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Ticket Education Program — public safety education for the web When offenders receive a ticket, the cost of paying their fine to the court is not written on the ticket. The majority of offenders have no idea how much it costs to pay their ticket until they are told by the court. Therefore, if offenders do not know the price of their ticket they cannot compare it with the price to participate in TED. If the price of TED was stated as being 5 %, 10 %, or 15% less than a ticket's price, offenders would immediately recognize they receive a discount by participating in TED. Violations of vehicle safety laws do not have the same impact as moving violations on insurance rates. Most insurance companies give little weight to violations for loud mufflers, tinted windows, or objects suspended from a mirror. Additionally, the seatbelt law now forbids the State from showing seatbelt violations on a driver's record. Therefore, dismissal of a ticket with these types of violations has little impact on a driver's insurance rates. 350 TED ELIGIBLE TICKETS: Users vs. Non -Users ./ • TED Users 300 • Did Not Use TED (Moving Violations) 250 t Did Not Use TED (Safety Violations) 200 150 • 100 50 / 0 sew' co p �a�`Q0enN SQ eea cop 1 �,� a ��r� ' y`e`a �pP� c e <1 ```e Stio QaS . et a When reviewing the violations from ticketed offenders eligible to use TED, the number of offenses for safety violations is roughly equal to the total number of moving violations. However, offenders with safety violations use the Program at a much lower rate than those with moving violations. This lower rate of participation is likely due, at least in part, to a lack of motivation for having a safety violation dismissed by participating in the Program. These offenders need a different type of motivation to encourage participation in TED. Decreasing the price of the Program could increase participation of offenders who have safety violations. • 21Page 52