I was pulled over for going 32 mph in a supposedly 20 mph zone under Washington state law RCW 46.61.440 (in King County)
My problem was that according to the infraction location on the ticket referring to this specifically:
(2) A county or incorporated city or town may create a school or playground speed zone on a highway bordering a marked school or playground, in which zone it is unlawful for a person to operate a vehicle at a speed in excess of twenty miles per hour. The school or playground speed zone may extend three hundred feet from the border of the school or playground property; however, the speed zone may only include area consistent with active school or playground use.
According to google maps directions, google maps longitude and latitude coordinates, etc. The location of the infraction was about 350-360 feet away from the school property border.
I'm thinking that if I can prove this is the case (going to the city library for city map records so I can confirm this tomorrow) I can get out of the ticket since the location of infraction was outside the limit of a school speed zone as indicated by the RCW.
Is it plausible to get this infraction dismissed from this fact (if true)?
My problem was that according to the infraction location on the ticket referring to this specifically:
(2) A county or incorporated city or town may create a school or playground speed zone on a highway bordering a marked school or playground, in which zone it is unlawful for a person to operate a vehicle at a speed in excess of twenty miles per hour. The school or playground speed zone may extend three hundred feet from the border of the school or playground property; however, the speed zone may only include area consistent with active school or playground use.
According to google maps directions, google maps longitude and latitude coordinates, etc. The location of the infraction was about 350-360 feet away from the school property border.
I'm thinking that if I can prove this is the case (going to the city library for city map records so I can confirm this tomorrow) I can get out of the ticket since the location of infraction was outside the limit of a school speed zone as indicated by the RCW.
Is it plausible to get this infraction dismissed from this fact (if true)?
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