Re: Speeding ticket

["Billy T." <btylaska@onramp.net>]

In Texas, if any of the info on the ticket is wrong, it gets dismissed.  Just
show the Judge, he will probably drop it.

Whe I was 15, I got a ticket for driving with out a license.  I had a learners
permit, and showed it to the officer in hopes of getting let go.  No such
luck.  Well, when I went to the judge, I told him that a permit is a license
with a restriction.  He agreed and dismissed the ticket.

marlin@kodak.com wrote:

> From: Matthew P. Marlin
>
> While we're on the subject...I got a ticket Labor Day going 60 mph downhill
> in a 45 mph zone in my GLX.  The officer asked me if I knew what the speed
> limit was prior to writing the ticket and I said, "35?".  Subsequently he
> wrote the ticket for 60 in a 40 (huh?).  I've taken photos of the posted
> speed limit signs (45 mph) with landmarks next to where I was pulled over
> also in the picture.
> My question is, what's the technicality that I can use to dismiss this
> potential infraction in court?  If I were a police officer (yikes), it
> would seem like common sense for me to know the actual posted speed limit
> on the stretch of road I was monitoring *prior* to pulling someone over.
>
> Matt
> '96 GLX