Speeding Law

Posted by nabeelshaukat on August 21st, 2010

Speeding Ticket Law

Briefing here a little on speed ticket law for your reminder, or perhaps it’s a beginning for you.

Firstly, mentioned below are some traffic violation cases that one should not attempt to solve by oneself.

Ø If you have been caught by the police because you were drunk while driving, or you had drugs- get services of a lawyer

Ø If you have been accused as you used your car to execute a crime- avail a lawyer

Ø You stroked someone with your car and ran- avail a lawyer in this situation as well.

Ø  If you are going through a school region and making the innocent children threaten and in danger- contact your lawyer.

Ø You have a suspended license and you are still driving- This can be a serious issue, so get a lawyer.

If you fall in anyone of the above categories then stop reading, as this is not of use to you

So, for those of you who don’t fall in any one of the above mentioned categories, it will benefit you a lot if you learn some important things about speeding ticket law. If you understand these simple tips properly, then no need to pay a lawyer.

As a defendant, there are usually three dissimilar allegations that can be made against you while you are driving.

§  The most common and simplest accusation is that you have been charged because you were driving at the speed which is against the defined and approved speed limit. Let’s take an example, you are driving at a speed of 30mph in a particular area, but according to the letter of law, the speed limit in this area is 29mph, this might result in a fine.  Though it’s true that one can never follow the rules 100% all the time, but keep in mind that law is law, and breaching the speed limit even for a nanosecond is considered to be a breach of law. This is known as breaking the absolute speed limit- or else called anal retentive speed limit.

§  There is one more speed limit called the presumed speed limit, which is tolerable, justifiable and forgivable up to a higher extent. This allows you some flexibility in the sense that you can fight by saying that there was an excessive and extreme traffic, everyone was doing so I did as well, you can also defend yourself by saying that I was forced to do that to safe me from any danger. So, you are in fact insisting the court to accept that it is not worthwhile to obey the rules and laws all the times due to the fluctuations in circumstances. This is known as the necessity of speed defense, or it is also referred as the anarchist defense.

§  There is a further speed limit type, which permits the officer to go for a judgment call, for example, everyone is going at a speed of 14mph due to heavy traffic all over the street, and you decide to become a responsible and better citizen and decide to drive at the 65 speed limit, and zigzagging in and out the traffic, so you might be breaking the basic speed law by such actions. This can change with the change in circumstances as well like if the highway is fully iced; it is normally assumed that the safe drive speed is below the mentioned speed limit.    

It’s necessary for you to consider first that in which category you come into, so that a proper defense strategy could be selected. Best Of Luck.