I used to budget for one speeding ticket a year. Tickets felt a lot less stressful after I started treating them as merely part of the cost of transportation, l

I used to budget for one speeding ticket a year. Tickets felt a lot less stressful after I started treating them as merely part of the cost of transportation, like insurance premiums and registration fees. The rate at which I collect speeding tickets has definitely diminished over time, though my driving speed certainly hasn't; I'm not sure whether that's because enforcement activity has been reduced where I live, or because advancing age and different choice of vehicles have made me a less appealing target. (I actually had a cop thank me for letting him pull me over once, when I was out on my bike; he knew perfectly well I could have outrun his cruiser...)