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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Sunday, September 9, 2007

Every day, 100,000 get busted for speeding

Compiled by John MacIntyre

  • Year that the first known speeding ticket was issued: to cab driver Jacob German in New York City, according to the Census Bureau: 1899

  • Speed cited by the policeman: 12 mph

  • Across the nation, estimated number of people a day who receive speeding tickets: 100,000

  • Average citation costs: $150

    BECAUSE IT'S THERE

  • Percentage of art thefts that occur in museums and galleries, according to a study conducted by the Art Loss Register: 17

  • Percentage that occur in churches: 8

  • Percentage of art thefts that occur in homes: 44

    EATING BADLY

  • Percentage of Americans who say they don't have time to prepare or eat healthy meals, according to a survey by Market Research: 33

  • Percentage of Americans who regularly skip meals, grazing instead on snack foods as a substitute: 33

    DRESS TO IMPRESS

  • Percentage of human relations professionals who say that the way employees dress at work directly affects their prospects for promotion, according to a study conducted by Yahoo! HotJobs and Banana Republic: 82

  • Percentage of workers who say the same: 68

  • Ranks of "appearing professional," "being comfortable," "dressing conservatively" and "looking stylish and expressing an individual style" among the top considerations of workers when they decide what to wear to work: 1, 2, 3, 4

    HUMBLE BEGINNINGS

  • Percentage of salaried Americans who have worked by the hour at some point in their career, according to a study commissioned by www.SnagAJob.com and conducted by Zogby International: 94

  • Percentage of salaried and hourly workers who have at one time worked for minimum wage: 73

    ANXIOUS TIMES

  • Percentage of workers who say a job interview is the most anxiety-inducing situation, according to a survey by www.Monster.com: 43

  • Percentage who say the first day on a new job: 20

  • Percentage who say a first date: 10

    YOUR UNSECRET LIFE

  • Percentage of recruiters who are using search engines to learn more about candidates, according to a survey by ExecuNet: 83

  • Percentage of recruiters who eliminated a candidate based on information found online: 43

    DEDICATION

  • Percentage of U.S. employers who say they work as many hours as it takes to "get the job done," according to a survey conducted by Randstad and World at Work: 81

  • Percentage of employees who say the same: 63

    SCHOOL BILL

  • Total value estimated to be spent on back-to-college supplies by students and families in 2007, according to a study conducted by the National Retail Federation: $47.3 billion

  • Value per student/parents combined: $956.93

    WHO'S APPRECIATED

  • Ranks of supermarkets (92 percent), online search engines (84 percent) and computer hardware companies (78 percent) as the industries that best serve consumers, according to a Harris Poll: 1, 2, 3

    IDLE THOUGHT

    "They know enough who know how to learn."

    — Henry Adams