Watch Out While Driving on California’s Grapevine YOU JUST MIGHT GET A SPEEDING TICKET
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Out-of-state commercial drivers frequently get ticketed on the Grapevine in California. The Los Angeles Times once said, “The Grapevine is the heart of California’s freeway system. It’s also vulnerable.” They further stated, the Grapevine “featured 697 curves, which caused drivers to make the equivalent of 110 complete circles as they crossed the mountains.” Driving the Grapevine can be tricky even for local truckers. There are quick dips in the speed limit to match the grade of the road’s slope on both sides of the mountain range. On the north
side, the speed limit drops from 55 to 35 mph in a flash. On the south side, it drops from 55 mph to 45 mph.
The Grapevine is a 40-mile stretch of highway with the northern slope in Kern County and the southern slope in Los Angeles County. Drivers ticketed for speeding need to carefully check their
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citation to see which county will be processing the ticket.
UNDERSTANDING DOWNHILL SPEED LIMITS California Vehicle Code § 22407 governs downhill speed limits for truckers on the Grapevine when the speed is reduced from 55 mph. If the speed limit is reduced to 35 or 40 mph, then the speed limit legally must have been set after a traffic survey was conducted that justified the lower speed limit. If the officer does not properly introduce the traffic survey into the record at trial, then the ticket must be dismissed. If you want to contest your ticket, you must appear in court unless you hire an attorney to do so for you. A local attorney will know the best way to contest your ticket and whether there are any defenses or a plea deal available. When you get a speeding ticket on the Grapevine, call Bigger & Harman, (661) 859-1177. Se habla español (661) 349-9755! Whether your speeding ticket will be resolved in LA County or Kern County, we can resolve it for you without your having to attend the court proceedings.
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