"Once a couple of years ago I found myself in the "defensive driving" class, which around here you can sometimes take to avoid having a traffic violation show up on your insurance record. They offer two classes, ..." There is another avenue - ask the judge about "Defferred Adjudication" if you haven't got time to spend on the classes (or want to save the forty some odd dollars). The city will still collect their 'fine money' but if you keep your record clean in that city for sixty (or 90?) days - the record of the violation will never make it to the state (that scheme works in some municiplities in Tejas anyway). Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Botkin" To: Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [ot]: how does a radar detector work? > > In the US, many cities have dual-limit zones near schools. The normal > > limit may be 35mph but is reduced to 25mph (in some cities, 20mph) when > > children are proceeding to/from school. Some cities use flashing lights > > to indicate the reduced speed limit; others allow driver (and police) > > determination of when the reduced limit is in effect. > > Most here are 25, but one school here has a 15MPH limit. Of course > speeding in a school zone carries a double penalty. > > Once a couple of years ago I found myself in the "defensive driving" > class, which around here you can sometimes take to avoid having a traffic > violation show up on your insurance record. They offer two classes, the - snip - > > Dale > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body