What is the name of your state? NJ
I pulled out of a local gas station onto a local 2-lane one-way highway (Rt 35.). The exit of the station is angled towards the road, so I exited and went into the far lane, knowing I had to make a right soon. There was no visible traffic for quite a distance and the speed limit was 35. I then made a right using my blinker in the 35mph zone onto a residential street with a 25mph limit, I was not speeding. I then made a left onto a road that leads to my house, then a left on my road and I parked in front of my house, turned off my car, lights, got my belongings, locked the car and headed down the driveway to the rear of my house. It probably took about 2-3 minutes to get home. After I was halfway up my driveway 2 cops pull up and turn on their lights and yell to come back to my car. Being a good citizen, and knowing I had broken no laws I complied. He then said how I was doing in excess of 40mph on the highway and i did not signal to exit the highway, when in fact i did. I told the officer that I did signal and was not speeding and had a passenger in the car to confirm that. He returned to his vehicle and told me to go sit in my car, even though it was locked. I unlocked my car, sat inside and waited for him to come back. When he returned, he complained of how loud my exhaust is and said he was going to give me a ticket for that but gave me the failure to signal instead. I do have a performance exhaust, but it does not exceed the decibel limit at all. Then they both left and I was stuck with a 2 point ticket that I don't believe I should have to pay!!! And to really add fuel to the fire, I called to plead not guilty and was told I would recieve a court date in the mail. I received the notice in the mail the day after the court date... Received it on the 7th and the court date was the 6th. Now I have no credibility because they issued a warrant for failure to appear and they dont believe the court notice took that long to get to my house. I dont know what to do now. I have a trial scheduled and that date is coming in the mail, I hope it gets here in time. Please help me!
I pulled out of a local gas station onto a local 2-lane one-way highway (Rt 35.). The exit of the station is angled towards the road, so I exited and went into the far lane, knowing I had to make a right soon. There was no visible traffic for quite a distance and the speed limit was 35. I then made a right using my blinker in the 35mph zone onto a residential street with a 25mph limit, I was not speeding. I then made a left onto a road that leads to my house, then a left on my road and I parked in front of my house, turned off my car, lights, got my belongings, locked the car and headed down the driveway to the rear of my house. It probably took about 2-3 minutes to get home. After I was halfway up my driveway 2 cops pull up and turn on their lights and yell to come back to my car. Being a good citizen, and knowing I had broken no laws I complied. He then said how I was doing in excess of 40mph on the highway and i did not signal to exit the highway, when in fact i did. I told the officer that I did signal and was not speeding and had a passenger in the car to confirm that. He returned to his vehicle and told me to go sit in my car, even though it was locked. I unlocked my car, sat inside and waited for him to come back. When he returned, he complained of how loud my exhaust is and said he was going to give me a ticket for that but gave me the failure to signal instead. I do have a performance exhaust, but it does not exceed the decibel limit at all. Then they both left and I was stuck with a 2 point ticket that I don't believe I should have to pay!!! And to really add fuel to the fire, I called to plead not guilty and was told I would recieve a court date in the mail. I received the notice in the mail the day after the court date... Received it on the 7th and the court date was the 6th. Now I have no credibility because they issued a warrant for failure to appear and they dont believe the court notice took that long to get to my house. I dont know what to do now. I have a trial scheduled and that date is coming in the mail, I hope it gets here in time. Please help me!