speeding ticket

noun

: a piece of paper that a police officer gives to someone who was driving too fast and that indicates a fine that the driver will have to pay

Examples of speeding ticket in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web An accident can jack your rate up even more than a speeding ticket: The national average rate increase is 45% for drivers who cause an accident with property damage, according to our evaluation of car insurance rates after an accident. Chris Kissell, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024 Any driver caught going faster than that speed limit could be issued a speeding ticket, according to NerdWallet. Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 24 June 2024 How much does a speeding ticket cost in California? Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 24 June 2024 On March 14, police arrested a man on an federal warrant and gave him a speeding ticket. Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2024 Police say Perez also had a speeding ticket on Dec. 4, 2022, and had crashed his car into a wall roughly one year earlier, in 2021. Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024 The country star also recalled getting a speeding ticket in Iceland while trying to see the Northern Lights with her manager Kacey Musgraves did her best to enjoy a recent trip to Iceland, but the country had other plans for her. Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024 Similar to adults who take a class after getting a speeding ticket, juveniles are made to correct their behavior through less punitive methods. Eshaan Sarup, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2024 While on The Kelly Clarkson Show Tuesday, the NASCAR driver looked back in the rearview to reflect on his very first speeding ticket — which had a hilarious connection to his father, the late, legendary racer Dale Earnhardt Sr. Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024

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“Speeding ticket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speeding%20ticket. Accessed 24 Sep. 2024.

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