Defendant appealed the decision of the Appeals Panel sustaining the violations of  R.I.G.L. 1956 § 31-14-2 (prima facie limits) and R.I.G.L. § 31-16-2 (manner of turning at intersection). Defendant attempted to enter documents used by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation to establish that the speed he was traveling was a safe and reasonable speed for the road he was traveling on. The District Court held that this evidence was irrelevant because they were the same documents that the Rhode Island Department of Transportation used to determine that 40mph was the maximum speed for safe and reasonable driving. Noting that the admissibility of evidence is up to the sound discretion of the trial magistrate, the District Court affirmed the decision of the trial magistrate.