What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? Georgia
I was on my way to school and went down Pleasant Hill and turned on Peachtree Industrial for my first time on that end. There were no speed limit signs, I remembered that on the other end and anywhere else I had been on Peachtree Industrial the speed limit was 55MPH. So I figured the speed limit was 55MPH and went 60MPH then lost track of my speed (watching everyone tailgate me!) and got up to 64MPH. I had only been traveling down the road for half of a mile when a motor cycle cop walked out in the middle of the road with a radar gun and was pointing to the side of the road. He was standing about 400 feet behind the first speed limit sign reading 45MPH. He said I was doing 64MPH in a 45MPH zone. I told him I didn't know it was a 45MPH zone, I thought it was a 55MPH zone and that sign was the first speed limit sign I saw. He gave some speech about I should have known and negligence is BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA. I then asked him where the 45MPH zone started and ended. He told me it started at Pleasant Hill and ended at highway 120. This was an area that was not any more than a mile long!! I wasn't going to argue because it would have just made it worse. I knew this cop was a prick and wasn't going to drop it. So I signed the ticket and drove away. Even if I had seen the cop with the radar gun I would have only slowed down 4MPH because I didn't think I was speeding. I mean there were people tailgating me big time in the right lane, if had even tapped my brakes once they would have hit me. This made me think I was doing the speed limit. I told my mom what happened and she didn't believe my story that the road wasn't marked well, so she drove down it her self. SHE CAME HOME AFTER DRIVING DOWN IT AND AGREED; THE ROAD WAS NOT WELL MARKED!!!!!!
Could someone please help me, I need help. What should I do? What should I plea? What should I say? What are my options? All of the above!!! I have absolutely no idea what to do!! My court date is: Feb. 3, 2005; I was cited by the Duluth Police. My fine is $202.50, it's not the fine I'm worried about it's my insurance. I can not afford for it to go up any more. I would rather pay the fine than the insurance to go up. But don't get me wrong I would rather not have the 3points on my record too.
I was on my way to school and went down Pleasant Hill and turned on Peachtree Industrial for my first time on that end. There were no speed limit signs, I remembered that on the other end and anywhere else I had been on Peachtree Industrial the speed limit was 55MPH. So I figured the speed limit was 55MPH and went 60MPH then lost track of my speed (watching everyone tailgate me!) and got up to 64MPH. I had only been traveling down the road for half of a mile when a motor cycle cop walked out in the middle of the road with a radar gun and was pointing to the side of the road. He was standing about 400 feet behind the first speed limit sign reading 45MPH. He said I was doing 64MPH in a 45MPH zone. I told him I didn't know it was a 45MPH zone, I thought it was a 55MPH zone and that sign was the first speed limit sign I saw. He gave some speech about I should have known and negligence is BLA BLA BLA BLA BLA. I then asked him where the 45MPH zone started and ended. He told me it started at Pleasant Hill and ended at highway 120. This was an area that was not any more than a mile long!! I wasn't going to argue because it would have just made it worse. I knew this cop was a prick and wasn't going to drop it. So I signed the ticket and drove away. Even if I had seen the cop with the radar gun I would have only slowed down 4MPH because I didn't think I was speeding. I mean there were people tailgating me big time in the right lane, if had even tapped my brakes once they would have hit me. This made me think I was doing the speed limit. I told my mom what happened and she didn't believe my story that the road wasn't marked well, so she drove down it her self. SHE CAME HOME AFTER DRIVING DOWN IT AND AGREED; THE ROAD WAS NOT WELL MARKED!!!!!!
Could someone please help me, I need help. What should I do? What should I plea? What should I say? What are my options? All of the above!!! I have absolutely no idea what to do!! My court date is: Feb. 3, 2005; I was cited by the Duluth Police. My fine is $202.50, it's not the fine I'm worried about it's my insurance. I can not afford for it to go up any more. I would rather pay the fine than the insurance to go up. But don't get me wrong I would rather not have the 3points on my record too.