What is the name of your state? New York (Niagara County)
I got pulled over on a short stretch of thruway in Niagara Falls, New York, by a State Trooper. My headlight went out the day before I got pulled over so the night I got pulled over I had my brights on (so both headlights would be on) because I hadn't had the chance to fix it yet. Because of this I was being careful with my driving because I didn't want to give any reason to be pulled over. As I was driving there was a car in front of me, that was obviously going faster than me because it was gaining distance from me at a fairly rapid rate. Suddenly a state trooper pulls out and I thought it was for the guy in front of me because I had no guilt of doing anything wrong on my mind at all. Never the less he pulled me over and I got a ticket for going 61 in a 45. 45mph on the thruway was rediculous to begin with but I was going exactly 50 and the whole time I was looking at my speedometer. I can garantee he tagged the guy in front of me and pulled me over instead (possibly due to the fact that I drive a bright red firebird with tinted windows). So to top it off he gave me a ticket for my tinted windows. I bought it that way and did not have the oppurtunity to take the tint off. So I'm wondering if I have any chance at all against this (the speeding ticket) and what charges I'll recieve. I'm very stubborn and find it extremely unjust that I'm going to have to take off of work to go to court, probably pay over $100, and get points on my license for something I know I didn't do. Thanks to anyone who can help!
I got pulled over on a short stretch of thruway in Niagara Falls, New York, by a State Trooper. My headlight went out the day before I got pulled over so the night I got pulled over I had my brights on (so both headlights would be on) because I hadn't had the chance to fix it yet. Because of this I was being careful with my driving because I didn't want to give any reason to be pulled over. As I was driving there was a car in front of me, that was obviously going faster than me because it was gaining distance from me at a fairly rapid rate. Suddenly a state trooper pulls out and I thought it was for the guy in front of me because I had no guilt of doing anything wrong on my mind at all. Never the less he pulled me over and I got a ticket for going 61 in a 45. 45mph on the thruway was rediculous to begin with but I was going exactly 50 and the whole time I was looking at my speedometer. I can garantee he tagged the guy in front of me and pulled me over instead (possibly due to the fact that I drive a bright red firebird with tinted windows). So to top it off he gave me a ticket for my tinted windows. I bought it that way and did not have the oppurtunity to take the tint off. So I'm wondering if I have any chance at all against this (the speeding ticket) and what charges I'll recieve. I'm very stubborn and find it extremely unjust that I'm going to have to take off of work to go to court, probably pay over $100, and get points on my license for something I know I didn't do. Thanks to anyone who can help!
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