How to Avoid Traffic Tickets

Avoid Traffic Tickets

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Nobody wants a traffic ticket. They can cause your insurance to go up and can even cause you to lose your license. Most people think that if they don’t speed, they won’t get a ticket. How you drive is just as important as how fast you drive. There are ways to help you avoid traffic tickets.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Step1

Do not speed. Even if traffic is going faster than the posted speed limit and your reason for speeding is to keep up with the flow of traffic, that is not an acceptable reason to speed and you will not be able to convince a traffic officer otherwise.

Step2

Do not proceed through a yellow light if you are not already in the intersection when the light goes to yellow. Different intersections have different timers. Some people know the intersections and will anticipate the changing of a light and proceed through the intersection as soon as it turns green. Proceeding through a yellow light when you are not already in an intersection can get you a ticket as well as cause you to have a collision.

Step3

Be aware that the type of car you drive, the color of the car you drive and the sound of the car you drive will all bring attention to a traffic officer. If you are driving faster than the posted speed limit a red car, a loud car or a sports car appears to be going faster than it actually is. This could cause you to be stopped and ticketed.

Step4

Weaving through traffic or driving erratically is much more difficult to negotiate than speeding because it could be classified as reckless driving.

Step5

Stop means stop. If you just slow down at a stop sign and never come to a complete stop, you could and should get a ticket. The purpose of the stop is to do just that and look around before proceeding. Do not be pressured to slow down and go through a stop sign because everyone else is doing it at a busy intersection. Also, do not go through a stop sign without making a complete stop just because there is no other traffic.

Step6

Do not drink or use illegal drugs and drive. Make sure you understand the entire effects of prescription drugs on your body prior to driving. Do not drive when you are sleepy.