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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Quote:
Originally posted by Quadraton
What I'm really trying to point out here is that, as the law is written, if you're going faster than the posted speed limit, you are speeding. If everybody else is going faster than the posted speed limit, that doesn't change the fact that, as the law is written, you are still speeding. So, if you get pulled over, you get pulled over because you were speeding.
Following the flow of traffic doesn't suddenly change the law. There is no provision that states that it's not speeding if everybody else is going faster than the speed limit.
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In California it has been contested that if everyone is going faster than the speed limit and you are going at the speed limit you are causing a hazard to other drivers.
Basic speed laws of California is:
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc22350.htm
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Basic Speed Law
22350. 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.
Amended Ch. 252, Stats. 1963. Effective September 20, 1963.
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