Speeding in These States Will Cost You a Fortune

[Rhiannon12866]

Delaware and Colorado take the hardest line on reckless driving.

Reckless driving is, well, reckless. But Americans keep speeding, willing to risk the financial consequences, which vary wildly from state to state. So where is it costliest to floor it?

Delaware and Colorado are the toughest states on speeding and reckless driving, charging hefty fines and penalties, according to a new report from WalletHub that analyzed data from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Arizona, New Mexico and California followed close behind. If you’ve got a lead foot, Texas was ranked the most lenient state.

Oregon issues the priciest tickets in the country for reckless driving, topping out at $6,250, the report found. Kentucky, Mississippi, New Mexico and Ohio issue the cheapest tickets at $100. The average maximum ticket costs a driver $845, up 14 percent from 2015.


Strictest and Most Lenient States on Speeding and Reckless Driving Source: WalletHub

Fines aren’t the only financial consequences. The increase in insurance rates after a moving violation can be even more costly than the ticket itself. Alaska issues the highest additional cost for car insurance after one speeding ticket, raising rates by more than 65 percent.

More: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-06/speeding-in-these-states-will-cost-you-a-fortune

[TexasTowelie]

1. We're #51 and I'm proud of it,

even though I don't have a lead foot. Now get out of my way cuz I got places to go!

[Rhiannon12866]

2. LOL! New York is apparently one of the strictest

I'd been driving for 20 years before I got my first - and the fine wasn't cheap. These days I am very, very cautious!

[DemoTex]

3. Alabama

Six over the limit on US-80 cost me $450 in 2013. I was driving to Oregon to work fire season. It was a big multi-agency speed trap between Selma and Demopolis. On my way home six months later, in the exact same location, was another multi-agency speed trap.

It was my first moving violation in 50 years of driving. Cop was a Viet veteran. No slack.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Yikes! That's a hefty fine!

Mine cost me $180 in 2010 and I thought that was exorbitant! And given your destination, I would have thought they'd give you a break!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

5. I76 near Hogestown, PA

Last year $370 something for 86 on a 70.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Wow! And here I was shocked at how much I had to pay!

And New York is supposed to be "stricter" than Pennsylvania. There are times I barely do the speed limit on the highway, but this was on the main street in town and I was in a hurry.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

7. In PA the fine is scaled to speed over the limit

I think anything above 20 over gets you reckless driving.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. I have no idea how they calculated mine.

I was on the main street that runs through town - I think the speed limit is 30.