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I am requesting advice from a person who knows of any loop holes in this case.....
I was driving my little ones to school today...(late) and unaware that the school speeding zone was still in effect.( There isn't a flashing light, but rather a sign that states the time it is in effect) I usually have to fight my way to the front of the school through lines of cars backed up traffic and cute little crossing guards. I am very much aware of the speed limit when the children are close by. The opposite was true today with regard to the crowd of people packing in line to get their kids dropped off and have their way off to work... because "no one was around"! Oh except the Nice (yea right!) little (little brain!) police woman with the radar gun... (I'm still bitter!)
My pride was taken away.... (after 5 years and a clean record) the moment I was given this ticket! (It didn't help matters much that the elementary school kids(fogging up windows) found more of an interest in my little problem then their daily review of their ABC's... With noses smashed up against windows in exciting anticiapation to see a live view of "Cops" it was the only humor I found in the morning.
My nose felt smashed and my jaw dropped the moment I realized that the fee for this ticket was $280.00. I was told I was clocked at 31 mph in the 15 mile school zone. The 25 mph speed limit would have been in affect if I would have traveled down this road about five minutes later. (I wished I'd had followed that Coffee Craving...and stopped at the corner Cafe...... !)
So now, here I am on line...asking total stangers...for help...
why? Because I don't want to pay the @#@@! ticket fine. With the extra $280.00 I could pay for tickets for the kids to Disney!( I am playing on your sympathy)
Well, whatever the case .... I don't feel guilty! I just feel like I need to do something to prove my case...if there is one!
Help! ( oh did I mention the fact that direct sunlight was shining straight into my eyes...) Not that it matters... (I don't know!) This Flordia Law we are talking about!
The frosting on the cake ....or should i say..the doggie doo doo is that a little boy recently got hit in a school zone close by... so of course this does not help matters.
I am resposible driver and more importantly a resposible protective parent ...so I am torn because If it weren't me and another person was speeding through this school zone...I'd probably say, "Ticket Her, fine her.... in an attempt to teach her not to neglect paying closer attention to school zones. I know everyone makes mistakes.... mine could have been fatal if there were a little boy in the road....
Anyway... I wish ...the fee were not so large...I've learned my lesson... !
So... my future is in your hands to help guide, persuade ,condemn, laugh at, whatever... Go ahead roll with it... I will look forward to your response! Sorry in School Zones
I was driving my little ones to school today...(late) and unaware that the school speeding zone was still in effect.( There isn't a flashing light, but rather a sign that states the time it is in effect) I usually have to fight my way to the front of the school through lines of cars backed up traffic and cute little crossing guards. I am very much aware of the speed limit when the children are close by. The opposite was true today with regard to the crowd of people packing in line to get their kids dropped off and have their way off to work... because "no one was around"! Oh except the Nice (yea right!) little (little brain!) police woman with the radar gun... (I'm still bitter!)
My pride was taken away.... (after 5 years and a clean record) the moment I was given this ticket! (It didn't help matters much that the elementary school kids(fogging up windows) found more of an interest in my little problem then their daily review of their ABC's... With noses smashed up against windows in exciting anticiapation to see a live view of "Cops" it was the only humor I found in the morning.
My nose felt smashed and my jaw dropped the moment I realized that the fee for this ticket was $280.00. I was told I was clocked at 31 mph in the 15 mile school zone. The 25 mph speed limit would have been in affect if I would have traveled down this road about five minutes later. (I wished I'd had followed that Coffee Craving...and stopped at the corner Cafe...... !)
So now, here I am on line...asking total stangers...for help...
why? Because I don't want to pay the @#@@! ticket fine. With the extra $280.00 I could pay for tickets for the kids to Disney!( I am playing on your sympathy)
Well, whatever the case .... I don't feel guilty! I just feel like I need to do something to prove my case...if there is one!
Help! ( oh did I mention the fact that direct sunlight was shining straight into my eyes...) Not that it matters... (I don't know!) This Flordia Law we are talking about!
The frosting on the cake ....or should i say..the doggie doo doo is that a little boy recently got hit in a school zone close by... so of course this does not help matters.
I am resposible driver and more importantly a resposible protective parent ...so I am torn because If it weren't me and another person was speeding through this school zone...I'd probably say, "Ticket Her, fine her.... in an attempt to teach her not to neglect paying closer attention to school zones. I know everyone makes mistakes.... mine could have been fatal if there were a little boy in the road....
Anyway... I wish ...the fee were not so large...I've learned my lesson... !
So... my future is in your hands to help guide, persuade ,condemn, laugh at, whatever... Go ahead roll with it... I will look forward to your response! Sorry in School Zones