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What is the name of your state? Massachusetts
I appealed a ticket for speeding before a (very sarcastic pro-prosecution) judge on the basis that according to
Chapter 90: Section 17. Speed limits
Section 17. No person operating a motor vehicle on any way shall run it at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and proper, having regard to traffic and the use of the way and the safety of the public. Unless a way is otherwise posted in accordance with the provisions of section eighteen, it shall be prima facie evidence of a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and proper as aforesaid (1) if a motor vehicle is operated on a divided highway outside a thickly settled or business district at a rate of speed exceeding fifty miles per hour for a distance of a quarter of a mile, or (2) on any other way outside a thickly settled or business district at a rate of speed exceeding forty miles per hour for a distance of a quarter of a mile, or (3) inside a thickly settled or business district at a rate of speed exceeding thirty miles per hour for a distance of one-eighth of a mile,
Because of a hill in the rd on route 1A and because the police officer was standing (and always is) less than 1/10th of a mile from the crest of the hill, he didn't observe me (or anyone else) for the required 1/8th of a mile.
The judge ignored my argument and asked if I know what is in my driving record. I sd that I did - 3 tickets in the past 6 years, 2 in the same area on 1A. I told her, and the truth is I drive hundreds of miles every week because I drive for a living, work 7 days a wk and travel all over New England. And NOT coincidentally, 2 of the tickets were on the same rd, in my home town, because the speed limit is unreasonably low for the area on 1 A and rarely do you see anyone going that speed. She found me responsible.
So I guess cops don't have to follow the law like others have to.
Does anyone think that I would have a good chance, if I appealed this decision?
I appealed a ticket for speeding before a (very sarcastic pro-prosecution) judge on the basis that according to
Chapter 90: Section 17. Speed limits
Section 17. No person operating a motor vehicle on any way shall run it at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and proper, having regard to traffic and the use of the way and the safety of the public. Unless a way is otherwise posted in accordance with the provisions of section eighteen, it shall be prima facie evidence of a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and proper as aforesaid (1) if a motor vehicle is operated on a divided highway outside a thickly settled or business district at a rate of speed exceeding fifty miles per hour for a distance of a quarter of a mile, or (2) on any other way outside a thickly settled or business district at a rate of speed exceeding forty miles per hour for a distance of a quarter of a mile, or (3) inside a thickly settled or business district at a rate of speed exceeding thirty miles per hour for a distance of one-eighth of a mile,
Because of a hill in the rd on route 1A and because the police officer was standing (and always is) less than 1/10th of a mile from the crest of the hill, he didn't observe me (or anyone else) for the required 1/8th of a mile.
The judge ignored my argument and asked if I know what is in my driving record. I sd that I did - 3 tickets in the past 6 years, 2 in the same area on 1A. I told her, and the truth is I drive hundreds of miles every week because I drive for a living, work 7 days a wk and travel all over New England. And NOT coincidentally, 2 of the tickets were on the same rd, in my home town, because the speed limit is unreasonably low for the area on 1 A and rarely do you see anyone going that speed. She found me responsible.
So I guess cops don't have to follow the law like others have to.
Does anyone think that I would have a good chance, if I appealed this decision?