Somerset County Among Most Speeding Tickets In New Jersey

SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ — Do you live in Somerset County and have a leadfoot? Well you're not alone. Somerset County had some of the highest numbers of tickets issued to drivers last year.

In 2017, Somerset County police officers issued 8,381 tickets, the eighth highest of all the New Jersey counties, according to New Jersey State Police data reported by nj.com.

Summonses jumped a lot from 2016, when 5,777 were issued. 2017 saw the most summonses issued in the past five years.

Middlesex County ranked the highest in the state, issuing 13,841 summonses to drivers. Sussex County ranked the lowest, with just 1,373 tickets in 2017.

The county has a number of busy highways running through it, including the intersection of Routes 78 and 287 and Route 202, 206 and 22.

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