Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!csu-cs!bentson From: bentson@csu-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Flame against 55MPH speed-limit Message-ID: <2258@csu-cs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 11:34:24 EDT Article-I.D.: csu-cs.2258 Posted: Wed Jun 15 11:34:24 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jun-83 21:57:44 EDT References: sdcsvax.256 Lines: 17 Minnesota had long had a 'prima facie' speed law. If you were going below the posted limit you still could be convicted for speeding, but the state had to prove that you were moving at a speed unsafe for the conditions; likewise, you could present as a defense that going faster than the posted limit was safe for the conditions. Minnesota also had "absolute speed limits" that could not be legally exceeded. There were special rules controlling where such zones could be placed and how they were to be marked. All this may have changed since the Feds got into the act. I haven't followed this since I left there in '74. Randy Bentson csu-cs!bentson Colo State U - Comp Sci 303/491-7016