God I hate our court system! I had something along these lines.... (some may say I'm at fault, I think I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time): It was about 9am, and I was passing Kent Rosevelt High School going to work up north. The school zone sign wasn't flashing and school had already been in session for over an hour. There wasn't any other cars around to gauge my speed on so I was going about 39 in a 35. Cop just outside of the zone pulls me over for speeding in a school zone. I explained the situation to him, but, still got the ticket because I just "should have known better." Repeated this story to the Judge who was a little more forgiving admitting he understood my situation, but, since I'm a minor he couldn't do anything about it and had to penalize me.... Ohio Driving Laws are bullshit. Our state fucks us over every way possible and shit needs to change.