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| Many People Involved in Car Accidents Receive Speeding Tickets |
In the United States more then 41,000,000 speeding tickets are given out per year. Thats over 100,000 speeding tickets a day, which means that one in every six drivers will get a speeding ticket this year. Each year over six billion dollars is collected by the government for speeding tickets. About 95% of the people who receive a speeding ticket never contest it and just pay the fine. The other 5% make an effort to fight their ticket. They usually have the case dismissed or receive charges that don't get reported on their driving record.
In 2000 a statistic showed that on average, a pedestrian is killed in a car accident every 111 minutes. Research by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) found that when speed limits were raised in 1996, travel speeds increased and car fatalities went up significantly on Interstate highways.
There are over 196,000,000 licensed drivers throughout the United States. Most speeding tickets are given to drivers between the ages of 17 and 24. Men receive more speeding tickets than women and are less likely to try and fight their speeding ticket. Doctors seem to receive the most speeding tickets out of any other profession.
Speeding tickets, combined with other traffic violations such as DUI/DWI, reckless driving, red light offenses, hit and run and other misdemeanors, cause a lot of fatal auto accidents. If you have been involved in a car accident, please contact our Los Angeles car accident attorney today for a free consultation. You may also provide the facts of your auto accident in our free case evaluation form. Please call us today at 800-715-4489 if you have any immediate questions. |
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Posted By Los Angeles Accident Lawyer on January 14, 2010 01:05 pm | Permalink  |
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Los Angeles Car Accident Lawyer
Our car accident attorney at our law firm is not representing any of the parties mentioned in this car accident blog article at the time of this posting. If you were involved in this or in a similar auto accident, please contact our Los Angeles car accident attorney who can assist you in answering your questions and seeking compensation for your injuries. Once our lawyer as conducted both a consultation and a full investigation, we may then fully inform the injured party about their legal rights and potentially recoverable monetary compensation.
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