Cause And Effect Essay, Research Paper

Cause and Effect

The popular movie “Top Gun” coined a phrase that reads “I feel the

need, the need

for speed.” Many drivers today would agree with that phrase. Speeding is

one of the

most common ways that people break the law. When people break the

law there are

unpleasant consequences. A speeding ticket is an effective form of

discipline: paying

for a ticket, traffic school, and higher insurance rates.

Paying for a speeding ticket is an unpleasant experience. A ticket can be

outrageously expensive depending on how fast you were speeding. Some

states

charge ten to twenty dollars per mile an hour over the speed limit. The

officer assigns

you a day to appear in court, if you choose to fight the ticket rather than

pay the fine.

Waiting in the courtroom to see the judge can be very close to a death

sentence. The

wait is long, and the company can be frightening. Once you plead your

case, you

generally end up paying the fine. This only leads to another line, and

another wait. This

has to be the most unpleasant part of a speeding ticket.

In addition, paying for traffic school is also a disagreeable experience. If

you waited to

see the judge, you may be on your way after paying the fine. If the

judge is kind, and

offers a traffic school option, the unpleasantness continues. Usually the

traffic school

is no where near to the courthouse, which causes you to search to find

the it. The

great experience of paying is close at hand after locating the school. You

must endure

the nine hour course after paying for the privilege of attending. This is a

class most

people would have never taken if given the chance. The unpleasantness

associated

with a speeding ticket is almost finished when you have completed the

course.

A reoccurring reminder of a previous mistake is evident in higher

insurance rates.

Most insurance companies feel that speeding tickets make someone a

higher risk.

So, to offset the risk they raise the premium. Which means it is more

expensive to

obtain insurance. If the insurance company decides to raise your rates by

only ten

dollars it can have a lasting effect. When the ticket falls off your driving

the record,

usually in three to five years, you have spent more than one thousand

dollars more

than if you had not been speeding. The insurance company raises your

rates with

each ticket, until they cancel the policy. This alone makes it worthwhile to

obey the

law.

A speeding ticket is an effective form of discipline, with court, with traffic

school, and

with higher insurance rates. The deterrents for speeding are not all

outwardly

noticeable until you has been through the process. Once you have a

speeding ticket

experience, you may be more careful to obey the law.