Originally posted by Greg Charles:
Actually, I've heard that here in California, if you can show that you were not exceding the average speed that people actually drive on that street, you can beat the speeding ticket, regardless of posted limits. The jurisdiction is required to survey streets for driving speeds periodically, and provide you with that information for your case. Or so I've heard.
Originally posted by Gregg Bolinger:
So are you saying that if 50 drivers get stopped for speeding along the same road that is clearly marked with a speed limit, then what? The speed limit should be increased? ...
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Originally posted by Gerald Davis:
I got a ticket for driving down a road that is no access for cars or motorcycles only for buses and taxis. I will not go into the details but 40% of cars end up with a Penalty-Charge-Notice of �50 because they did not see the signs and end up going street down that road.
Mike Van
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Originally posted by marc weber:
Oddly enough, this came up at a city council meeting. If there are too many speeders along a particular stretch of road, then raising the speed limit is one way they deal with it (provided there aren't contraindications, like a school zone or history of injuries/damages). The rationale is that posting limits that are "too low" results in widespread violations, which leads to disregard for speed limits in general. As I recall, a police officer even said something like, "That's one way citizens provide feedback that a limit is unreasonable."
I got a ticket for driving down a road that is no access for cars or motorcycles only for buses and taxis. I will not go into the details but 40% of cars end up with a Penalty-Charge-Notice of �50 because they did not see the signs and end up going street down that road.
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You may well be able to appeal to this. Like Jeroen said, photographic evidence would be a big help.Originally posted by Gerald Davis:
The problem is being cought out by missleading road signs and being fined because of it.
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Regards Pete
Originally posted by Mike Van:
... So then, if you are going the speed limit, which happens to be 10 - 20 MPH lower than the actual speed of traffic, are you breaking the law by "Impeding Traffic"? ...
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Originally posted by marc weber:
I don't know whether you're serious about this, but I mentioned this to my attorney. She laughed and said, "Give me the case."
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Originally posted by Peter Rooke:
Its annoying how (the UK) government uses schemes like this to generate income (really just another tax). I recall similar practices with car parking (small signs, owners have to pay to remove a wheel clamp). You need this car
You could claim that it is their responability to provide suitable (readable) signs - not sure how successful you would be...
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