First a little background, I dont know if anyone else here knows 393 in Concord NH, but the speed limit is 55mph and most people go about 65-70, but when theres about 1-1.5 miles left of the highway, the speed limit drops to 45mph, although the road is exactly the same so it's not like it narrows or becomes one lane.
Now I entered 393 from an on-ramp near the end of the highway, where the speed limit is 45mph. Now there are no signs stating the speed limit, so for someone thats never been there before, theres no way for them to know the speed limit was 45 and not 55/65.
Well once I started to enter the highway, I sped up to get to my normal freeway speed (65), but there was no one in front of me or behind me for quite some distance, so it wasnt obvious that I was going 65. Now there was a state trooper on the side of the road who came out and pointed at me and told me to pull off to the side, which I did.
He gave me a $100 ticket for going 65 in a 45, which I would gladly pay, however I can't lose my license for 20 days and risk paying more for insurance, so I pleaded not guilty and I have a court date on December 10th.
Now my real question is this, when I go to court should I try and convince them to take a safe driving course instead of having this ticket on my record? This is my first offense by the way. Or should I try to fight it saying that there were no posted speed limit signs?
Another thing I noticed was that the office never wrote his name or badge number on the ticket, so I dont know if thats a good thing or if he just filled it in himself later on.
Now I entered 393 from an on-ramp near the end of the highway, where the speed limit is 45mph. Now there are no signs stating the speed limit, so for someone thats never been there before, theres no way for them to know the speed limit was 45 and not 55/65.
Well once I started to enter the highway, I sped up to get to my normal freeway speed (65), but there was no one in front of me or behind me for quite some distance, so it wasnt obvious that I was going 65. Now there was a state trooper on the side of the road who came out and pointed at me and told me to pull off to the side, which I did.
He gave me a $100 ticket for going 65 in a 45, which I would gladly pay, however I can't lose my license for 20 days and risk paying more for insurance, so I pleaded not guilty and I have a court date on December 10th.
Now my real question is this, when I go to court should I try and convince them to take a safe driving course instead of having this ticket on my record? This is my first offense by the way. Or should I try to fight it saying that there were no posted speed limit signs?
Another thing I noticed was that the office never wrote his name or badge number on the ticket, so I dont know if thats a good thing or if he just filled it in himself later on.
