What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Oregon
On 06/18/2008 I was pulled over on my way to the beach. There was a cop that had pulled someone over and appeared to be writing the person a ticket. Anyway, approximately 4 minutes later he caught up to me and pulled me over. Said I was doing 76 mph and the top of the hill and slowed down to 70 mph by the bottom of the hill. Wrote me a ticket for speeding (ors 811.100) and failure to keep a safe distance from an emergency vehicle (ors 811.147). One lane highway. My court date is 11/03/2008.
My argument is I was going with the flow of traffic, as everyone else was, so going slower would impede traffic (ors 811.130):
"811.130 Impeding traffic; penalty. (1) A person commits the offense of impeding traffic if the person drives a motor vehicle or a combination of motor vehicles in a manner that impedes or blocks the normal and reasonable movement of traffic."
I also don't think that he had his lights on when he was writing a ticket to the other car so:
"811.147 Failure to maintain safe distance from emergency vehicle or ambulance; penalty.
(1) A person operating a motor vehicle commits the offense of failure to maintain a safe distance from an emergency vehicle or ambulance if the person approaches an emergency vehicle or ambulance that is stopped and is displaying required warning lights and the person:
(a) On a highway having two or more lanes for traffic in a single direction, fails to:
(A) Make a lane change to a lane not adjacent to that of the emergency vehicle or ambulance; or
(B) Reduce the speed of the motor vehicle, if making a lane change is unsafe.
(b) On a two directional, two-lane highway, fails to reduce the speed of the motor vehicle.
(2) The offense described in this section, failure to maintain a safe distance from an emergency vehicle or ambulance, is a Class B traffic violation. [2003 c.42 §2]"
Officer was trained on using the radar in 1997
Certificate of Calibration date 01/16/2007 on a donated radar
Officer wrote 16 citations that day
On 06/18/2008 I was pulled over on my way to the beach. There was a cop that had pulled someone over and appeared to be writing the person a ticket. Anyway, approximately 4 minutes later he caught up to me and pulled me over. Said I was doing 76 mph and the top of the hill and slowed down to 70 mph by the bottom of the hill. Wrote me a ticket for speeding (ors 811.100) and failure to keep a safe distance from an emergency vehicle (ors 811.147). One lane highway. My court date is 11/03/2008.
My argument is I was going with the flow of traffic, as everyone else was, so going slower would impede traffic (ors 811.130):
"811.130 Impeding traffic; penalty. (1) A person commits the offense of impeding traffic if the person drives a motor vehicle or a combination of motor vehicles in a manner that impedes or blocks the normal and reasonable movement of traffic."
I also don't think that he had his lights on when he was writing a ticket to the other car so:
"811.147 Failure to maintain safe distance from emergency vehicle or ambulance; penalty.
(1) A person operating a motor vehicle commits the offense of failure to maintain a safe distance from an emergency vehicle or ambulance if the person approaches an emergency vehicle or ambulance that is stopped and is displaying required warning lights and the person:
(a) On a highway having two or more lanes for traffic in a single direction, fails to:
(A) Make a lane change to a lane not adjacent to that of the emergency vehicle or ambulance; or
(B) Reduce the speed of the motor vehicle, if making a lane change is unsafe.
(b) On a two directional, two-lane highway, fails to reduce the speed of the motor vehicle.
(2) The offense described in this section, failure to maintain a safe distance from an emergency vehicle or ambulance, is a Class B traffic violation. [2003 c.42 §2]"
Officer was trained on using the radar in 1997
Certificate of Calibration date 01/16/2007 on a donated radar
Officer wrote 16 citations that day