re: 26 in a 20? Really?

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got a ticket for 22 in a 20 in a residential neighborhood yesterday from some HOA officer.

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Speedometers are not 100% accurate. +2 mph is easily within 1 standard deviation.

I would write the HOA expressing their commitment to keeping neighborhood streets safe, but demand to see better discretion when giving out citations. You should then itemize your time spent on the stop and addressing the ticket. Put a dollar value next to it, and suggest they waive the ticket, or you will charge for your time.

Of course this is all bullshite as is often the case when dealing with most HOA claims.

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26 in a 20?

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The speeding ticket I found in my mailbox from NOLA PD.

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I can run faster than 20 mph.

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You can also RUN right thru a stop sign, when you are actually running. Doesn't mean you don't have to stop when you are driving!

trade your car in for an ATV...police won't care and you can speed all you want.

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The hoods rob you in the Quarter and the police rob you Up-town?

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Expand the territories for both the hoods and the city, and you're right.

FYI I don't say "the police" are robbing you because the camera thing is a fund raiser for the city.

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Not everyone will get that reference

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We'll aren't you special. You done at the breakfast buffet already?

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That's equivalent of going 123MPH in a 70MPH zone. You're lucky you're not in prison

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This

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As long as you never return to New Orleans

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Why ever go in the first place?

I really can for about 20 feet.

Broadmore/Broadway? @ some school.
School zone maybe, did not say or charge more,it was 4:15pm.
Here school zone speeding is big $$$ fine, so I don't think so.
Speed limit enforced by camera.
NOPD Officer "signed" the ticket, not NOLA
I'm not local, but I'm there frequently.
I get the traffic engineering concept of speed limits vs. human reaction times, congestion, etc, but 26 to 0 vs 20 to 0 breaking time is negligible.


My issue is 20 mph is a trap limit and the section of road is bait. The only way to not get a ticket is to drive 15 and bump the gas to 20.

It's like the four-lane highway that jumps from 35 to 55 at the city limit, but he local PD is parked 50 yards in front of the first 55 sign.

It's only $75 but still. If it keeps the drinking water clean I'll pay it.

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That's equivalent of going 123MPH in a 70MPH zone. You're lucky you're not in prison

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Actually, more like 91 mph.

That is probably more of a county jail violation than a prison one.

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I really can for about 20 feet.

Broadmore/Broadway? @ some school.
School zone maybe, did not say or charge more,it was 4:15pm.
Here school zone speeding is big $$$ fine, so I don't think so.
Speed limit enforced by camera.
NOPD Officer "signed" the ticket, not NOLA
I'm not local, but I'm there frequently.
I get the traffic engineering concept of speed limits vs. human reaction times, congestion, etc, but 26 to 0 vs 20 to 0 breaking time is negligible.


My issue is 20 mph is a trap limit and the section of road is bait. The only way to not get a ticket is to drive 15 and bump the gas to 20.

It's like the four-lane highway that jumps from 35 to 55 at the city limit, but he local PD is parked 50 yards in front of the first 55 sign.

It's only $75 but still. If it keeps the drinking water clean I'll pay it.

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Thats a whole lot of rationalizing a well deserved speeding ticket.

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The only way to not get a ticket is to drive 15 and bump the gas to 20.

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I dont know if that works or not, but when you go 26 you are speeding. It sucks, yes, but I dont get the reason you think you should even worry about it.