Re: Speeding Ticket: Any hope?

[Alexei M Voloshin <Alexei.M.Voloshin-1@tc.umn.edu>]

Ah, ha - you didn't go a preparitory-driving school, did you??
One of the things a good school teaches you is how to protect your rights.

If the sign said 35MPH I assume that it was a relatively large road. Then 
- by statutory speed law, the limit on large main non-highway streets is 
35-45MPH. Statutory law can be used if you just came onto a road or if 
the speed limit signs are not clearly observable. 
The cop tickets you for violating posted speed law. So if the sign was 
hidden you can always say that according to the stat. speed law you 
estimated the speed to be 35-45 MPH. 
It works in court quite well actually and one of my friends even got a 
cop to let him go on this account. 

Always know your rights when breaking the law! (don't worry - they'll read 
them to you as they cuff you)   

;-)

Alex


> I once got stopped by a cop in New Hope, PA. I was doing 45 in a zone,
> controlled by a 35 sign, well hidden in the bushes. The cop said: "I
> gonna site you not for speeding but for disobeying to the sign. You
> gonna get a fine but no points".
> 
> Now, is that a bland revenue collection or what?! He new that I would
> fight the points and probably win, whereas @ $62 fine I'd just let it
> go. He was right!
> 
> Now could anyone please tell me isn't "speeding" and "disobeying to the
> posted spped limit" the same sh*t????
> A legal mumbo-jumbo indeed!
> 
> Igor
>