Hi,
Got a speeding ticket for being paced at 55-60 in a 35 mph stretch of urban street. Ticket listed the violation as having occurred along a 1/3 mile stretch between two main cross-streets. But I began from a standing stop at a red light, accelerated to get ahead of the traffic in the adjacent lane so that I could move into it before arriving at a vehicle parked ahead and obstructing my lane. I then decelerated, checked my speedometer, and continued traveling at the speed limit. I was pulled over and ticketed about a 1/4 of a mile later, though, as I stated, I was definitely traveling within the speed limit at that point. Conditions were clear and dry. Traffic was light to middling.
I did not explain to the office the reason for exceeding the speed limit at the time of being ticketed. In your opinion, is this a situation in which there any chance that this violation might be dismissed in court, or am I clearly guilty and wasting time by considering contesting?
An additional relevant detail, I told the officer at the time of the ticket that "I guess I was eager to get home." Is this statement an admission of guilt that seals the deal?
Got a speeding ticket for being paced at 55-60 in a 35 mph stretch of urban street. Ticket listed the violation as having occurred along a 1/3 mile stretch between two main cross-streets. But I began from a standing stop at a red light, accelerated to get ahead of the traffic in the adjacent lane so that I could move into it before arriving at a vehicle parked ahead and obstructing my lane. I then decelerated, checked my speedometer, and continued traveling at the speed limit. I was pulled over and ticketed about a 1/4 of a mile later, though, as I stated, I was definitely traveling within the speed limit at that point. Conditions were clear and dry. Traffic was light to middling.
I did not explain to the office the reason for exceeding the speed limit at the time of being ticketed. In your opinion, is this a situation in which there any chance that this violation might be dismissed in court, or am I clearly guilty and wasting time by considering contesting?
An additional relevant detail, I told the officer at the time of the ticket that "I guess I was eager to get home." Is this statement an admission of guilt that seals the deal?
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