Thursday, January 19, 2012

Can a sprinter be ticketed for exceeding the speed limit?

If the cops are watching a school zone for speeders and the speed limit is 5 miles and hour in one area, and a guy comes running past at 10 MPH, can he get ticketed?Can a sprinter be ticketed for exceeding the speed limit?
no. i cant believe u would ask a ques like that. and a school zone would be at least 25 on the road
A ticket is an accusation. A cop can write a ticket for anything. Once the matter is in court, if the accused pleads not guilty and defends on grounds that the speed limit laws apply to motor vehicles, he should prevail unless he is in a country that has traffic laws that applies to pedestrians.Can a sprinter be ticketed for exceeding the speed limit?
Technically, yes, but cops usually won't go to the trouble of ticketing a person exceeding the speed limit by only 5m/h (~8km/h)
I am not sure a traffic ticket could be given to someone on foot. Besides. wouldn't the cop have to catch him first.Can a sprinter be ticketed for exceeding the speed limit?
thats dangerous!

Personally I can get up to 20MPH...

imagine the carnage I can cause :)
yes they absolutely can, but they probably will not because a judge would throw it out in court. Only exception is if they wouldn't obey a traffic sign as in a red light or stop sign.

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