How much cushion does the avg state trooper give speeders?

Question

5 over? 10 over? ...who would you rather waste your time stopping ...someone going 5-10 over or those that go 25-40 over?

Answer 1

under 10 over and the judge will most likely just throw the ticket out...so they are rarely given.

But 11mph over and you've got yourself a ticket!

Answer 2

My uncles all go for 10 over, all my aunts go for 13 over.  But they go for 10 and over because they do not see many 25-40 over, I mean seriously how many people do you see going 25-40 over the limit.

Answer 3

My Trooper buddy has a saying

"Eight you're fine, Nine you're mine"

I am not a trooper, but I've written my share of tickets in my day and obviously a 40 over is better than a 13 over (my usual "cushion"). However, 13 over is far more common and you could sit all day waiting for a 40 over.

Last speed enforcement grant I worked (just a few days ago), I wrote 18 tickets. 9 were for 13-15 over. 7 were 16-20 over. 1 was 22 over and the last was 26 over.