I'm putting on my flame-retardant suit, but here goes. MOST of the time cops don't give you a ticket unless you are more than 10 over the limit or driving unsafely. I wish the cops gave tickets to every scumbag who drives 85 or more on I-75 here on one of the worst stretches of hwy in FL. People tailgate, swerve at high speed, drive like morons, and threaten the lives of me and my children on a daily basis. I wish there were more $200 tickets. It's a good source of revenue, better than taxes for me. This way only the speeders pay. It's their choice. If you drive unsafely, as far as I am concerned, you are like a guy going around firing off a gun downtown for the fun of it. And please don't start with how you can drive safely at high speed. Great, go do it on a track.
That said, there are towns where the whole town is a speed trap. I just stay below the speed limit the whole time and laugh when I go by the cop hiding behing the billboard.

Yes you would, but it would take time to show up on record. So yeah, for the remainder of the day you can get more warnings lol.

I was pulled over last August on back roads for 51 in a 35. All of my paperwork was in order, and I was polite and contrite. I also had my soon-to-drive teenage son w/me and used the incident to show him what to do (says I'm a "terrible actor"). Officer reduced to "too fast for conditions" - no points, so not on record (in PA). In October, got pulled over: again on back roads, again for same offense. He asked if my record was clean, to which I replied "yes", then sweated over whether the previous violation would show up. It didn't. Got similar reprieve. Both tickets in excess of $100, but no points or recordation. I consider cash outlay "cost of doing business". Pay up, be careful, move on.

Most of them are, I agree. Some are not... unfortunatelly, those who want to be FBI have to first go through that.

Anyone heard of traffic school?
I took an on-line class last year & my ticket was erased from the insurance records. Not sure where you got the ticket but that's how it works in CA.

Heard of it? I almost earned tenure!

Only your first ticket will be over looked by your insurance company by using traffic school.

Here is a copy/paste of the elgibility in CA:
Generally, you can attend traffic school for the purpose of removing a citation from your record once every 18 months. Even if it hasn’t been 18 months since your last citation, you can still request special permission from the judge to take traffic school. It is your responsibility to make sure you are eligible before completing the program.

Nothing about 1st ticket. Your insurance company never sees the infraction as the DMV does not report it on your record if you pass the class.

I heard that there are at least 2 places where driving records are kept. The police department's database, which will honor the court's ruling of the traffic school and remove the record for a ticket, is just one of the two. The other is the DMV database which will retain the information on ALL tickets and those are used by insurance companies to decide on a premium.

Is this true?

If that were true, what would be the benefit of ruining a day in traffic school?
Think about it.

Well I so happen to have a Master's in this area...ha.ha...we have Defensive Driving school (online and traditional boring class) that will have the ticket dismissed; the other option is deferred adjudication which allows you to pay a slightly higher fee and go on probation (in the town you got the tkt) for anywhere b/t 30-90 days and if you "avoid" getting another ticket in that town for dat time the ticket is quote/unquote "dismissed" and does not go on your state driving record...thus clean slate as far as ins. co. is concerned.

As far as profits are concerned...we're all screweddddd. Ins= higher rates if u get a ticket, cops = revenue for city & quotas, Radar Detector Co's. = here's a new toy...dare you to top da G...., and the list goes on....lol

From what I understand, the "POINT" in going to traffic school would be to keep you from getting additional points on the court's record, thus allowing you to continue to drive. You'd be cleared according to the courts but no on the DMV records, which is used to determine driving record as well as insurance premiums.

Again, does anyone have any "credible" sources for this?

True....mostly. Traffic school keeps the points from being taken off of your license - no points taken off, no hike in insurance premiums. At least that's the way it is in Kentucky.

BTW, I'm one of those lousy cops and for the record I never got beat up in highschool.

What I meant was your 1st does not show hence overlooked. Sorry industry term,you are not in the industry so I can't expect you to know.