For those of you that are drivers in Milwaukee, I hope you all saw the Journal-Sentinel’s article on speeding today. Here’s the highlights if you didn’t see it.

Almost 16,000 speeding tickets were issued on Milwaukee County’s freeway system in 2004, and Richards said the number easily could have been much higher. An analysis by the Journal Sentinel of the tickets issued in 2004 shows:

• The No. 1 spot for nabbing speeders is on I-94 near the W. Layton Ave. exit. More than 1,000 speeding tickets were issued there. In fact, five of the top 20 spots where speeders were ticketed were on the south side of I-94 between College and Rawson avenues.

• Only one of the top 20 hot spots was on I-43 north of downtown.

• Although law enforcements officers are loath to admit it, speeders who travel at 14 mph or less over the limit have little chance of getting a ticket. About 98% of the tickets were written to those going 15 mph or more over the limit. Those traveling 10 mph or less over the limit have virtually no chance of getting nabbed. Of the more than 14,000 citations in which the driver’s speed was recorded, only seven listed the driver as going 10 mph or less over the limit.

• Fifteen people were ticketed for racing at 100 mph or more on the freeway, including a Milwaukee man clocked doing 137 mph in a 55-mph zone. The fine for doing 45 mph more than the limit is $494.50.

• Beware Sunday drivers: Sunday is the day of the week when most tickets are issued.

• Most tickets are not issued during the rush hours. In fact, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. is the most likely time for speeders to be stopped.

It’s nice to see this sort of stuff in writing every once in a while. Not that I ever do an excessive amount of speeding, but it’s always nice to know where the hot-spots are and what days you’re more than likely to get a ticket.

I know you faithful readers in Milwaukee have been pulled over for speeding. Where and if you don’t mind me asking, how much were you going over?