Random thread of the day - I got a speeding ticket this morning =(

[YarisSedan]

Yeah but my opinion of speeding is if you are going faster than anyone else. If you are driving like a turtle and people are having to brake and drive around you than thats more likely to cause a accident than simply driving a safe rate of speed which is about the speed everyone else is going.

[ryota]

Originally Posted by YarisSedan

Yeah but my opinion of speeding is if you are going faster than anyone else. If you are driving like a turtle and people are having to brake and drive around you than thats more likely to cause a accident than simply driving a safe rate of speed which is about the speed everyone else is going.

unfortunately your opinion of speeding and the laws opinion of speeding are greatly different. that's a bummer man, but if it's your first you should be okay when you go to the court. they might cut you a deal right there if you contest it and talk to the da that comes in for everyone. if they don't you can always take it to trial and pull the quarter trick... drop a quarter in front of the officer and ask him to tell you exactly how fast the top speed of it was... just make sure you have the math figured out (which you could probably find online) ahead of time to prove him wrong.

[tomato]

Originally Posted by YarisSedan

Yeah but my opinion of speeding is if you are going faster than anyone else. If you are driving like a turtle and people are having to brake and drive around you than thats more likely to cause a accident than simply driving a safe rate of speed which is about the speed everyone else is going.

That probably won't work if you say that in court. You can't have an opinion on what the rules are, lol

Look @ what's going on with the Bay Bridge lately. Nobody slows down to 40MPH at the S curve, as they're supposed to, and there are accidents constantly. The CHP is loosing their patience now that that truck went over the railing the other day and almost took down the supporting beam.

Commute traffic is usually 10-15 MPH over the limit out here, I think everybody knows that, even the CHP, but they can still ticket you.

I'd probably go to traffic school rather than try to fight it in court. .02