What is the name of your state? New Jersey
What is the name of your state? New Jersey
After a bit of shopping at one end of a strip mall, I drove my car on the 'main drag' towards the exit at the opposite end. There was only one car in front of me and no cars behind me. At about the mid-point of the strip mall, the car in front of me braked pretty hard and began to turn right into a lane - probably to go into a prime parking space that she saw. I looked ahead and saw no one coming and no pedestrians from either side and steered to the left to go around, gave the accelerator a bit more gas than necessary and eased back into my lane. My window was down on a sunny, warm day and I heard a "HEY!" shout. I turned my head to see a cop in front of the Dunkin Donuts door and he motioned me to pull over. Of course, I complied - as I saw his vehicle parked in a space, I carefully parked next to him. He was beside himself shouting that I was gonna "pay for that" and "do you know what the speed limit is" - to which I answered "no sir". Look, I'm 50 years old and haven't got a traffic ticket since I was 17. I drive a 1997 Grand Caravan - I am not some still wet behind the ears speedster. Although I likely exceeded 15 mph, I seriously doubt I did by much. No one other than the cop was around, no horns sounded and I jsut think he was looking to smack someone with a ticket. He gave me "Careless Driving" - I read the statute and it would seem to cover any transgression under the sun.
I checked and there are no signs indicating speed, no lines down the 'main drag' area to indicate 'no passing' - nothing other than a few faded arrows on the pavement that are nearly invisible indicating direction of travel - and they are 200 feet apart and both sets in very faded condition.
Do I take my lumps and first license points or do I go to court? Geo
What is the name of your state? New Jersey
After a bit of shopping at one end of a strip mall, I drove my car on the 'main drag' towards the exit at the opposite end. There was only one car in front of me and no cars behind me. At about the mid-point of the strip mall, the car in front of me braked pretty hard and began to turn right into a lane - probably to go into a prime parking space that she saw. I looked ahead and saw no one coming and no pedestrians from either side and steered to the left to go around, gave the accelerator a bit more gas than necessary and eased back into my lane. My window was down on a sunny, warm day and I heard a "HEY!" shout. I turned my head to see a cop in front of the Dunkin Donuts door and he motioned me to pull over. Of course, I complied - as I saw his vehicle parked in a space, I carefully parked next to him. He was beside himself shouting that I was gonna "pay for that" and "do you know what the speed limit is" - to which I answered "no sir". Look, I'm 50 years old and haven't got a traffic ticket since I was 17. I drive a 1997 Grand Caravan - I am not some still wet behind the ears speedster. Although I likely exceeded 15 mph, I seriously doubt I did by much. No one other than the cop was around, no horns sounded and I jsut think he was looking to smack someone with a ticket. He gave me "Careless Driving" - I read the statute and it would seem to cover any transgression under the sun.
I checked and there are no signs indicating speed, no lines down the 'main drag' area to indicate 'no passing' - nothing other than a few faded arrows on the pavement that are nearly invisible indicating direction of travel - and they are 200 feet apart and both sets in very faded condition.
Do I take my lumps and first license points or do I go to court? Geo
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