Monday, 06 July 2009

• The Worse Place To Get a Ticket

  
  

  As a native New Yorker I am currently practicing my driving around the city and my close neighbor New Jersey, and I must say I hear lots of stories about how tickets are ridiculously expensive. Like anyone would be, I am fearful of getting my first ticket when I do indeed get my license.A study I found on MSN confirms these fears for me. According to a study done by the National Motorists Association, New Jersey was ranked as the number one state to get tickets. Just based on personal experience, I know a lot of my friends are very loose with the state driving laws, so this is not very surprising. Often everyone I know from New Jersey says "If the speed limit is 65, that means you need to go 85.", basically just add 20 to any speed limit and that is considered up to par. How did other states compare to New Jersey?
  
  
  New York, came at a close number 5, which surprised me since such a congested city with confusing parking rules often leave people with multiple orange tickets on their vehicle.
  
  

  1	New Jersey	18	Florida	35	Hawaii
  2	Ohio	19	Pennsylvania	36	Arkansas
  3	Maryland	20	North Carolina	37	Alaska
  4	Louisiana	21	Alabama	38	Kansas
  5	New York	22	Rhode Island	39	Mississippi
  6	Illinois	23	West Virginia	40	Wisconsin
  7	Delaware	24	New Hampshire	41	Utah
  8	Virginia	25	Arizona	42	South Dakota
  9	Washington	26	New Mexico	43	Indiana
  10	Massachusetts	27	Missouri	44	Minnesota
  11	Colorado	28	Texas	45	North Dakota
  12	Oregon	29	Oklahoma	46	Kentucky
  13	Tennessee	30	Nevada	47	Nebraska
  14	California	31	Georgia	48	Montana
  15	Michigan	32	Connecticut	49	Idaho
  16	Vermont	33	South Carolina	50	Wyoming
  17	Maine	34	Iowa

  
  For more information about how this list was complied, check out the MSN article.
  Does this list surprise you? Where does your state rank? What was the worse ticket you've ever gotten?
  

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