A nationwide study sponsored by a New York Honda dealership found a 6.5% decrease in police-written speeding tickets over the seven year period from 2011 through 2017. The study was based on the latest data available from 48 states.
“[M]ost states…have been issuing fewer tickets in recent years, with some states issuing significantly fewer tickets over the time period we looked at…[O]n average, states [issued] 6.5% fewer tickets from 2011 to 2017, which represents an average of more than 32,000 fewer tickets issued by every state over that time.
“Beyond the national drop, we found a number of states experiencing major shifts towards issuing fewer tickets. Four different states issued 40% fewer tickets from 2011 to 2017, with Texas and Illinois both seeing drops greater than 50%, at 54.10% and 50.54%, respectively.”
As far as Fleet Management Weekly sees it: if the numbers are accurate, either fewer people are speeding, or police enforcement has become more lax and our roads are more dangerous. We think it’s the latter.
Read the full story at Yonkers Honda’ website