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- From: mdennie@beryllium.mc.xerox.com (Matt Dennie)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Speeding ticket in OKlahoma --- what's
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.152012.15875@spectrum.xerox.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 15:20:12 GMT
- References: <1993Jan22.035210.13463@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- In article 13463@leland.Stanford.EDU, tedebear@leland.Stanford.EDU (Theodore Chen) writes:
- >
- >this is a mistake of fact, not ignorance of the law.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >and mistake of fact *can* be an excuse. in this case,
- >though, the law may hold the owner responsible for the
- >accuracy of his speedometer.
- >
- >-teddy
-
- I don`t know what a mistake of fact is, legally speaking, but I know I
- was recently convicted of speeding when the judge said, "I believe you
- didn`t know that you were speeding, but I believe you were speeding." Then
- he made me pay a $60 fine and $25 state surcharge ($85 total). Not a big deal
- until the insurance surcharges come in for the next 39 months (probably to the
- tune of $2000 in all).
-
- "I`ll never speed again. I`ll buy a Valentine One. God, what should I do?"
-
- ---
- --Matt Dennie Internet: mmd.wbst207v@xerox.com
- Xerox Corporation, Rochester, NY (USA)
- "Reaching consensus in a group often
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