yhelothar
Lifer
Given that the traffic was light enough and the weather/visibility/road conditions permits you to do so safely.
Edit after 3:17 on the poll:
How many of you that voted illegal actually had a speeding ticket and spent the time to look up the law before bending over and taking it up the azz. 😉
I was fined with CVC 22349(a) a month ago after driving 80mph on a near empty freeway at 11:40PM, coincidently it was the last day of the month(ticket quotas?).
I looked up exactly what the code stated:
"The speed of any vehicle upon a highway in excess of the prima facie speed limits...or established as authorized in this code (includes the 65mph max speed limit) is prima facie unlawful unless the defendant establishes by competent evidence that the speed in excess of said limits did not constitute a violation of the basic speed law at the time, place, and under the conditions then existing."
Then I looked up what the "basic speed law" says:
"No person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent having due regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and the surface and width of the highway, and in no event at a speed which endangers the safety of persons or property."
So according to the law, it was indeed legal for me to drive 80mph on an empty freeway at 11:45PM
Presented the facts of my case to the judge and got off scott free 🙂
Edit after 3:17 on the poll:
How many of you that voted illegal actually had a speeding ticket and spent the time to look up the law before bending over and taking it up the azz. 😉
I was fined with CVC 22349(a) a month ago after driving 80mph on a near empty freeway at 11:40PM, coincidently it was the last day of the month(ticket quotas?).
I looked up exactly what the code stated:
"The speed of any vehicle upon a highway in excess of the prima facie speed limits...or established as authorized in this code (includes the 65mph max speed limit) is prima facie unlawful unless the defendant establishes by competent evidence that the speed in excess of said limits did not constitute a violation of the basic speed law at the time, place, and under the conditions then existing."
Then I looked up what the "basic speed law" says:
"No person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent having due regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and the surface and width of the highway, and in no event at a speed which endangers the safety of persons or property."
So according to the law, it was indeed legal for me to drive 80mph on an empty freeway at 11:45PM
Presented the facts of my case to the judge and got off scott free 🙂
