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Has anyone been ticketed for accelerating before a new speed limit sign?
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:09 am
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:09 am
Driving through BFE in NLA and a cop pulled me over about a mile after the speed limit changed from 40 to 55. He claimed I started to accelerate before I reached the new sign and that he got me going 50 in the 40 MPH zone. I most likely did, but it couldn't have been more than a couple hundred feet before the sign.
Has this happened to anyone else? Also, any way I can get this plead down to a non-moving violation? I'm mainly worried about my insurance rates going up with a speeding ticket, as I don't have any moving violaitons on my record. TIA
Has this happened to anyone else? Also, any way I can get this plead down to a non-moving violation? I'm mainly worried about my insurance rates going up with a speeding ticket, as I don't have any moving violaitons on my record. TIA
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Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:11 am to Seymour
Yep, happened in Maurice. I just paid it without fighting it..
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:11 am to Seymour
Got one like that in Port Barre a few years ago, paid fine, kept it off my record. Just call they just want your money.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:11 am to Seymour
quote:
any way I can get this plead down to a non-moving violation?
Yes, but you will likely have to go back and handle it in person by speaking to one of the Asst DAs.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:12 am to LSUfan4444
yep...happened to be in Forest Hill, LA.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:13 am to Seymour
It's a essentially one of the ways a speed trap operates. They do it the other way too by catching you not decelerating adequately when a limit drops.
North LA. Quota time. Sucks.
Has happened to me, sadly.
North LA. Quota time. Sucks.
Has happened to me, sadly.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:15 am to Seymour
How far was the cop set up from the sign? I think they have to be a certain distance from the sign to not be considered a speed trap.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:16 am to cleeveclever
How do cops still wonder why everyone hates them?
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:17 am to Seymour
if you can see the sign i would think you could start accelerating...at least that is my rule of thumb...doesn't mean its right
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:18 am to Topwater Trout
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if you can see the sign i would think you could start accelerating...at least that is my rule of thumb...doesn't mean its right
Unfortunately this is not the law. If it were, then I did nothing illegal
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:19 am to Seymour
Not sure if accurate, but years ago I had to take a drivers safety class for a ticket and the instructor said that the law expects you to reach the speed limit by the time you get to the sign. Meaning you can accelerate prior to the sign...might want to check the law as it is written bc the instructor seemed.like a dumbass.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:19 am to Seymour
I still think the cop was being a dick
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:23 am to jose canseco
quote:
Not sure if accurate, but years ago I had to take a drivers safety class for a ticket and the instructor said that the law expects you to reach the speed limit by the time you get to the sign. Meaning you can accelerate prior to the sign...might want to check the law as it is written bc the instructor seemed.like a dumbass.
Mine said the same thing. Maybe it was the same guy and he was an idiot, but that is what he said.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:28 am to Atom Knab
Krotz Springs
This post was edited on 6/23/14 at 9:29 am
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:28 am to Topwater Trout
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I still think the cop was being a dick
This is true no matter how the law is written.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:32 am to LesMiles BFF
They tried to give me one in Port Barre when the new sign reduced the speed 10 mph. Lights flashed just as I was pressing the brake. Some how the cop let me out of it in spite of the fact that I was basically screaming at him. Total racket over there
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:32 am to Seymour
Dothan, Alabama. I will take many pains to avoid that shithole.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:39 am to Purple Spoon
quote:These bastards took my license for speeding and I knew better to speed through Krotz Springs
Krotz Springs
Posted on 6/23/14 at 10:05 am to whit
North of dothan is worse than dothan itself, too many cars to get up to speed in dothan anyway.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 10:13 am to Seymour
Where was it exactly? If it was Ferriday, just pay it. They've spotlighted them on the local news several times as lying pieces of shite. Pulling people over basically whenever they feel like it. Lying and saying they know they were speeding even though they didn't get them on radar. Huge racket and piece of shite town.
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