New York State and New York City Traffic Tickets Analysis

Have you ever wondered how traffic tickets are organized in New York State?

Well please take a look at this: https://data.ny.gov/resource/q4hy-kbtf.json?$select=count(*)+as+count,violation_description&$group=violation_description&$order=count%20desc

You will see something like this:

[ {
  "count" : "1379346",
  "violation_description" : "SPEED IN ZONE"
}
, {
  "count" : "991612",
  "violation_description" : "DISOBEYED TRAFFIC DEVICE"
}
, {
  "count" : "839674",
  "violation_description" : "OPERATING MV MOBILE PHONE"
}

This link is straight from our data.ny.gov website.

This data shows the most popular VIOLATIONS used by our police force.

For interesting Violations see:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15kBvbpxsU4E_Fuv8EES_27QGe_kdOK2XgwFFyXYI50o/edit

There are 1968 cases of BIKING OFF LANE NYC.  What violation is that?  Is it for a bicycle not biking in the bike lane?  That does not appear to be against our laws.

1968	BIKING OFF LANE NYC

This data according to https://data.ny.gov/Transportation/Traffic-Tickets-Issued-Four-Year-Window/q4hy-kbtf is: 

"Traffic Tickets Issued: Four Year Window"

Data extracted from records of tickets on file with NYS DMV. The tickets were issued to motorists for violations of: NYS Vehicle & Traffic Law (VTL), Thruway Rules and Regulations, Tax Law, Transportation Law, Parks and Recreation Regulations, Local New York City Traffic Ordinances, and NYS Penal Law pertaining to the involvement of a motor vehicle in acts of assault, homicide, manslaughter and criminal negligence resulting in injury or death.

Limitations:

This data set reflects only the issuance of traffic tickets. The data cannot be used to determine convictions, dismissals or other aspects of ticket disposition. The data does not include tickets issued in the five Boroughs of New York City for misdemeanor or felony violations. Examples are: — DWI/DWAI and aggravated unlicensed operation; — Penal Law offenses involving the use of a motor vehicle in acts of assault, homicide, manslaughter and criminal negligence resulting in injury or death; and — Tickets for non-misdemeanor/felony offenses that were issued during an arrest for a misdemeanor or felony violation.