41 million speeding tickets. 112,000 per day. One every single second.
That's not law enforcement. That's the Speeding-Industrial Complex — a $6.2 billion machine that starts with a radar beam and ends with your wallet.
And you are still the raw material it feeds on.
THE ALL-NEW SPEEDER'S GUIDE TO AVOIDING TICKETS is the modern sequel to James Eagan's classic — the book that got a twenty-year New York State Trooper branded a traitor by his own department for telling drivers the truth. This is the updated version, written from the other side of the window by a recovering attorney who spent thirty-five years in courtrooms and fifty years behind the wheel.
A speeding ticket isn't a verdict. It's the opening offer delivered by an armed agent in Raybans.
Most drivers accept the first number without making a counteroffer. They sign the ticket, mail the check, and never realize they just paid the worst possible price in a negotiation they didn't know they were in.
This book is about negotiating the hell out of it.
The math nobody does at the roadside: A $250 speeding ticket doesn't cost $250. After 3-5 years of insurance surcharges at 20-30% above your current premium, that one ticket quietly becomes a $2,500 event. In some states, points follow you for up to eleven years. The fine is the opening act. The insurance surcharge is the main event.
Inside you'll learn:
- The A.D.M. Method (Admit, De-escalate, Mitigate) — the three-step roadside technique that turned 4 out of 6 stops into warnings over fourteen years in Florida
- The one question you must ask every single time you receive a ticket — it costs nothing and can save everything
- Adjourn, adjourn, adjourn — why the calendar is your best lawyer and how running out the clock saves licenses
- How to spot a police vehicle day or night before it spots you — from the Crown Vic era to the Charger's distinctive rear-window LED bar
- The psychology of mercy — and why the officer doesn't care if he gives the ticket to you or the car three lengths ahead
- The Town Fixer — the courthouse insider most drivers never know exists
- Why your vehicle has a reputation before you've touched the pedal — and why a minivan at 80 mph is invisible while a Dodge Demon gets a ticket sitting at the curb
- The Strategic Delay — how understanding the point-expiration clock can save a license that's one conviction from suspension
- What doesn't work — sovereign citizens, fake emergencies, arguing at the window, and the unforgettable story of asking a trooper "Have you been drinking?"
Plus the story of Firestarter Nat — a WWII Hump pilot who survived the Himalayas, outran a Georgia state trooper and hid out in orange juice stand while the trooper passed him by. He measured his eyesight by how far away he could spot a speed trap, and taught his son that driving isn't about speed. It's about awareness.
About the Author: Kerry Lutz is a retired New York attorney, host of the popular Financial Survival Network, and a self-described alleged habitual speeder who has been pulled over more than 100 times across 50+ years of driving. His Florida record: six stops, four warnings, two conditional discharges, zero points, zero insurance damage. He calls it a system. This book is that system.
"It's easier to beat a murder rap in New York City than a speeding ticket." — A friend who would know
Don't pay the opening offer. Read this first.
