Don’t worry, the turkey can wait. . . .

Who knew that Thanksgiving was a period during which so many drivers were in such a hurry?

According to Verra Mobility, a company that provides things like red-light camera systems so it has first-hand knowledge of this, during the 2023 Thanksgiving weekend (Wednesday through Sunday) there were more than 57,000 red-light violations.

(This is based on information from 21 states.)

Most of these violations occurred on Wednesday between 12 pm and 4 pm.

What’s more, Verra Mobility, which also has traffic cameras in its portfolio, found that during the 2023 Thanksgiving weekend there were more than 150,000 speeding violations.

In this case, the majority of the violations occurred on Thanksgiving, between 10 am and 12 pm. (Leaving the parade and getting to grandma’s house for turkey?)

This finding is curious: while red-light violations have increased annually since 2020, the number of speeding violations has been going down since 2021.

A little forward planning can help avoid an average penalty of $150.