The Story Of The Disappearing Speeding Ticket & Rabbi Yomtov Lipman Heller
Aug 16, 2026 · 26 min · 6 segments
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Aug 16, 2026 · 26 min · 6 segments
He didn't know exactly how fast he was going, but judging by the fact that this location was only a block away from where he was living, and it didn't seem possible he could speed up the car to the amount of speed that the police officer said he was speeding.
And those who are familiar, you hope that the officer who gave you the ticket isn't there, but lo and behold, the officer is there.
He had taken pictures of the location, and one of the items he thought that might work to his benefit was the fact that the officer who wrote in the ticket is going 45 miles an hour in a 25-mile-an-hour zone.
But the picture he took actually proved that the place wasn't a 25 mile an hour zone.
So he thought this would work to his benefit because when a ticket is not written correctly, the ticket is erased.
It's not accepted the way, if it's not written correctly, it's not just that the judge gives you a different ticket.
The officer said, he came to the stand and the officer said, yes, it says now that it's 30, but it was 25 when I gave him the ticket.
And so all of his preparation for the case with the pictures of the current sign was irrelevant.
The judge asked the officer... can you bring a proof that the Department of Motor Vehicles has actually established this place, this location, at one point to be a 25 mile an hour zone? He said, he didn't first understand the question.
So he said, yes, I could bring the proof that this place is now a... a 30 mile an hour zone.
The judge repeated the question, can you bring the proof that this place was a 25 mile an hour zone? And again, he didn't understand the question.
Again, he pulled out the information, the proof, that it's currently a 30-mile-an-hour zone.
George asked a third time, can you prove that this place was originally docked, categorized by the government agency that establishes how fast you can travel different streets? Can you prove that the DMV has established this place to be a 25-mile-an-hour zone? So the officer said, actually, no, I don't think I can.
So the judge says, what if I give you an hour? Can you figure this out in an hour? He said, no.
What if I give you a day? He said, I still don't think I could do this because once the street miles per hour has changed, there's no reason for there to be any record that this was once 25 miles an hour.
He didn't know exactly how fast he was going, but judging by the fact that this location was only a block away from where he was living, and it didn't seem possible he could speed up the car to the amount of speed that the police officer said he was speeding.
And those who are familiar, you hope that the officer who gave you the ticket isn't there, but lo and behold, the officer is there.
He had taken pictures of the location, and one of the items he thought that might work to his benefit was the fact that the officer who wrote in the ticket is going 45 miles an hour in a 25-mile-an-hour zone.
But the picture he took actually proved that the place wasn't a 25 mile an hour zone.
So he thought this would work to his benefit because when a ticket is not written correctly, the ticket is erased.
It's not accepted the way, if it's not written correctly, it's not just that the judge gives you a different ticket.
The officer said, he came to the stand and the officer said, yes, it says now that it's 30, but it was 25 when I gave him the ticket.
And so all of his preparation for the case with the pictures of the current sign was irrelevant.
The judge asked the officer... can you bring a proof that the Department of Motor Vehicles has actually established this place, this location, at one point to be a 25 mile an hour zone? He said, he didn't first understand the question.
So he said, yes, I could bring the proof that this place is now a... a 30 mile an hour zone.
The judge repeated the question, can you bring the proof that this place was a 25 mile an hour zone? And again, he didn't understand the question.
Again, he pulled out the information, the proof, that it's currently a 30-mile-an-hour zone.
George asked a third time, can you prove that this place was originally docked, categorized by the government agency that establishes how fast you can travel different streets? Can you prove that the DMV has established this place to be a 25-mile-an-hour zone? So the officer said, actually, no, I don't think I can.
So the judge says, what if I give you an hour? Can you figure this out in an hour? He said, no.
What if I give you a day? He said, I still don't think I could do this because once the street miles per hour has changed, there's no reason for there to be any record that this was once 25 miles an hour.
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