Can I contest a speeding ticket in a school zone?

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Can I contest a speeding ticket in a school zone?

I was recently issued a ticket for speeding 39 mph in a school zone. I live in a community adjacent to the school and usually don’t use that route at that time of the day. Unfortunately, on this specific day I had to and was a little distracted and could have missed the flashing light. Although, I have lived in this area for 3.5 years now and on several occasions have seen those lights operate at random times even when school was off, so I have my doubts on whether or not it was active at that time. Coming back to my ticket, I noticed that the officer completely misspelled my car make as

Asked on August 29, 2019 under General Practice, Ohio

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 4 years ago | Contributor

No, it is unlikely that these technicalities will result in the dismissal of your ticket so long as the officer is prepared and willing to testify as to what you did and where you were ticketed. The law does not invalidate cases based on unimportant errors (like mispelling what kind of vehicle you were in) or "typographic" errors (like wriiting northbound rather than southbound) and the court has the power to amend, or correct those errors. So long as the officer will testify as to facts that would support the ticket, it is very unlikely that the errors describe will defeat the ticket.


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