Walk It Through: The Speeding Year
A ticket on the interstate, headlights in the rain, and points that add up.
A driver is stopped going a dozen miles an hour over the limit on the interstate.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One driver's year on the road. Insurance surcharges, out-of-state tickets, commercial licenses, the habitual offender rules and court costs are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Urban districtTerritory built up with businesses or houses less than one hundred feet apart for a quarter of a mile or more, where thirty miles an hour is the maximum speed.
- Law enforcement officerFor the resisting arrest article, any duly appointed or commissioned officer of the state, a county or a municipality.
- Reckless drivingDriving any vehicle in a way that indicates a wilful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.