Re: Another speeding ticket question

[Kneale Brownson <knotnook@traverse.com>]

In Michigan, any such discrepancy would void the ticket, Michael.  There've
been cases where stop signs were half a foot above the statutory height or
were obscured by tree branches and tickets for running them were tossed.  I
think you could argue the cop wouldn't have paid any attention to you at 35
or 40 mph if he knew the speed limit was 35 instead of 25.  You also might
check the road signs to be certain they don't say 25 in the direction the
cop was travelling and 35 in the direction you were going.   That's gotten
tickets voided here before.

Kneale Brownson


At 07:24 PM 10/7/99 -0700, Michael Sheridan Williams wrote:
>hey all, last night i was going up a road in SF and a cop driving the 
>opposite direction decided to turn around and follow me.  Just as he 
>turned around, the road went up and to the right, getting me out of his 
>view.  I checked my speedo, dropped down to an indicated 35 and continued 
>along the road.
>
>He then came up behind me, never pacing me within my view and then pulled 
>me over.  He asked what my hurry was, i told him i didnt know what he was 
>talking about and then told him that my speedo said 35 mph the whole 
>time.  He said that it looked like i was doing well over 40 when i went 
>by him the other way, and then as soon as he turned around, he "clocked" 
>me at "over 40mph,"  This got me thinking because he was in view while 
>going straight before the road turned for approximately 1 second.  There 
>is no way that he could have gotten me paced in that time.
>
>Anyway, i just said that my speedo said 35 and stuck to that, it was true.
>
>Then came back 15 minutes later and whne i pleaded with him one more 
>time, he said:  "it doesnt matter if your speedo said 35, this is a 25 
>zone."  Turns out, as i thought, he was wrong and it is a 35 zone.  He 
>wrote 25 on the citation, specifically saying 40+ in a 25 zone.  40+ is 
>obviously not an exact number, so there was no radar, and the topography 
>of the road does not lend itself well to pacing.  Then there is the fact 
>that he is wrong about the speed limit.
>
>That should get it thrown out immediately shouldnt it?
>
>what do you all think?
>
>later...
>
>Michael Sheridan Williams
>San Francisco, CA
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