Bad Apple: Driver Caught Speeding on Way to Pay Speeding Ticket

If there were awards for “Stupidest Timing Ever,” a 21-year-old woman in Washington just won.

Police say Jasmin Hernandez was caught Monday morning driving 74 miles per hour in a 35 zone. When officers asked where she was going in such a hurry, she gave the most ironic answer possible: the courthouse… to pay a speeding ticket.

To be clear, she wasn’t being proactive about this one. The ticket she was headed to pay was from a previous traffic stop, 17 days ago.

Unfortunately for Jasmin, the comedy of errors didn’t stop there. She was also cited for reckless driving after an officer witnessed her illegally crossing a double yellow line to pass another car… driving without insurance… and operating a vehicle without a valid license. Basically, she managed to hit the traffic violation jackpot in a single morning.

So now, instead of just settling one speeding ticket, she’s facing a much longer list of charges… and probably won’t be getting behind the wheel again anytime soon.

Moral of the story: if you’re running late to pay off a speeding ticket, maybe don’t speed on the way there.