a écrit :
> I was ticketed for speeding 55mph on a street with 35mph limit.
> I'm thinking about contesting the ticket. First off, that was
> a major street with 40mph signs everywhere. I'm hoping to get
> an official doc. (presumably from gov.). But where should I do
> the search?
>
> Coming back to the ticket. 55mph is more like highway speed.
> I'd honest know that if I was travelling that fast. Even if
> I was a little above, that was close to midnight on a 3 lane street
> with dry pavement (well lited) - that's street traffic was light and it
> was safe. I spotted the police car turning
> into the same street earlier. Then shortly after, he stopped me.
> Could he possibly have enough time to pace my speed? Could he
> have mixed his own acceleration (to catch up the distance) with
> my speed?
>
> This's my first ticket out of 10 years of driving. Any tips?
> Thanks,
> Raymond
>

First, take photos of the area you were stopped, the signage saying "40
mi/h" and the rest.

Hopefully ticket is dismissed on that, but most likely it becomes "55 in
a 40".

Now, were you travelling 55mi/h or more? Perhaps 45mi/h? It's pointless
unless you were travelling 40mi/h...

Was there any other traffic? At all? Any traffic travelling faster than
you, at perhaps 55mi/h?

Any signals from your radar detector?

I would think that a radar gun in a moving car takes the "fastest speed"
that it sees and reports it, so if he was going 55mi/h then it's
possible that he got his speed not yours. In this case, the officer is
either an idiot or a genuine disgrace to the badge IMO...

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