Speeding 104 in a 55MPH zone

[Martenson426]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? : Illinois

ok i am not looking to get out of this ticket completely, i am looking for advice.

I was coming home on route 30 in illinois, the speed limit was 55 MPH, middle of the day today on friday, practically no traffic at all, none on my side of the road at all. I could see to the horizon so i wasn't really worried about speed ( my fault and i accept that) i set my cruise control to 70 and was just listening to music. Then i noticed the lights, i looked down and my speedo still said 70, i slowed down and when then when the officer came to my window he asked if there was a reason i was going 104. i could not belive it i told him that i set my cruise control for 70 and i admit guilt for speeding, but i could not belive 104, i asked to see the radar and he had me walk to his cruiser and i saw on the dash it did indeed say i was going 104 MPH.

I have no words for this i did receive a ticket for 104/55. From what i understand a even a first time offense going more than 40mph over is means to revoke my license. I am willing to pay but as im starting a job in the next week or two that REQUIRES me to drive from client to client, i simply cannot loose my license. Does anyone know if perhaps i can offer to take driving classes or SOMETHING that will at least allow me to keep my license?

 

[Zigner]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? : Illinois

ok i am not looking to get out of this ticket completely, i am looking for advice.

I was coming home on route 30 in illinois, the speed limit was 55 MPH, middle of the day today on friday, practically no traffic at all, none on my side of the road at all. I could see to the horizon so i wasn't really worried about speed ( my fault and i accept that) i set my cruise control to 70 and was just listening to music. Then i noticed the lights, i looked down and my speedo still said 70, i slowed down and when then when the officer came to my window he asked if there was a reason i was going 104. i could not belive it i told him that i set my cruise control for 70 and i admit guilt for speeding, but i could not belive 104, i asked to see the radar and he had me walk to his cruiser and i saw on the dash it did indeed say i was going 104 MPH.

I have no words for this i did receive a ticket for 104/55. From what i understand a even a first time offense going more than 40mph over is means to revoke my license. I am willing to pay but as im starting a job in the next week or two that REQUIRES me to drive from client to client, i simply cannot loose my license. Does anyone know if perhaps i can offer to take driving classes or SOMETHING that will at least allow me to keep my license?

Acknowledging that you had no idea how fast you were actually going isn't going to help your case. You NEED an attorney.

 

[Martenson426]

Acknowledging that you had no idea how fast you were actually going isn't going to help your case. You NEED an attorney.

Well i acknowledge that i WAS speeding but from what i could tell from my speedometer i was "only" going 70, wich would be 15MPH over. however the officers radar says otherwise. I don't know if perhaps the officers radar was mis-calibrated, he insisted it was in calibration, or maybe my cruise control is faulty. I've never had issues with it before, i dont know much about how they work but i do know they account for uphill resistance somehow and i had just crested a hill as i got pulled over.

 

[FlyingRon]

You need the lawyer. A defense is not about making up some story that you think exculpates you. You have to base it on the law.

 

[cbg]

There is NO. FRIGGIN'. WAY. that the officer's calibration was off by 34 miles an hour. That is NOT the case.

While I know that traffic radar and sports radar is not the same, the principal is close enough for this. My husband used to string for a baseball scout. I can't tell you how many baseball games I've sat through in middle of a sea of radar guns. It was rare that one was off by even one MPH. I ONCE saw one that was off the rest by two MPH. The vast majority of the time every single gun was spot on every other gun.

NOTHING will make me believe that the officer's radar could have been off by 34 miles an hour EVEN IF it wasn't calibrated properly, and I don't believe that either.