No argument, they should be enforcing the law where it will have the most impact for drivers safety! This was an obvious speed trap...rip off

And NO sign re: children!

Not always. Twice I have been summoned by mail for violations I did not commit. Both times I was able to demonstrate it wasn't me. One time the violation was in Syracuse, NY while I was in TV, and the VIN and model were not my car!

Another time the photo of the license plate was of such poor quality the computer (or person responsible for identifying it) mistook a 3 or a 5, for an 8. And the make of car was not the right make, AND I was able to demonstrate that I wasn't within 500 miles of the sight of the infraction.

However, I had no defense for the time in DC. It was definitely me.

Sounds like an attitude problem, to me, and I've written1000's of tickets. JMHO.:icon_bored:

Remember a while ago, a poster was complaining they got a ticket for turning LEFT on a red light ? Their argument was that nobody was coming the opposite way..... Just sayin.

Wouldn't you be somewhat indignant about being written a ticket for going 3 miles over the speed limit (and for $400!)?

Any rational person would be - it's a margin of error amount of "speed". A warning is justified, that's all.

of course we would. that is not in question.
The question is what exactly did the citation cite? I'd bet you a bunch of nickels it wasn't for going 38 in a 35.

My guess: the ticket was for more than just excessive speed. Something else happened that the OP isn't mentioning. Maybe he ran a stop sign. Or turned onto the road without stopping. Moved into a lane without using their turn signal. Sped up at the intersection while the light was turning red, instead of slowing down while it was still yellow. Flicked a lit cigarette out the window. Had window tint too dark on his windows. Had a broken brake light on the back of his car. SOMETHING.

I've been given tickets for speeding a few times throughout my life. I always pled not guilty. Always showed up in court. Always got nolled. Two times it was because the judge didn't want to deal with it, and nolled before I even got called into the courtroom while waiting in the hall. The third time I got into the courtroom, the cop wasn't there to tell his side of the situation, there was no radar reading (and if there was I would've argued that it was incorrectly calibrated), so she sent me home with no record of ever receiving a ticket (that's what a nolle means).

this is the 2nd day in a row I've learned something from you :eek: what the heck is going on?

I was responding to comment #34....not supposing different info or criteria than what was described by the OP. It's a very bad habit too many people have in this era.

Posing clarifying questions to the OP is always relevant. Just deciding that others are likely inaccurate or deceptive is not.

But were you guilty?

According to the law, I was never charged.

Guilt, in terms of law, has a definition. I did not fit that definition.

Did I go faster than the speed limit? Yup. Absolutely. The first time I think I was going 40 in a 30mph zone, in Brighton, Massachusetts. The second time was on the highway, but I got pulled over for irresponsible lane control or some such (there was traffic up ahead, I was annoyed, and while staying IN my lane, I shifted a little left, and a little right, right when a cop happened to look my way. I was also going around 8 miles over the speed limit). The third time was in Plantation Florida, when I was going around 45 in a 30 zone. It doesn't matter though, if you plead not guilty and your ticket is nolled.

In the absence of answers to those questions, suspicions arise.

Perhaps everyone should remain calm and allow the OP to respond rather than carry-on like old-fashioned homemakers gossiping over the backyard fence.

It is a reasonable assumption that the OP is still overseas. That means, a very different time zone and, perhaps, less than constant access to the internet if in traveling mode.

Yikes, smh.

Until then, suspicions arise.
the OP is the one who brought this to the backyard fence.