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Originally Posted by Piper_
I don't think the speeding thing is quite the same either way though. One being a clear law that's a matter of life and death if I ignore it... the other, well, you know. Not the same.
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Brief off topic detour:
In traffic school in CA, we were told that the speed limit is a suggested speed limit (at least in California..where there is open desert, so it's relevant).
IF you can prove that the restriction was inappropriate at the time, the law DOES allow for you to legally go faster. HOWEVER, the instructors point was, in his career he was only ever aware of ONE time that anyone challenged a speeding ticket on those grounds and won, and the circumstance were unusual, so it'd be foolish to try that play. Still...