604 Blog Posts From the Traffic Tickets Tag


Guilty in Ohio: Speeding Convictions by the Art of Observation

By Gary Biller, NMA Executive Director As outlined in an NMA email alert sent to Association members nationwide in early June, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a driver can be convicted of speeding based on a police officer’s observation of vehicle speed, aligning Ohio law with that of several other states that already have […]

Illinois Considering Raising Ticket Prices To Save State Police Jobs

In a story that illustrates the connection between police department funding and traffic tickets, the state of Illinois is considering taking a portion of county bond fees collected from minor traffic violations and giving it to the state to help fund the state police. They’re also considering raising ticket prices to deal with the budget […]

Making Functional Laws Dysfunctional

By Jim Baxter, NMA President There are many traffic laws that function reasonably well—as long as they are not strictly enforced. Enforcing “the letter of the law” can make a reasonable regulation unreasonable. Prior to the passage of the National Maximum Speed Limit in 1974, most speed limits were prima facie, meaning exceeding the limit […]

Michigan Cities Break The Law To Generate More Speeding Tickets

The Detroit News recently studied ten randomly selected intersections and found that the speed limit was set incorrectly on all ten. In response, State Representative Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge, will be proposing a bill to require cities to follow the state laws on setting speed limits outlined in Public Act 85. Many cities have chosen […]

58% Of People Who Fought Traffic Tickets In Washington D.C. Won

How likely is it that I’ll win if I fight my traffic ticket in court? This is a question we get a lot and the truth is that it varies pretty wildly depending on the location. It’s rare to get a straight answer from local governments on this topic but a recent report in the […]

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