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    Default Wrong Speed Limit on Ticket

    My question involves a speeding ticket from the State of: North Carolina
    I was issued a speeding ticket for doing 50mph in a 35mph zone. The actually posted speed limit at the location was 45mph. This area does have a school zone but the time was 4:19pm as stated on the ticket and the school zone ends at 3:27pm. I did not understand the officer when he read me the ticket (I was nervous and did not ask him to repeat) and I did not have my reading glasses on until after he left. The location given US*** at or near intersection **** is clearly in a 45 mph speed zone and the speed does not change for at least 1-1/2miles up the road where it goes to 35mph. He passed me coming the other way, turned around and clocked me at the location given and then pulled me over. I had already been thru the 35mph zone before he even passed me coming the other way. Since he gave a location, time, etc on the ticket and it was clearly in a zone marked 45mph what are my chances of getting the ticket thrown out if I bring evidence (pictures) showing the facts. I still am guilty of 50 in a 45 and can they change the ticket to that?

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    Default Re: Wrong Speed Limit on Ticket

    One more detail I left out. There were other road intersections between where the one stated on the ticket and where the speed limit drops to 35mph. Where the speed limit drops to 35mph is another US highway so if he states I was at that location (35 mph) when he clocked me why did he not use that intersection on the ticket?(this would be my argument). I am just wondering how much lead way he has with the "at or near" statement on the ticket.

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    Default Re: Wrong Speed Limit on Ticket

    I had this happen to me in California, so it could be different. The court didn't care. I got the people make mistakes lecture.

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