# How many years has it been since you've gotten a speeding ticket? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 12, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871 "2012-12-12T23:16:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/1 "2012-12-12T23:16:50Z")
So? How long has it been? I got five speeding tickets in less than a year in 1986 in Texas when I was 16 and lost my license. I got one more in 1991 and that was my last moving violation. So for me it’s been 21 years (out of 26 years of driving). I am 43. When was your last one? Has anyone never got one? Who has gone the longest without one? ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/2 "2012-12-12T23:20:16Z")
Last month I got my first speeding ticket in 17 years. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/3 "2012-12-12T23:26:09Z")
About three years ago. My last and only one to date. I was on my way to Montreal with my ex to visit her parents. I was doing 130KM in a 100 zone. The cop said I could of taken thre pts off your license but only took two, and handed me a 150$ fine. Thank you officer then went on my way. I’m 43, been driving since I was 20. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/4 "2012-12-12T23:28:28Z")
Probably 18 or 19 years. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/5 "2012-12-12T23:30:06Z")
I got one in 1985 and none since. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/6 "2012-12-12T23:31:22Z")
I’ve only gotten one in my life. It was while I was living in Chicago so sometime between 1976 and 1982. It’s been at least 30 years. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/7 "2012-12-12T23:35:54Z")
> [@OldGuy](#): > > I’ve only gotten one in my life. It was while I was living in Chicago so sometime between 1976 and 1982. It’s been at least 30 years. Okay, but how long has it been since you got one for going _too slow_? ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/8 "2012-12-12T23:42:21Z")
I’ve had my licence ten years and I’ve never had a speeding ticket. I get a discount on my licence renewal for never having had any sort of traffic violation. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/9 "2012-12-12T23:44:56Z")
About 7 years. I’ve deserved many since then but never been caught. Traffic on Hwy 407 generally moves at between 120km/hr and 140km/hr. 140km/hr is losing your license territory since the limit is 100km/hr but the highway was designed for speed - long straight and with slightly wider than normal lanes so it’s not surprising that people use it. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/10 "2012-12-12T23:46:35Z")
I was pregnant. My son is 14. So like 14.5 yrs go. ---
**Author:** ![solosam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@solosam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solosam)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/11 "2012-12-12T23:53:14Z")
48 hours. Weak. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/12 "2012-12-12T23:56:39Z")
> [@OldGuy](#): > > I’ve only gotten one in my life. It was while I was living in Chicago so sometime between 1976 and 1982. It’s been at least 30 years. So far you are the frontrunner, sir! > [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Okay, but how long has it been since you got one for going _too slow_? You’d better get off his lawn before he does excruciatingly slow donuts on _yours!_ > [@Moonlitherial](#): > > About 7 years. I’ve deserved many since then but never been caught. > > Traffic on Hwy 407 generally moves at between 120km/hr and 140km/hr. 140km/hr is losing your license territory since the limit is 100km/hr but the highway was designed for speed - long straight and with slightly wider than normal lanes so it’s not surprising that people use it. I have deserved more than I have received too. Where is Hwy 407? Canada? One thing I have learned is how to successfully speed (safely, not going insanely fast). Never hang too long in the left lane if you can help it. Show cops the respect they deserve when you see them and slow down if you are speeding when you approach them. Have license/insurance/registration ready before the cop gets to your window if pulled over and turn on the courteousness. Pick your spots. Know where your speedtraps are. Never speed in residential areas. That sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/13 "2012-12-12T23:59:34Z")
Never caught for a moving violation. Last parking ticket would have been around 1980. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/14 "2012-12-13T00:00:58Z")
I’ve never even been stopped with a speed warning and I’ve done over 400K miles. I’m sure my luck will run out eventually, though. I have gotten two tickets for moving violations other than speeding, and I must say I have deserved speeding tickets more than those other ones. I generally don’t run red lights or come to a rolling stop, but I guess it’s easier to write tickets for that. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/15 "2012-12-13T00:02:22Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Never caught for a moving violation. Last parking ticket would have been around 1980. So you are the frontrunner in a new category: who’s the oldest person that’s been driving the longest without ever getting one? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/16 "2012-12-13T00:10:17Z")
I’m 29 and have never received a speeding ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/17 "2012-12-13T00:10:18Z")
Got one this year. There is a 25 mph zone near my house which isn’t dangerous or near a school, or anything to justify it. It is sandwiched between 35 mph zones. I was going about 37. I’ve been trying to find out who to write to in the county government to get it increased to 35. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/18 "2012-12-13T00:10:36Z")
1. First and only speeding ticket I’ve ever had. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/19 "2012-12-13T00:19:17Z")
Memorial Day weekend 1983. I was going to see Jay Leno doing stand-up. Place where I was pulled over was a couple of hours from my house then… and a couple of minutes from my house now. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/20 "2012-12-13T00:20:26Z")
June, 2011. Speeding way late at night on 77 in North Carolina. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871.md?page=2)