coffeebydesign
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Virginia
I KNOW ITS A LITTLE LONG, BUT PLEASE READ!!!!
I live in a relatively new neighborhood, and most of the roads are less than two years old or so. I was driving the other day on a road that has no speed limit signs, since it is a rather new road when a county cop, driving towards me, made a u-turn and pulled me over. He told me that he had pulled me over for speeding, but, was only going to give me a ticket for "disobeying a highway sign". Well, that was nice of him, however, there are NO speed limit signs. After I told him that, he said to me, "If there are no speed limit signs on this road, then I will throw the ticket out." Well, I decided to take a video camera and record the entire road, showing that there are NO speed limit signs on the road anywhere. The nearest sign is on a road perpendicular to the road I was driving on, and can only be seen heading the other direction.
Now here is the issue though. I was driving my girlfriends car, which is registered in Maryland, and I was unaware that she did not have her registration current. So the officer gave me a ticket for the registration, and on top of that, it turns out that my license was suspended(it had been suspended earlier in the year apparently, because I had payed a ticket late, and apparently they were making me pay an $85 reinstatement fee which I was unaware of). So he took my license, and gave me 3 tickets: 1) disobeying a highway sign, 2) no valid registration, 3) driving on a suspended license
After a convesation with a friend of mine who is a New Jersey State Trooper, he told me that if someone is NOT guilty of the first offense(in my case that is, disobeying a highway sign), that the person can NOT be found guilty for any other charges after that. I was wondering if anyone could provide me with some much needed advice as to whether or not this is the same in Virginia and what I should plea when I go to court. All input is greatly appreciated!!!!!!! Thanks
I KNOW ITS A LITTLE LONG, BUT PLEASE READ!!!!
I live in a relatively new neighborhood, and most of the roads are less than two years old or so. I was driving the other day on a road that has no speed limit signs, since it is a rather new road when a county cop, driving towards me, made a u-turn and pulled me over. He told me that he had pulled me over for speeding, but, was only going to give me a ticket for "disobeying a highway sign". Well, that was nice of him, however, there are NO speed limit signs. After I told him that, he said to me, "If there are no speed limit signs on this road, then I will throw the ticket out." Well, I decided to take a video camera and record the entire road, showing that there are NO speed limit signs on the road anywhere. The nearest sign is on a road perpendicular to the road I was driving on, and can only be seen heading the other direction.
Now here is the issue though. I was driving my girlfriends car, which is registered in Maryland, and I was unaware that she did not have her registration current. So the officer gave me a ticket for the registration, and on top of that, it turns out that my license was suspended(it had been suspended earlier in the year apparently, because I had payed a ticket late, and apparently they were making me pay an $85 reinstatement fee which I was unaware of). So he took my license, and gave me 3 tickets: 1) disobeying a highway sign, 2) no valid registration, 3) driving on a suspended license
After a convesation with a friend of mine who is a New Jersey State Trooper, he told me that if someone is NOT guilty of the first offense(in my case that is, disobeying a highway sign), that the person can NOT be found guilty for any other charges after that. I was wondering if anyone could provide me with some much needed advice as to whether or not this is the same in Virginia and what I should plea when I go to court. All input is greatly appreciated!!!!!!! Thanks