Phrase That Pays: A Case Study

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Court held that the defendant John, seventy-five miles per hour traffic infraction in the state of Nevada on July 4, 2003, was reasonably safe under the circumstances of ‘Phrase that Pays’ (PTPs). In holding that PTPs, the court emphasized, “A vehicle may travel at whatever speed is safe under the circumstances.” Although the wet road conditions at the speed of seventy-five miles per hour could have caused an unreasonable vehicle hazard, John’s speed on a four-lane highway is safe and reasonable. Therefore, ‘whatever’ safe and reasonable speed he chooses during the light to intermittently traffic is applicable.
Furthermore, the court held that “a vehicle may travel at whatever speed is safe under the circumstances” of PTPs. As a result,

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