I was behind a car that was in the right lane with me. This car was pulling away and I was just about to look over my left shoulder and change lanes to the left one. Before I did this, I saw two police officers waving the car in front and myself over. I assumed it was for breath testing.
One police officer approached my car the other was with the first car. I grabbed my drivers licence out of my wallet. The officer asked me what speed I was doing, I replied "I was not sure". He informed me that it was a school zone, I replied that "I don’t drive this way usually and I didn’t know it was a school zone".
He then informed me that they had clocked the car in front doing 62 and they were going to charge me with doing 52. I asked him if he had a reading on his radar of my speed and he said no, only the car in front and he showed me the radar reading of 62.
I asked if it was legal to just guess my speed and the officer seemed unsure.
The car in front left and both officers had a discussion for about 60 seconds and both then approached my car. The other officer who was operating the gun, very forcibly told me that he saw me driving at the same speed at the same distance to the car in front. I asked him if he was sure and he was certain of this. I am certain that this is incorrect as I remember the car pulling away and I made the decision to move to the left lane.
I informed the officers that I may contest the ticket. Should I?
One police officer approached my car the other was with the first car. I grabbed my drivers licence out of my wallet. The officer asked me what speed I was doing, I replied "I was not sure". He informed me that it was a school zone, I replied that "I don’t drive this way usually and I didn’t know it was a school zone".
He then informed me that they had clocked the car in front doing 62 and they were going to charge me with doing 52. I asked him if he had a reading on his radar of my speed and he said no, only the car in front and he showed me the radar reading of 62.
I asked if it was legal to just guess my speed and the officer seemed unsure.
The car in front left and both officers had a discussion for about 60 seconds and both then approached my car. The other officer who was operating the gun, very forcibly told me that he saw me driving at the same speed at the same distance to the car in front. I asked him if he was sure and he was certain of this. I am certain that this is incorrect as I remember the car pulling away and I made the decision to move to the left lane.
I informed the officers that I may contest the ticket. Should I?
