing number of states the flashing red and blue lights in your rear-view mirror are being replaced by the photographic flash of traffic cameras.

Opinion: The Roads Have Eyes

ND Highway Patrol Cracks Down on Violations

STOPandGO — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:01:59 +0000

How careful are you when you get behind the wheel? Maybe not as much as we should be. This week the North Dakota Highway Patrol is stepping up enforcement of certain violations on roads in the Northwest region of the state.

ND Highway Patrol Cracks Down on Violations

California teen offers GPS challenge to speeding rap

STOPandGO — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:01:45 +0000

A California teenager is contesting a speeding ticket which claims he was doing 62mph in a 45mph zone, since a GPS system fitted to his Toyota Celica appears to show he was actually within the limit.

California teen offers GPS challenge to speeding rap