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I wonder what he would say if people started driving up and down his street right past his house at 64 MPH and were saying that in their opinion it was safe and prudent. Kind of hard to argue that, since my place is on a "local road" as defined by the California Roadway Systems map. That is 4 levels beneath "other arterial roadway" which is what Lake Murray Blvd. is. Just the facts please.

In fact, you stated a few posts ago that you don't think going 64 mph in that 35 zone is wrong, or illegal. Yes, depending on CONDITIONS, both of the roadway, traffic, weather, and your own vehicle and its own condition (tires, brakes, suspension). If, and I do mean IF there was a convoy of bicycles and baby strollers on the sidewalk/bikelane, I'd advise AGAINST blowing by at 50+ MPH. I have to assume then that you frequently go far beyond posted speed limits, relying on your radar dectector to save you from getting a ticket. Not really. Most speed limits are closer to the "within limits of reason" ballpark, but the 35 on Lake Murray Blvd. is so far under reasonable, it's ridiculous. I find the majority of speed limits are only slightly underposted, unlike Lake Murray Blvd, which is severely underposted. So for the most part, I stay within 10 to 15 MPH of the speed limit, even in optimal conditions. The radar detector is used as a safety device, it simply gives the driver more situational awareness of things around you, including police cars, motorcycles, radio waves, and such. More information to the driver makes for a better driver. Ignorance is not bliss when driving. with the lives and tax dollars of other people. I suggest you write letters to law enforcement and gov't officials to instruct traffic cops to only go after UNSAFE drivers, and not just try to generate revenue on underposted roadways. It is the La Mesa PD that is wasting tax dollars and human efficiency and manhours.

I would question that. Why? The officer admitted it to me and whatever you say can be used against you in a court of law. The Dept. of Transportation unbiasedly lists it as a major other arterial roadway of travel, not to be encumbered with 35 MPH super ridiculously underposted speed limits. Google Eath can be great. I played around with it. Seems google earth is not very accurate or clear. HOwever, the google SATELLITE maps view was very good! I see the bike lane your talking about. I turned right from Parkway Ave. onto Lake Murray Blvd, so the first few hundred feet has no bike lane as I quickly accelerated. There are two things at locations where I could have reached 50 MPH from basically 0 at the intersection at the bottom of the hill (also, maps/satellite shots, earth photos do a terrible job of representing the uphill incline nature of this roadway). There is a church, then about 1,000' of unencumbered straight-away, then an appartment with a single road access to their parking lot. I believe the officer was hiding in the church parking lot shooting his radar up a ways as I reached my maximum speed up the hill. Possible he was at the apartment shooting downward, but my radar detector detected his presence prior to or at the latest alongside the apartment (well before the mild rightward bend in the road). As I've stated previously, that righward turn in the road was my chance for escape if I'd of reacted smartly and quickly to my radar detector. I should have swung a right hand turn on Kiowa at the full 52 MPH and disappeared from sight. I was coming to a slow rolling stop (hardly any braking) at the intersection, and almost reached 0 MPH before I evem saw the officer enter my rear view mirror (he might have been delayed chasing me by the traffic behind me, or dropped his radar gun - who knows). Either way, I had plenty of time to escape this wasted effort, and blame myself for the slow and hesitant reaction. I live right by this area, and nearly drive this everyday, the average pace of traffic is 40-50. The only people going 35-40 are either over 65 years old, driving a car under 100 HP, or towing something. I think I drove about 35 when I was borrowing the 2500 HD diesel pickup from my mechanic, and was OK with that speed for that vehicle. Downright silly in any competent lightweight car. If this is the case you better have the most current survey at hand showing that and showing that you were going at a safe speed. And you better hope that there isn't a history of major incidents at speeds between the posted speed and your speed. Otherwise you could very well lose. I believe I'm going the trial by declaration/mail route for this case first. If that doesn't go well then I will request a real trial with the officer present (Trial de Novo). For the trial by declaration, I will use the officer's testimony when he pulled me over against him regarding the survey and his statement it doesn't justify the 35 MPH speed limit. If I get the incorrect verdict, my discovery request and trial de novo request will go out simultaneously. That gives them 20 days to respond with the latest and greatest certified traffic survey. If they do not on day 21 I send in a request for a motion hearing and submit motions to compel discovery or in the alternative dismiss. If the judge grants my motion and they do not respond to his time frame (probably at least 1 day before trial), then at trial they won't show, or will be found in contempt of the court's order. As far as incidents, I assume you mean this roadways "accident history and record." I've never seen an accident on this road, I anticipate the "accident rate" for this stretch of roadway will be to my benefit just as it was in the Santee case (6 times safer than average roadway, 1/6th as many accidents).

You're lucky you didn't get pinched for Negligent (driving in a manner that is likely to endanger) ROFL. Endanger what or whom I might ask? There were no pedestrians, there were no bike riders, there wasn't even any other traffic alongside or in front of me (only behind me, and minimal at that). Even the officer admitted he doesn't bother with anyone driving 49 and under, even if its a Semi-Truck weighing multiples times more than my just over 3,000 lb. car. I believe most all judges hate having their verdicts overturned on appeal, and that is the incentive for them to justly review and apply all of the laws of our great nation. But GEE, if the officer had just used some common sense and logic, and not written the false allegation citation (and broke the speed trap law so he is a bigger criminal than anyone else here), then I wouldn't have had to waste any time on this idiotic case for Lake Murray Blvd. 2.0 rematch. The officer said something to the effect that La Mesa gave him permission due to some circumstance to break the rules and use radar on a known underposted speed limited road. Whatever La Mesa thinks is an exception (apartment/residences nearby) is complete nonsense, unjustified by the law or vehicle code, and I've seen plenty of streets with up to 50 MPH speed limits that have apartment residences alongside them to boot.

It is an "other principal arterial" roadway with an underposted speed limit. I would question that. Lake Murray road north of I-8 is two lanes each way with a raised treet lines medium, a bike lane along the edge of the road and the sidewalk right next to the road. It has no shoulder with obsticles (a hill buildings with at least one being residential) boardering the road. Which curves to the right, around the hill. Google Eath can be great. 35 MPH does seem respectible, maybe 40 but thats it. 52 MPH is way to fast. Buy what you said your whole defense is based on the traffic engineering survey showing a that the posted speed was set to low. If this is the case you better have the most current survey at hand showing that and showing that you were going at a safe speed. And you better hope that there isn't a history of major incidents at speeds between the posted speed and your speed. Otherwise you could very well lose.