First off, I have nothing but respect for anyone in uniform. They deserve the utmost respect and cooperation.
But I think this one I'm going to go to court to dispute and it isn't that I wasn't speeding, but that there was a reason.
Flow of traffic is 75mph in a 65mph zone. I'm behind 3 tractor trailors and car after car is passing by. I can't see around the rigs and from time to time I hear the ping of a rock. On my 99 GT I could tolerate it. On my 04 Mystichrome it drives me nuts. Anyway, SUV passes me and I pull in behind him to pass these trucks. I get in front of the lead truck and pull back into the right lane and slow back down to 75. When I look in my mirror to be sure I'm not slowing down the rigs I see a state trooper coming so I slow down to 70. I figure it is for the SUV that was going faster than me. Nope. I get pulled.
The officer says I was doing 85mph. I don't think I was doing more than 80 but that was only to get around the trucks. I really thought that maybe it was the SUV. He tells me that the SUV was doing 81.
Now I know that 20 over the speedlimit is a big no no in NC so I cannot afford to get this ticket over protecting my car.
Yes I have a speeding ticket within the last year. 70 in a 55. I had never been on that road before and thought it was a 65mph road. 3 years ago I got a ticket doing 75 in a 55 outside Richmond. I didn't fight those as I was infact speeding. But this one was just to get around the trucks.
Anyone have any idea's? I wish the officer had believed me but I totally understand that everyone who speeds surely has a story. This one just kills me. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
But I think this one I'm going to go to court to dispute and it isn't that I wasn't speeding, but that there was a reason.
Flow of traffic is 75mph in a 65mph zone. I'm behind 3 tractor trailors and car after car is passing by. I can't see around the rigs and from time to time I hear the ping of a rock. On my 99 GT I could tolerate it. On my 04 Mystichrome it drives me nuts. Anyway, SUV passes me and I pull in behind him to pass these trucks. I get in front of the lead truck and pull back into the right lane and slow back down to 75. When I look in my mirror to be sure I'm not slowing down the rigs I see a state trooper coming so I slow down to 70. I figure it is for the SUV that was going faster than me. Nope. I get pulled.
The officer says I was doing 85mph. I don't think I was doing more than 80 but that was only to get around the trucks. I really thought that maybe it was the SUV. He tells me that the SUV was doing 81.
Now I know that 20 over the speedlimit is a big no no in NC so I cannot afford to get this ticket over protecting my car.
Yes I have a speeding ticket within the last year. 70 in a 55. I had never been on that road before and thought it was a 65mph road. 3 years ago I got a ticket doing 75 in a 55 outside Richmond. I didn't fight those as I was infact speeding. But this one was just to get around the trucks.
Anyone have any idea's? I wish the officer had believed me but I totally understand that everyone who speeds surely has a story. This one just kills me. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
