There is some uncertainty over exactly when the first speeding citation occurred, but the first recorded written speeding ticket was issued in the United States. In 1904, Harry Myers was ticketed for traveling at a speed of 12 mph (19 km/h) on West Third Street in Dayton, Ohio. Although law enforcement officers had arrested drivers for moving violations dating to the horse-and-buggy days, the strategy of issuing paper citations did not emerge until after the invention of the automobile.

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