According to Agent Troy Newman, getting caught is the equivalent of a speeding ticket: you have to offend many times in order to be punished.

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Every month a huge corporation gets dinged with the global equivalent of a speeding ticket.

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And the fact that one person may be somehow got a speeding ticket does not mean that everybody on the highway is going to slow down.

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Like if you drive 85 miles an hour on your way home, I may think it's against the law, but it's not likely I'm going to be the one providing you a speeding ticket, Steve.

WHITEHOUSE: White House Press Briefing

How hard a speeding ticket hits you in the wallet can vary according to several factors, including how fast over the limit you were going, no matter where in the country you're caught.

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In the summer of 1960, Lois Rabinowitz went to traffic court in New York City to pay a speeding ticket for her boss.

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