ohio
While on a motorcycle trip, I was on I 77 in Virginia. It was pouring rain at 9:am on 6/25/06.
I passed a rest stop 3 miles back but I decided to pull under an overpass instead because the rain got stronger and I needed a few minutes to rest and to relieve myself.
I was greeted a few minutes later by a Virginia State Trooper who advised me that I should have stopped at the rest stop instead and he then gave me a ticket for Fail to Obey Highway Sign and stopped to use men's room.(statute 46.2-830). I found this hard to believe that this trooper would issue this summons with this type of weather. Ordinarily, I would just pay the fine and be done with it, but I found that this offense is a moving violation and will be reported back to my home state(Ohio) and will remain on my record for 3 years. I am a 60 year old man who has been riding for 40 years and when the call arises I need to pull over and take care of business and rest my weary bones. I almost always stop at rest areas unless the weather is truly bad.
Do I have a case of not guilty if I show up(300 miles from home) for the hearing or a reduction in charge that will not get reported back to my home state?
While on a motorcycle trip, I was on I 77 in Virginia. It was pouring rain at 9:am on 6/25/06.
I passed a rest stop 3 miles back but I decided to pull under an overpass instead because the rain got stronger and I needed a few minutes to rest and to relieve myself.
I was greeted a few minutes later by a Virginia State Trooper who advised me that I should have stopped at the rest stop instead and he then gave me a ticket for Fail to Obey Highway Sign and stopped to use men's room.(statute 46.2-830). I found this hard to believe that this trooper would issue this summons with this type of weather. Ordinarily, I would just pay the fine and be done with it, but I found that this offense is a moving violation and will be reported back to my home state(Ohio) and will remain on my record for 3 years. I am a 60 year old man who has been riding for 40 years and when the call arises I need to pull over and take care of business and rest my weary bones. I almost always stop at rest areas unless the weather is truly bad.
Do I have a case of not guilty if I show up(300 miles from home) for the hearing or a reduction in charge that will not get reported back to my home state?