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Is 15mph the general lowest over the speed limit most POs will pull you over for?

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I had a PO who was the head of traffic enforcement for a large department tell me this:

1. If it's just a regular PO then the general rule is 14 over the speed limit. This has to do with the type of radar they use and other mitigating factors.

2. If it's POs that specifically give traffic tickets then it can be as little as half of that. These are the guys with lasers and usually they are two motorcycle cops. I've personally received a ticket from these folks for 9 over.

3. If you are going over in a school zone, you are probably getting a ticket for as little as 5 over. Depends on the PO though they might just give you a warning. His advice was to never ever go over the speed limit in a school zone.

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i got a ticket doing 7 over on the highway in the state of ny.

it was a speed trap. i saw if from a far, there were cars going my speed or faster. i still got pulled over. i thought the ticket was [censored], even though i was speeding, again 7 miles over. i was young it was probably at least 10 years ago, and at the time i was young and stupid, and didn't think i'd ever be back in NY, so i never paid it.

so my question.

is there a time limitation on speeding tickets? someone told me most states have like 7 years on this. i lived in ny for 7 months last year, and luckily was never pulled over, but was always scared shitless of being thrown in jail for a speeding ticket i got so long ago.