Speeding Ticket

[belcher0807]

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

I was pulled over for speeding on our local parkway. The posted speed limit is 45 mph but in oregon that is not a hard limit. The average speed is more in the low 60s. I was stopped and written a ticket for 79 mph. I exclaimed that there was no way I could have been going that fast but that I may have been going 70mph. At 79 mph I would have had to be weaving through traffic which I was not. I was just enjoying a banana. The officer was kind in that he only wrote me a ticket for 0-10mph of the posted limit. I have a data logging app on my phone that logs my speeds during trips. It shows that the maximum speed i achieved was 72mph through the area where I was pulled over. Since this shows that I was in fact breaking the speed limit does that make it a poor decision to enter it as evidence? Even though it shows that the data the officer was relying on was inaccurate?

 

[Zigner]

The posted speed limit is 45 mph but in oregon that is not a hard limit.

That makes no sense.

 

[Just Blue]

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

I was pulled over for speeding on our local parkway. The posted speed limit is 45 mph but in oregon that is not a hard limit. The average speed is more in the low 60s. I was stopped and written a ticket for 79 mph. I exclaimed that there was no way I could have been going that fast but that I may have been going 70mph. At 79 mph I would have had to be weaving through traffic which I was not. I was just enjoying a banana. The officer was kind in that he only wrote me a ticket for 0-10mph of the posted limit. I have a data logging app on my phone that logs my speeds during trips. It shows that the maximum speed i achieved was 72mph through the area where I was pulled over. Since this shows that I was in fact breaking the speed limit does that make it a poor decision to enter it as evidence? Even though it shows that the data the officer was relying on was inaccurate?

Let's be clear...

Posted limit is 45 MPH
You were speeding at 70 MPH


Why the heck are you arguing about this again???????

Do you do drugs? Were you high at the time of the ticket and are you high now posting this thread?

 

[not2cleverRed]

Let's be clear...

Posted limit is 45 MPH
You were speeding at 70 MPH


Why the heck are you arguing about this again???????

Do you do drugs? Were you high at the time of the ticket and are you high now posting this thread?

Hey! OP was just enjoying... a banana. A *really* nice .... banana.

I'll assuming OP was eating it and not... texting.

What OP doesn't understand is that the speed limit is what's posted, not the average speed of cars using the highway. Try doing the speed limit on Rt 128 in MA during lightish traffic - just do it in the right lane. Doesn't mean that the real speed limit is higher than what is posted.

 

[Just Blue]

Hey! OP was just enjoying... a banana. A *really* nice .... banana.

I'll assuming OP was eating it and not... texting.

What OP doesn't understand is that the speed limit is what's posted, not the average speed of cars using the highway. Try doing the speed limit on Rt 128 in MA during lightish traffic - just do it in the right lane. Doesn't mean that the real speed limit is higher than what is posted.

In Massachusetts on RT 128 there are 3 lanes. ALL of them MUST follow the law. Spent most of my adult life traveling that highway back and forth to work/home.

 

[Zigner]

In Massachusetts on RT 128 there are 3 lanes. ALL of them MUST follow the law. Spent most of my adult life traveling that highway back and forth to work/home.

Are you SURE that no law was enacted that exempted banana-eating drivers from the speed limit?

 

[Just Blue]

Are you SURE that no law was enacted that exempted banana-eating drivers from the speed limit?

Yes. In Ma I am sure. In the rest of the banana eating states....I don't know.

 

[not2cleverRed]

In Massachusetts on RT 128 there are 3 lanes. ALL of them MUST follow the law. Spent most of my adult life traveling that highway back and forth to work/home.

It's 4 lanes in my hometown. You're not going to be able to merge if you're doing the speed limit there.

People don't follow the speed limit - but I see no point in complaining when the police enforce the posted speed limit.

 

[HighwayMan]

The posted speed limit is 45 mph but in oregon that is not a hard limit.

Please provide a citation that demonstrates that speed limits in Oregon do not have to be obeyed.

I was stopped and written a ticket for 79 mph...
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The officer was kind in that he only wrote me a ticket for 0-10mph of the posted limit...

Well, WHICH was it? You're providing contradictory information.