1 Mile Over Speed Limit

[bononos again]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? PA

The ticket has been taken care of, but i need to know.
One of our employees received a ticket for going 46 in a 45 mile zone.
Can they really ticket a person for this?
Isn't there a leway?
I mean it could be a calibration in the speedometer or the radar easily.

The best part was in the speeding MPH they put the 45 and in the Allowed MPH they put the 46.

 

[reactive]

What do you mean, "The ticket has been taken care of?"

I'd expect something like that to be dismissed simply from the writing mix-up.

 

[bononos again]

What do you mean, "The ticket has been taken care of?"

I'd expect something like that to be dismissed simply from the writing mix-up.

I guess a friend of her's is getting it "taken care of". I assume meaning dropped.

 

[Maestro64]

First, are you sure it was not a typo either on the speed limited or the speed they were going.

First, PA is considered an Absolute Speed Limit state, so being 1MPH over can get you a ticket.

Second, PA has a law that says if the police used any short of electronic method of obtaining the speed there is a 10MPH buffer where they can not write a ticket. Meaning if the speed limit was 45 then you can not be ticketed unless they measured you at 56 MPH.

This is why I ask if it could have been a typo or sloppy writing, I highly doubt a ticket in PA was written for 1MPH over, if it was you could have gotten that dismissed without a problem.