Can't stop link from inheriting traits

#nav a,
#nav a:link,
#nav a:visited,
#nav a:active {
    padding:0 0 0 5px;
    border-left:#FF0000 3px solid;
    color:#000000;
    text-decoration:none;
    display:block;
    width:100px;
}

#nav a:hover {
    background:#FFCC99;
    color:#000000;
}

#otherroad,
#otherroad:link,
#otherroad:visited,
#otherroad:active,
#otherroad:hover {
    background:none;
    color:#000;
    text-decoration:none;
    border:none;
}

<a href="http://www.otherroaddesign.com/" id="otherroad"><img src="/assets/images/otherroaddesign.gif" alt="Designed Pro Bono By Other Road Design" /></a>

a img {
border:none;
}