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My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: Florida

Hello Everyone,


I was issued a ticket for going over 30 mph over the speed limit (over 100mph) on Aligator Alley/ i-75.

I was not going this speed or anywhere close to it. I can only assume that the Radar picked up a different car.
  • I have a time stamped receipt from a gas station and the first toll plaza.
  • Google maps estimates the time from the gas station to the toll plaza as 18 to 20 minutes, my receipts show I took 19.
  • Taking into account the distance between between the toll plaza and mm indicated on the ticket, as well as the time difference, my avg. speed from the toll plaza to where I was ticketed was about 3 over.
  • If it makes a difference, my record for the past ten years is clean


Does this constitute a good defense or is this hopeless? At this speed a court appearance is mandated either way, I would just like to know if I have a legal leg to stand on.

Thank you in advance for any time and help that you may be able to offer.
My wife relates a story of her experience travelling along alligator alley when she was much younger. It seems the driver did not quite understand why it was called alligator ally. When they approached an obstruction in the roadway, the driver stopped, exited the vehicle, and began to walk towards the obstruction. Before the driver got so close as to be within striking range, the alligator turned to the person and opened it's mouth, kind of like; welcome to the neighborhood. Come on in and have a seat so I can show you some real Florida hospitality.

the driver quickly turned around and got into the car.

there they waited until the alligator decided it was time to cool off in the water.

they were then able to resume their travel, whether it be at 30 mph or 130 mph to the other end of the road.


The point of the story?

the time it takes you to travel X miles merely allows you to calculate average speed. Since speeding tickets are based on instantaneous speed, proving your average speed was less than the max speed limit does not provide a valid defense.


so let's get to something more realistic;

you say "the radar" may have picked up another car. Is this an unmanned radar station? I presume it was. Does it also take a picture of the offending vehicle? If so, have you seen it? If so, is it your car?