Legal Question in Traffic Law in Illinois

Hi there,

I got speeding ticket 37 in a 20 and the officer wrote the ticket for 'speeding in a school zone'. However the posted sign reads school zone speed limit applies during the school day when children are present. First of all, there were NO children present. The time of the ticket was 3:05pm. This school releases their students at 2:35. On this particular day, they had an early release of 1:45. The parking lot hardly had any cars in it. I told the officer no children were present and she said if they are in the school building during the school day, they are 'present'. I am a teacher so I asked my school liason officer what the statute is and he said they have to be outside (loading busses etc.)....he said the officer that pulled me over is an idiot. Because she wrote the ticket per the statute of speeding in a school zone, this should have been a mandatory $150 fine PLUS court appearance. My ticket is for $120 and court appearance not required. My cop at school said to go to court and see if I can get the whole thing dropped because the officer who ticketed me is wrong. IS she wrong?? thanks much

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