Mr Egg Rollllll
12-29-2009, 10:23 PM
It's a bit of a read, but I appreciate what anyone can do.
I got a ticket the day before Thanksgiving and I was wondering if anyone could clear some things up / give me some advice on what would be the best thing to do.:goodjob:
I'm pretty sure most of you know about the interstate construction in Coweta county. Wednesday(Nov 25), I was getting on I-85 Northbound to go back to work, got onto the on ramp that is surrounded by barriers, merged into the 1st of 2 lanes available to me, and proceeded to accelerate(slowly) to my normal interstate speed of 70 mph. I continued for maybe 1/2 mile until the highway reaches a "peak" of a hill where 3 :police:Coweta County Deputy:police: cars were waiting between 1/8-1/4 of a mile clocking cars coming over the ridge. There is also a sign for 50 mph 10-20 feet further down the highway from them. I immediately slow down to 50 mph, but by that time 1 officer had already flipped his lights and proceeded to pull me over. He told me that I was clocked at 72 mph and that the speed limit was 50 mph. I then asked him if there were any speed limit signs before the 1 close to them and he said yes there are. I had no recollection of any speed limit signs on the on ramp or interstate prior to the 1 behind the cops. He wrote me a ticket for "maximum limit" and then let me go on my merry little way. I know I should have checked for accuracy on the radar gun, but I was too pissed(:2up:) to think straight.
Now here's where I'm a little fuzzy on what's legal or what not. :thinking: I went back to the same place about 20 minutes later to look for signs of any sort and I found no speed limit signs nor construction signs whatsoever. Now that was the first time I've been on the interstate in that section in God know when and I didn't know the extent of the construction. If there would have been signs for 50 mph, I would have obeyed them. I just accelerated to what I thought was the 70 mph national interstate speed(if there are no speed limiting signs). I also now know about 50 mph being the speed limit for construction zones on interstates, but if there are no signs that show construction zones, what can one do? :no:
I know that it's probably just a revenue gainer, but I don't think that was very fair at all.
Any help or :2cents: would be awesome and repped, I just want to know what my best option would be. And if this is in the wrong section, I apologize. I didn't know where else to put this, but I guess I could consider this a "rant".
I got a ticket the day before Thanksgiving and I was wondering if anyone could clear some things up / give me some advice on what would be the best thing to do.:goodjob:
I'm pretty sure most of you know about the interstate construction in Coweta county. Wednesday(Nov 25), I was getting on I-85 Northbound to go back to work, got onto the on ramp that is surrounded by barriers, merged into the 1st of 2 lanes available to me, and proceeded to accelerate(slowly) to my normal interstate speed of 70 mph. I continued for maybe 1/2 mile until the highway reaches a "peak" of a hill where 3 :police:Coweta County Deputy:police: cars were waiting between 1/8-1/4 of a mile clocking cars coming over the ridge. There is also a sign for 50 mph 10-20 feet further down the highway from them. I immediately slow down to 50 mph, but by that time 1 officer had already flipped his lights and proceeded to pull me over. He told me that I was clocked at 72 mph and that the speed limit was 50 mph. I then asked him if there were any speed limit signs before the 1 close to them and he said yes there are. I had no recollection of any speed limit signs on the on ramp or interstate prior to the 1 behind the cops. He wrote me a ticket for "maximum limit" and then let me go on my merry little way. I know I should have checked for accuracy on the radar gun, but I was too pissed(:2up:) to think straight.
Now here's where I'm a little fuzzy on what's legal or what not. :thinking: I went back to the same place about 20 minutes later to look for signs of any sort and I found no speed limit signs nor construction signs whatsoever. Now that was the first time I've been on the interstate in that section in God know when and I didn't know the extent of the construction. If there would have been signs for 50 mph, I would have obeyed them. I just accelerated to what I thought was the 70 mph national interstate speed(if there are no speed limiting signs). I also now know about 50 mph being the speed limit for construction zones on interstates, but if there are no signs that show construction zones, what can one do? :no:
I know that it's probably just a revenue gainer, but I don't think that was very fair at all.
Any help or :2cents: would be awesome and repped, I just want to know what my best option would be. And if this is in the wrong section, I apologize. I didn't know where else to put this, but I guess I could consider this a "rant".