Question for PA people..

[AntaresVI]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: AntaresVI
35 if the road is "residential" (good indicator = no line down the middle), 55 all others if not marked. Roads must be marked ever 1/2 mile and within 1/2 mile of intersections or else the limit reverts to 55. I got out of a ticket this way - cop wrote it for 58 in a 40, road hadn't been marked for a mile previous to the spot, therefore the speed limit was 55 and the ticket was wrong.

BONUS!

How did I miss that one when I read the PA traffic code?

It's so damn confusing. PA Code Title 75, Part III, Chapter 33, 3362(b):

1. No maximum speed limit established under subsection (a)(1), (1.2) or (3) shall be effective unless posted on fixed or variable official traffic-control devices erected in accordance with regulations adopted by the department which regulations shall require posting at the beginning and end of each speed zone and at intervals not greater than one-half mile.
2. No maximum speed limit established under subsection (a)(1.1) shall be effective unless posted on fixed or variable official traffic-control devices erected after each interchange on the portion of highway on which the speed limit is in effect and wherever else the department shall determine.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: AntaresVI

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: AntaresVI
35 if the road is "residential" (good indicator = no line down the middle), 55 all others if not marked. Roads must be marked ever 1/2 mile and within 1/2 mile of intersections or else the limit reverts to 55. I got out of a ticket this way - cop wrote it for 58 in a 40, road hadn't been marked for a mile previous to the spot, therefore the speed limit was 55 and the ticket was wrong.

Why didn't the judge adjust it to 58 in a 55?

Good question. It was either because of the whole "ticket is wrong, therefore invalid" thing, or because the local judges don't like state troopers, or because I played on the judge's son's baseball team. Probably a combination of all of the above.

Probably the second thing. A mistake on the ticket is not a reason to dismiss it. Or the judge may have just been a nice guy and thought that 3 mph over the technical legal limit wasn't worth ticketing.