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Originally Posted by djplong
So you'd be ok if they slapped a 5MPH speed limit on a road near you, made the sign hard to see (the spot the got me was literally right after the freeway "started") and then nail you for going 16MPH on a road clearly made for higher speeds?
Oh - and from what former D.C.-area residents have told me, they only actually issue the tickets to out-of-state plates when they review the data becaues people from the metro area can easily fight the ticket BECAUSE of the lack of marking. For me, being from NH, it's not exactly easy to go 500+ miles to fight a $50 ticket.
While I'm generally a supporter of the police, I'm not blind in that support. Especially when things happen like how a cop pulled me over for screeching my tires for a fraction of a second - brand new car more powerful than anything I'd had and I let the clutch out a little too fast. I'd had this car for less than 48 hours after driving an econobox for years. He cited me for "Creating an environmental disturbance: Noise".
...AT BOSTON'S LOGAN AIRPORT.
I fought that ticket and won. If I lived in MD or VA I would have fought the speeding ticket. It's not like I'm some demon on wheels. The last time I'd gotten a ticket of any kind before this was either 19 or 20 years ago.
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Part of the responsibility of having a driver's license and operating a motor vehicle is obeying the rules of the road. If you drove for 19 or 20 years without a ticket you must agree with that or have been extremely lucky. You said that on the Saturday morning there was no traffic. Did you expect them to run out and change the signs and speed limit to 65 for your convenience? Try driving that road at 4:00 pm on a weekday. Accept the fact that you were caught speeding, pay the fine, and move on.
BTW - I'm sure many roadways were designed for a certain speed but speed limits are set lower due to traffic flow, growth in the area, number of accidents, new traffic lights, new intersecting roadways, and countless other factors that may save your life someday.