Twenty5HourDays
Junior Member
JUNE 19, 2006
Hello, i am from illinois and i have recently received a speeding ticket.
The ticket was for going 35mph in a 25mph zone.
first off, i have lived in this neighborhood for 10+ years and that road was always at a speed limit of 30mph.
second, i was going 30-32mph according to my speedometer.
the sign that originally said "30mph" was gone. there was no other speed limit sign there at the time the ticket was issued.
i took a quick picture of the entrance of the street for evidence to show that there is no speed limit posted.
today, 1 day before my court date, i went to go take even more pictures of the road (from where i got on to where the cop saw me) and there was a newly planted 25mph speed limit sign.
the picture i had taken earlier was about 3 feet to the left of where the sign is now.
so the picture does not show where the speed limit sign would have been.
now i feel like i do not have a leg to stand on.
i called the public works and tried to get information on when that speed limit sign was posted but i was refused access to that information.
now i am faced with a difficult decision.
should i plead guilty or not guilty?
if i plead guilty now, it is more likely that i will receive court supervision.
i will only have to pay 1 court fee.
if i plead not guilty, i will have to pay for each time i appear in court (probably 2 times) and i will probably be found guilty later on due to the fact that my evidence is not very good and there is a sign there.
although i am innocent until proven guilty, i fear that they wont have a hard time "proving" me guilty.
should i plead truthfully and say not guilty or should i bend over and plead guilty?
i really need advice on this because i cant come to a decision and no one in the phone book will give me free legal advice.
thank you all very much for your time, please reply ASAP.
Hello, i am from illinois and i have recently received a speeding ticket.
The ticket was for going 35mph in a 25mph zone.
first off, i have lived in this neighborhood for 10+ years and that road was always at a speed limit of 30mph.
second, i was going 30-32mph according to my speedometer.
the sign that originally said "30mph" was gone. there was no other speed limit sign there at the time the ticket was issued.
i took a quick picture of the entrance of the street for evidence to show that there is no speed limit posted.
today, 1 day before my court date, i went to go take even more pictures of the road (from where i got on to where the cop saw me) and there was a newly planted 25mph speed limit sign.
the picture i had taken earlier was about 3 feet to the left of where the sign is now.
so the picture does not show where the speed limit sign would have been.
now i feel like i do not have a leg to stand on.
i called the public works and tried to get information on when that speed limit sign was posted but i was refused access to that information.
now i am faced with a difficult decision.
should i plead guilty or not guilty?
if i plead guilty now, it is more likely that i will receive court supervision.
i will only have to pay 1 court fee.
if i plead not guilty, i will have to pay for each time i appear in court (probably 2 times) and i will probably be found guilty later on due to the fact that my evidence is not very good and there is a sign there.
although i am innocent until proven guilty, i fear that they wont have a hard time "proving" me guilty.
should i plead truthfully and say not guilty or should i bend over and plead guilty?
i really need advice on this because i cant come to a decision and no one in the phone book will give me free legal advice.
thank you all very much for your time, please reply ASAP.