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Well, it has been only a few weeks since Scottsdale Attorney gave you a “heads up” in our speeding ticket article which alerted you to an intensive effort on the part of Cities to issue speeding tickets and other traffic violations.
In this update, we want to advise you of 3 of the primary ways by which citizens get ticketed and focus in on one in particular. You need to not only avoid committing these unlawful acts yourself, but you also need to be especially alert for other drivers committing these offenses in the interests of your own safety.
Here are 3 of the top reasons you might now more than ever before in recent memory, receive a speeding ticket:
- Late to work
- Late to an appointment
- Late to the airport
Let’s take a look at #3 – Late to the airport.
Recently at the Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, cops were disguising themselves as maintenance workers; complete with Men at Work type vests and sun hats. They were sitting on the shoulder of the road into the airport as if taking a break.
From only a small distance away they would look just like a maintenance worker sitting down on break and you wouldn’t notice their arm resting on their knee while holding a radar gun. Of course, by the time you realized the cop was holding a radar gun (even if you did notice) it would be way too late. Clever, right?
Well, guess what. Getting caught at 10 to 15 mph over the speed limit will get you a fine of $181. And, 16 to 20 mph over the speed limit will get you a fine of $201 plus a probable sentence to attend traffic school. That’s some pretty good cash for the City and would certainly help their bankrupt condition, wouldn’t you say?
Scottsdale Attorney believes we all should prudently stay close to the speed limit on any roadway and not just because it’s the law, but because of everyone’s safety. A few minutes of potentially being late to work or to an appointment is more than worth the possible alternatives; the least of which being a few hundred dollars or more out of pocket and being sentenced to visit the morgue as a reminder that you are still alive for now.
Being late to the airport may be another issue, right?!
By the way, why is it you never see a cab driver being ticketed?
