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This occurred in Brookline, MA.
I was given a citation for speeding, 51 mph in a 25 mph zone. It was on Hammond Pond Parkway just south of Rt 9, at the first southbound rotary. The stretch is a 40 mph zone until about 350 feet before the rotary where a 25 mph sign is posted. My contention will be that when LIDAR measured my speed I was still in the 40 mph zone.
The image below is what the state trooper wrote in the "Court" section of the citation. Is there any chance that these are some sort of notes about the LIDAR measurement? Is it possible that the 437.8 is the distance, or is it just too fine a precision to possibly be the distance?
Does it even make any sense to contest this? I'm only hoping to lower the fine from 26 mph over to 11 mph over. Can the magistrate even do that?
Thanks for any thoughts!