Those that fight traffic tickets 25% more likely to be in a car crash in 3 years

B' Spokes: Seems rather intuitive to me, if you think you did nothing wrong when you got a speeding ticket or whatever you are going to fight it. Whoopsy, there IS a reason for those silly laws.

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The researchers, based at the University of Maryland and the National Transportation Safety Board, kept track of nearly 30,000 Maryland drivers who had been ticketed for speeding.
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Overall, those who went to court were 25 percent more likely to get in a car crash in the three years following their speeding ticket than those who paid a fine by mail, the research team reported in the Annals of Epidemiology.
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