Speeding citation VS ticket ? Differences ?

Question

I was doing 36 in a 25, near a school zone. The officer told me he will give me a break and issue me a citation. I lost 3 or 4 point on my license and had to pay 166. Is there a difference between these two terms ? And also in a police apllication, i mention i had a speeding ticket and realised later it was a citation. Will that affect me negatively ?

Answer 1

When the officer told you he'd give you a break, he probably knocked off a few miles on your speeding or left off the fact that you were in a school zone. But a ticket and citation are the same thing.

Answer 2

Unless the Officer said something after he said he was going to give you a break, then he didn't.  Citation, and ticket mean the same thing, at least where I worked.  It will not have a negative bearing on your application.

Answer 3

"Ticket" is slang and means the same thing as a traffic "Citation", which is the legal terminology for what you received. If the officer did give you a break, he probably reduced the charge from 11 over to 10 over. If the offender is cooperative, it is common for officers to "reduce" the charge. This puts you in a lower fine bracket - less money and points.

Answer 4

ticket, citation mean the same, different jurisdictions use different terms.

Answer 5

In most jurisdictions, exceeding the speed by 25mph or more is known as "aggrevated speed" which is a more serious fine.

The "break" given you was a reduction in the speed so that you wouldn't pay a higher fine nor lose more points on your driving record.

A speeding ticket won't hurt your ability in becoming an officer!

Answer 6

The terms are commonly used interchangeably, but there is a difference.

A citation is a summons to appear in court, and an appearance is mandatory.

With a ticket, the court appearance is not mandatory. You can avoid the appearance by paying it before your court date.

No, this will not affect you negatively.

Answer 7

Ticket and citation mean the same thing.  Different areas use different terms.  Like District Attorney and States Attorney, same person doing the same job.

Answer 8

If you were in a school zone, he could have doubled the price of your ticket.  The points stay the same.  You just saved some money on the price of your fine.