VC 22405TBWD eligibleSpeeding
Speeding on bridge or tunnel
Exceeding the posted maximum speed on a bridge, elevated structure, tube, or tunnel as determined by engineering investigation and official posting.
Vehicle Code 22405 — statutory text
Official source ↗(a) No person shall drive a vehicle on any bridge, elevated structure, tube, or tunnel constituting a part of a highway at a speed which is greater than the maximum speed which can be maintained with safety to such structure, when such structure is signposted as provided herein. (b) Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, the Department of Transportation shall determine the maximum speed which such structure can withstand and shall cause suitable signs stating such maximum speed to be erected and maintained at a distance of not more than 500 feet before each end of such structure and also at such distance before the approach to each intersecting public street or highway which will give notice of such speed limit to traffic approaching from such street or highway.
Quoted from the California Legislative Information website. The full section may contain additional subdivisions not reproduced here — click “Official source” for the complete text as currently in force.
Base fine
$238.00
Does not include court fees or assessments.
DMV points
1
Points raise your insurance.
Filing window
30 days
From citation date, use form TR-205-2024.
You can file a Trial by Written Declaration
Under CA Vehicle Code § 40902, infractions may be contested in writing. If the officer fails to respond within their required window, your ticket is dismissed. California requires a bail deposit equal to the fine; it is refunded if dismissed.
Also known as
speeding on bridgetunnel speedingelevated structure speed
Defenses our AI considers (12)
- Equipment fixed — correctable violationhistorical success ~80%Equipment violations (window tint, exhaust, lights, plates, wipers, etc.) are correctable in every supported state. Proof of repair signed by a qualified inspector resolves the citation administratively.
- Documentary cure — proof on date of citationhistorical success ~75%Many "failure to produce" charges (insurance, registration, license) are dismissed on proof the document existed and was valid on the date of citation. This is codified in most state fix-it / correctable-violation statutes.
- Sign obscured, missing, or recently changedhistorical success ~50%A driver cannot be held to a regulation that was not reasonably communicated. An obscured, damaged, missing, or recently-changed sign at the cited location is both a mistake-of-fact defense and a due-process notice defect.
- Statute of limitations / speedy-trial violationhistorical success ~45%Every state imposes statutory deadlines between citation, arraignment, and trial. When the state misses a jurisdictional deadline — including officer-declaration deadlines in TBWD proceedings — dismissal is mandatory, not discretionary.
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