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This one was out of state for me. It didn't go on my license. I got a nice break from the officer, so I didn't fight it further. I didn't the effort was worth the possible benefit.
I was actually tempted to fight it. I've always found traffic court pretty entertaining.
This one was out of state for me. It didn't go on my license. I got a nice break from the officer, so I didn't fight it further. I didn't the effort was worth the possible benefit.
I was actually tempted to fight it. I've always found traffic court pretty entertaining.
New York and Connecticut have reciprocal reporting of traffic violations. If you didn't specifically seek and receive court supervision or whatever they call it to keep it off your record from the jurisdiction where the ticket was issued... it's on your record now.
New York and Connecticut have reciprocal reporting of traffic violations. If you didn't specifically seek and receive court supervision or whatever they call it to keep it off your record from the jurisdiction where the ticket was issued... it's on your record now.
DMV told me otherwise. They said it would be off my record as long as I paid it. I'll order up a driving abstract to be sure.
Not if the posted speed limit is illegally underposted.
You mean someone sneaks out there in the middle of the night and puts up a speed limit sign that is not authorized by the legal statutes of the state in question? That's really the only way there could be an "illegal" posted speed limit.
Otherwise, whether you personally like the particular speed limit or not, the speed limits are set by the state statutes or entities authorized by the state statutes to set them and thus are, by definition, legally posted.
You mean someone sneaks out there in the middle of the night and puts up a speed limit sign that is not authorized by the legal statutes of the state in question? That's really the only way there could be an "illegal" posted speed limit.
The local politicans put speed limits in place which violate state law.
What state? I'd like to read the statutes. In many states, local authorities are given the authority by the state to set the speed limits in their own communities.
§ 545.356. AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPALITY TO ALTER SPEED LIMITS.
(a) The governing body of a municipality, for a highway or part of a highway in the municipality, including a highway of the state highway system, has the same authority to alter by ordinance prima facie speed limits from the results of an engineering and traffic investigation as the Texas Transportation Commission on an officially designated or marked highway of the state highway system. The governing body of a municipality may not modify the rule established by Section 545.351(a) or establish a speed limit of more than 60 miles per hour.
(b) The governing body of a municipality, for a highway or part of a highway in the municipality, including a highway of the state highway system, has the same authority to alter prima facie speed limits from the results of an engineering and traffic investigation as the commission for an officially designated or marked highway of the state highway system, when the highway or part of the highway is under repair, construction, or maintenance. A municipality may not modify the rule established by Section 545.351(a) or establish a speed limit of more than 60 miles per hour.
(b-1) Except as provided by Subsection (b-2), the governing body of a municipality, for a highway or a part of a highway in an urban district in the municipality that is not an officially designated or marked highway or road of the state highway system, is 35 feet or less in width, and along which vehicular parking is not prohibited on one or both sides of the highway, may declare a lower speed limit of not less than 25 miles per hour, if the governing body determines that the prima facie speed limit on the highway is unreasonable or unsafe.
(b-2) Subsection (b-1) does not apply to a highway or part of a highway that has four or more lanes used for vehicular travel.
(c) A prima facie speed limit that is altered by the governing body of a municipality under Subsection (b) or (b-1) is effective when the governing body erects signs giving notice of the new limit and at all times or at other times as determined.
§ 545.356. AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPALITY TO ALTER SPEED LIMITS.
(a) The governing body of a municipality, for a highway or part of a highway in the municipality, including a highway of the state highway system, has the same authority to alter by ordinance prima facie speed limits from the results of an engineering and traffic investigation as the Texas Transportation Commission on an officially designated or marked highway of the state highway system. The governing body of a municipality may not modify the rule established by Section 545.351(a) or establish a speed limit of more than 60 miles per hour.
(b) The governing body of a municipality, for a highway or part of a highway in the municipality, including a highway of the state highway system, has the same authority to alter prima facie speed limits from the results of an engineering and traffic investigation as the commission for an officially designated or marked highway of the state highway system, when the highway or part of the highway is under repair, construction, or maintenance. A municipality may not modify the rule established by Section 545.351(a) or establish a speed limit of more than 60 miles per hour.
(b-1) Except as provided by Subsection (b-2), the governing body of a municipality, for a highway or a part of a highway in an urban district in the municipality that is not an officially designated or marked highway or road of the state highway system, is 35 feet or less in width, and along which vehicular parking is not prohibited on one or both sides of the highway, may declare a lower speed limit of not less than 25 miles per hour, if the governing body determines that the prima facie speed limit on the highway is unreasonable or unsafe.
(b-2) Subsection (b-1) does not apply to a highway or part of a highway that has four or more lanes used for vehicular travel.
(c) A prima facie speed limit that is altered by the governing body of a municipality under Subsection (b) or (b-1) is effective when the governing body erects signs giving notice of the new limit and at all times or at other times as determined.
That's just asking for trouble. Speed limits must be set according to sound engineering standards & nothing else.
That's just asking for trouble. Speed limits must be set according to sound engineering standards & nothing else.
Just "engineering standards"? Not safety? I hope by engineering standards you're including line of visibility, cross traffic, type of wild life that may enter roadway (deer, moose, elk), and other conditions that may effect driver safety if going too fast.
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