Kottonmouth_420
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Iowa/Illinois
Here's the background: I live in Illinois, work in Iowa. I've lived in Iowa before. My license is still for Iowa as well. I was pulled over for speeding in an area where I'd say most of the people speed, because it is a long stretch of road and not a lot on it. I was pulled over for going 52MPH in a 35MPH zone. The officer dropped the speed to 45MPH. I'm not really trying to be an ass, I know I was speeding. I don't know if he could have really clocked me at that speed, as I don't think I was going that fast but I will admit I was near 45MPH. My real problem here is I don't think that the officer that pulled me over was in his jurisdiction. But I have no idea if there is a certain cooperation in this area because it's the Quad Cities and Davenport and Bettendorf pretty much run into each other. According to the addresses of the businesses that were nearby I was pulled over in Davenport, by a Bettendorf police officer. Is there such a thing as a police officer not being able to cross the city limits for a ticket? And I really wanted to get lunch at KFC, but I couldn't make it there and back in 1/2 hr and still be able to sit down and eat my food and get some smokes. It's not that I don't want to admit that I was wrong, even though that is a pretty slow speed for a road of that size, I just really cannot afford this now. I've had some tickets in the past and I'm still covered under my parents insurance because I don't think that I could afford it on my own. The ticket isn't too high of a price, but I've just moved into a new home and have been spending a lot of money trying to make it a nice home. And I'm scared that because of this I won't be able to afford the bills. Any advice please?
Here's the background: I live in Illinois, work in Iowa. I've lived in Iowa before. My license is still for Iowa as well. I was pulled over for speeding in an area where I'd say most of the people speed, because it is a long stretch of road and not a lot on it. I was pulled over for going 52MPH in a 35MPH zone. The officer dropped the speed to 45MPH. I'm not really trying to be an ass, I know I was speeding. I don't know if he could have really clocked me at that speed, as I don't think I was going that fast but I will admit I was near 45MPH. My real problem here is I don't think that the officer that pulled me over was in his jurisdiction. But I have no idea if there is a certain cooperation in this area because it's the Quad Cities and Davenport and Bettendorf pretty much run into each other. According to the addresses of the businesses that were nearby I was pulled over in Davenport, by a Bettendorf police officer. Is there such a thing as a police officer not being able to cross the city limits for a ticket? And I really wanted to get lunch at KFC, but I couldn't make it there and back in 1/2 hr and still be able to sit down and eat my food and get some smokes. It's not that I don't want to admit that I was wrong, even though that is a pretty slow speed for a road of that size, I just really cannot afford this now. I've had some tickets in the past and I'm still covered under my parents insurance because I don't think that I could afford it on my own. The ticket isn't too high of a price, but I've just moved into a new home and have been spending a lot of money trying to make it a nice home. And I'm scared that because of this I won't be able to afford the bills. Any advice please?
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