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Why do Speeding Tickets happen in Pairs?

There have been tons of discussion around "Flashy Car Colors leading to tickets", but do speeding tickets happen in pairs (read: within a week) ? Well based on my experience in PA and in WA, and some of my friends here at work (who shall be unnamed for once on my blog), The the answer to this is Yes.

This is counter-intuitive to logic. One would argue that after the first infraction you would go slower for a while and the chances of the 2nd ticket closer to the first would be a lower probability event.

Apparently not. I am lost on explanation for this observation though. Are there any other theories out there?

Published Tuesday, June 27, 2006 2:14 PM by Pradeep U.N.

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# re: Why do Speeding Tickets happen in Pairs? @ Wednesday, June 28, 2006 8:32 AM

It happens to me too!  I used to take a trip from Seattle to San Francisco every year at Thanksgiving and I'll be darned if I didn't get two tickets every time.  Typically one on the way down as I passed through the desert past Mt. Shasta and one on the way back up.

I blame it on the desert and the oh-so-smooth asphalt highway they've got there.  That and the air patrols that seem to be able to spot a white Protege barrelling down I-5 at 110mph.

"Do you know how fast you were going?"
Um.. 65?
"Step out of the vehicle, please."

Lauren Smith

# re: Why do Speeding Tickets happen in Pairs? @ Wednesday, July 12, 2006 12:15 PM

From a psychology perspective, this trend is called variable interval conditioning. Drivers consider speeding tickets in much the same way as they consider winning on a slot machine. If they just got a ticket, then they believe that they won't get another one for a while.

Neil Ganey

# WA Lawyer gets Both Speeding Tickets dismissed! @ Wednesday, August 16, 2006 6:25 PM

Late June, I had managed to get myself 2 tickets within a week which were to be contested at the...

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