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Driver gets 70 speeding tickets in 5 months

PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) - As a mortgage broker in Arizona, Francesca Cisneros is used to working with big numbers. It's the double-digit speed limits she has trouble with.

Cisneros racked up 70 speeding tickets in the last five months, a record for the Scottsdale Police Department, police said on Friday.

Speeding cameras in Scottsdale, a suburb of Phoenix, snapped pictures of the 32-year-old woman as she tore through the sun-baked city in her Honda Civic between March 2 and July 31.

"She told arresting officers she was speeding because she seemed to be late for client meetings all the time," Scottsdale Police Department spokesman Mark Clark told Reuters. "I guess she's got some time management issues."

The second-worst offender in the department's history accumulated a mere 25 tickets, Clark said.

Police said Cisneros said she threw her speeding tickets away because she thought nothing could happen to her if she didn't pay them.

Clark said Cisneros faces some $11,000 in fines and could have her license suspended.

Maybe I'm looking at this differently, but somehow I don't think I would choose a lady that just throws away speeding tickets instead of paying them to be my real estate broker.  That might be some indication of the way she does business, or how much she pays attention to details.  If she just throws away 70 speeding tickets that she's received in just five months, do you think she just might throw away papers that need to be filed with the bank or mortgage company, too? 

And what's up with her speeding in a Honda Civic, too?  She's driving one of those little wind up cars.  If the article had said she drove a Corvette, or any car that has more than four cylinders, it would be easier to digest.