Last year, when I got my ticket, dietrichls was helping me with some legal research. Didn't find anything to help my case, but he mentioned that he came across a regulation that it is impermissible for police to use a radar gun within 500 feet of a speed limit sign.
Well, a friend of mine got pulled over yesterday, and after going back to the location today it would look that this section would apply. We just checked the road where he got pulled over and there are two speed signs (approx. 750 yards away from each other, so there is unfortunately no overlap of the zones). One could make a case that 1) when he was tagged he was within the 500 ft of one sign, and 2) the cop must have been within 500 ft of the second sign. So this argument and reference should lead to a dismissal of the ticket, no?
Now the question is, where can we get the exact reference to this statute, paragraph, subsection, etc so that he can quote it in court? Is there a website with a search facility?
Any other suggestions? Any experience with this argument? Anyone?
Thanks!
Well, a friend of mine got pulled over yesterday, and after going back to the location today it would look that this section would apply. We just checked the road where he got pulled over and there are two speed signs (approx. 750 yards away from each other, so there is unfortunately no overlap of the zones). One could make a case that 1) when he was tagged he was within the 500 ft of one sign, and 2) the cop must have been within 500 ft of the second sign. So this argument and reference should lead to a dismissal of the ticket, no?
Now the question is, where can we get the exact reference to this statute, paragraph, subsection, etc so that he can quote it in court? Is there a website with a search facility?
Any other suggestions? Any experience with this argument? Anyone?
Thanks!
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