31 in a 20 (school zone)

[Alric]

Was "speeding" on the way to class today, in lovely Keene. This school zone is about 30 feet long and directly off a highway. Saw the LEO, slowed down, but he pulled out and turned on the lights.

Got pulled over, showed the CHL and license, he thanked me for showing that to him, asked if I was carrying and where it was, then went back to his car.

And then I got a ticket I'd still count it as a positive, professional encounter.

On another note, can I do defensive driving or deferred judification for this?

[propellerhead]

On another note, can I do defensive driving or deferred judification for this?

Yes. Both are on a one year cycle. So you can actually get a ticket once every six months and keep them off your record... until the judge starts remembering your name.

[Alric]

On another note, can I do defensive driving or deferred judification for this?

Yes. Both are on a one year cycle. So you can actually get a ticket once every six months and keep them off your record... until the judge starts remembering your name.

Even for being in a school zone? Thats a relief.

Do you still pay the ticket to do those options? I wonder if the ticket will be more expensive for being in a school zone.

[piro]

On another note, can I do defensive driving or deferred judification for this?

Yes. Both are on a one year cycle. So you can actually get a ticket once every six months and keep them off your record... until the judge starts remembering your name.

I wonder if the ticket will be more expensive for being in a school zone.

I am fairly certain it is.

[barres]

I wonder if the ticket will be more expensive for being in a school zone.

IIRC, fines for tickets in an active school zone are double what they would be if not in a school zone. Generally, you still pay the court costs and a small (relative to the cost of the entire ticket) fee to take defensive driving, and then have to pay for defensive driving, too. The last time I got a ticket, it came out to roughly the same out-of-pocket expense either way, but the defensive driving got me a discount on my auto insurance. The only other ticket I have received, I asked about deferred adjuducation, and it would have cost almost twice what it would have cost to pay for the ticket. I did defensive driving then, too.