Washington has shifted from handing out warnings for work zone speeding to issuing $125 fines, a change that took effect July 1. The move follows a staggering 85,000 infractions in 2025, though most of those drivers received only a warning.
While a first work zone infraction now comes with a $125 fine and a second results in a $248 ticket, KIRO host Ursula Reutin received her first traffic violation in 30 years on Friday: a $150 fine, though it wasn’t for speeding in a work zone.
“I’m kind of a little ticked off. I got my first traffic ticket in 30 years,” Ursula said on “The Gee and Ursula Show” on KIRO Newsradio. “Actually, the one I got 30 years ago, I got that wiped off because I went to court and fought it, and it never made it on my record. So, really, I got my first traffic ticket. Not in a work zone, though.”…