Coming home from work the other day and I get pulled over. Officer comes up, leave my hands on steering wheel and he asks for my license and registration. Now, in NH, you don't have to tell them you are carrying, but I had removed my pistol from its holster and put it in the center console so I told him "My reg is in the center console with a pistol I am legally carrying and didn't want to be fishing for it when you walked up". He said fine, get it slowly...seemed to be a real nice guy. Now I have ZERO tickets and ZERO accidents since getting my license when I was 16. He asked if I knew the speed limit...this is where it gets tricky, because I thought I did know. Where I pulled over I had just entered a school zone, so limit was 25. I knew I was going 35mph (+/- 3mph) so I told a white lie and said "35" (thinking it might have been 25mph)...well he said "yes speed limit is 35". So now I am completely confused. He says how fast were you going and I told him 35 maybe 40 at the VERY maximum. He said he "saw me come around the corner (very sharp) at 50mph". Well first of all I'm not a fast driver at all, never even been pulled over for speeding, secondly I drive a 1996 Ford Explorer and if I were going 50 around THAT corner, I certainly would have flipped or lost control. I told him this and he says alright. Comes back with a ticket! I politely said "Officer, I don't want to argue with you on the side of the road, but surely I wasn't going 50 around that corner. I have no tickets/accidents blah blah blah" and he just said "Have a nice day".
Now I know most people are going to say "Its one ticket, let it go" but hell no. I was not speeding, and if I was it was NOT that fast. Around a corner?! So even if I was going the speed limit, 35mph around a sharp corner, could that not be portrayed as if I were going "50".
Now I know most people are going to say "Its one ticket, let it go" but hell no. I was not speeding, and if I was it was NOT that fast. Around a corner?! So even if I was going the speed limit, 35mph around a sharp corner, could that not be portrayed as if I were going "50".