# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/81 "2012-12-14T02:30:19Z")
Last year. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/82 "2012-12-14T05:58:02Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > In the US? I’ve never heard of this process before. I think [this](http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080226180740AA3jgnI) is what was going on. At the time, I was a bit too flustered to ask questions, didn’t know the law and I didn’t realize the ticket counted as a license so I just gave up the AAA card. I paid the ticket promptly without contesting it and got my AAA card back in the mail a few months later. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/83 "2012-12-14T06:48:12Z")
I’m 46… been driving for 25 years. No speeding tickets or moving violations. The only ticket I’ve ever gotten was in 1987 for having an expired emissions inspection. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/84 "2012-12-14T07:18:10Z")
My last actual ticket was about 2.5 or 3 years ago. In Febuary I got caught doing 121km/h on an 80km/h highway. Ticket hasn’t arrived yet - it is supposed to be a court appearance (as opposed to just pay the fine). Fingers crossed it has been lost. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/85 "2012-12-14T11:50:20Z")
Driving 35 years and never got a speeding ticket. I have a couple of other moving violations, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/86 "2012-12-14T13:12:48Z")
No speeding tickets ever, and one other moving violation (running a pointless stop sign) in 2003. ---
**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/87 "2012-12-14T13:52:26Z")
Been driving for 20 years and no moving violations. Verbal warning for burnt out brake light, Citation for no proof of insurance cancelled when I mailed a copy of my card to the court. One Expired Meter ticket I paid and a Parking in Handicapped Zone cancelled when I sent pictures of the confusing singage. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/88 "2012-12-14T15:52:03Z")
Ah, nice try. As soon as I start bragging about how long it’s been since I got a speeding ticket, then I will get one. So not gonna tell! ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/89 "2012-12-14T16:12:40Z")
Never got one. Then again, I only got my license to drive without a licensed driver in the passenger seat in mid-February. I’ve got a police warning for ignoring a posted sign not to turn left onto the expressway at a particular light. :smack: That’s the only time I’ve been pulled over behind the wheel. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/90 "2012-12-14T16:26:04Z")
Been driving 31 years and have never received a speeding ticket. The sum total of my driving offences are 1 x driving in a bus lane and 1 x stopping in a yellow box. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/91 "2012-12-15T00:24:21Z")
47years driving in Ca no speeding tickets, about 60 total days driving in Nevada over the course of many years and 3 speeding tickets, last one was about 6 years ago. I have had one for right turn on a red light where otherwise posted and 2 seat belt tickets. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/92 "2012-12-15T00:55:39Z")
My last was in 1979. Town of Bonney Lake incorporated a week earlier and dropped the speed limit of the road my sister lived on from 35 to 25. I was nabbed for 32 in a 25. Contested the ticket and had the $35 fine dropped to $5. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/93 "2012-12-15T01:04:36Z")
Speeding ticket, maybe late 1970s. 1978 or 1979 I think it was. North or West Texas. I received one in each of those regions close apart and don’t remember which was first. My last ticket was in West Texas shortly after that in the 1980s. I rushed to make a left turn on a signal but ended up going through the intersection after the signal was off. I knew it had happened even before the cop pulled me over, so it was a fair call. I think those were my only tickets ever. Of course, I’ve not had a car for decades and drive very little now. But I was always generally a safe driver (despite a couple of fender benders, only one of which was my fault.) ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/94 "2012-12-15T01:32:26Z")
Now you’ve gone and made me calculate how long I’ve been driving, and I feel old. Never been even pulled over for speeding in 23 years of driving. Once I got a bogus ticket for “failing to see it was safe before proceeding,” but I was exonerated. I tend to keep it within 5mph of the speed limit and I’m more cautious when I don’t have other cars “insulating” me in front and behind. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/95 "2012-12-15T13:30:29Z")
My only speeding ticket was 20 years ago. I was cited for going 5 miles over the limit. ---
**Author:** ![jools](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@jools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jools)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/96 "2012-12-15T14:44:46Z")
I got my first speeding ticket last year after 30 years of driving. Got caught on a local highway at 128 kph in a 100 kph zone. I’ve been very lucky but I’ve slowed down a bit since that ticket and use the cruise control a lot more. But let’s not discuss parking tickets!! ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/97 "2012-12-15T15:26:46Z")
About 7 or 8 years. I didn’t own a car for 3 of those years so I guess that helps a lot, and there were dozens of occasions I got pulled over but did not receive a ticket. ---
**Author:** ![IaMoDiNaRy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@IaMoDiNaRy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IaMoDiNaRy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/98 "2012-12-15T18:04:24Z")
My last ticket was this past May. I was doing 90 mph on a 70 mph highway. No other cars around … or so I thought. I actually didn’t realize I was going that fast and then the po-po came out of nowhere… 😃 I honestly didn’t realize my speed had increased that much. When there are other cars on the road with me I usually hang with them. Ticket cost me $396. I’m in California, by the way. Needless to say, CRUISE CONTROL is my best friend, now. I’ll never let that happen again. When I was younger and living in another state, 20 or so years ago, I probably got about 6 speeding tickets, all on the highway. All of them for going 5 to 10 mph over the speed limit. I had friends in high places that fixed them for me. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/99 "2012-12-15T18:36:45Z")
I have had two speeding tickets, one which was reduced to a defective equipment violation at the last minute when I went to go pay a fine and a lawyer friend was there to help me. My one and only true ticket was December 1981, when I was 20. The other ‘ticket’ was about 15 yrs ago. I have lost count of the warnings that I have had since then. I can remember warnings in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871/100 "2012-12-17T20:46:34Z")
I’ve had a license for 18 years, and my one and only speeding ticket was 15 years ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-years-has-it-been-since-youve-gotten-a-speeding-ticket/643871.md?page=6)