What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Ohio
Today I got a ticket for driving 100mph in a 65mph zone. I'm not gonna mince words or say I didn't do it because I did. But I'm currently planning to fight the ticket. Here's exactly what happened. I was driving in the left lane doing about 70 mph with a car infront of me and a big truck in the middle lane directly to the right of that car. So I signaled and moved over to the far right lane, noticed there was no traffic in any of the 3 lanes for maybe about half a mile so I gunned it. I was in a hurry. I got up to about 100 mph before I took my foot off the accelerator to slow down before catching up with the cars ahead. I was going 100mph for maybe 10 seconds. I had already merged over to the far left lane and slowed down to about 65 by the time I caught up with the rest of traffic and it all slowed down to 60. I wondered why and then noticed the highway patrol about to pull out of the the roundabout. At first I was confused because it didn't look like there was anyone speeding nearby to pull over and I knew there was no way (literally impossible) he saw me before I was already down to 65-70mph range. So I slowed down to traffic and just kept driving but then got nervous when he pulled out directly behind me. He followed me for about 5-10 seconds and I just thought "God, I hate driving with a cop right behind me" Then he flipped his lights on and I just pulled off to the side of the road. He told me I had been clocked by an aircraft going 100mph. I didn't admit to speeding or anything else, just told him I was late for class. I'm already thankful that I didn't get charged with reckless driving but I want to try to beat this ticket.
The most important things I can think are that: I was only speeding for maybe 30 seconds and only 10 of which were even close to 100mph. It would be hard to gauge my speed over such a small time and distance frame. Second, the officer wasn't able to verify my speed himself. I was already slowed down to the legal limit by the time I was even in his sight.
Also, this may be irrelevant but I'm including everything I can think of. At the bottom of the ticket it says "Charging Officer" with a place to sign. And below that "Issuing officer" which was left unsigned and a checkmark ticked that said "Same as above". And the only error on the ticket is that he forgot to note my part B restriction. That's the only error on it. Also probably nothing but he didn't ask for my registration, just license and proof of insurance. I asked him if he needed my registration too and he said no.
The only thing I'm hesitant about is if I fight this they might trump up the charge to reckless driving which would be a LOT worse.
Today I got a ticket for driving 100mph in a 65mph zone. I'm not gonna mince words or say I didn't do it because I did. But I'm currently planning to fight the ticket. Here's exactly what happened. I was driving in the left lane doing about 70 mph with a car infront of me and a big truck in the middle lane directly to the right of that car. So I signaled and moved over to the far right lane, noticed there was no traffic in any of the 3 lanes for maybe about half a mile so I gunned it. I was in a hurry. I got up to about 100 mph before I took my foot off the accelerator to slow down before catching up with the cars ahead. I was going 100mph for maybe 10 seconds. I had already merged over to the far left lane and slowed down to about 65 by the time I caught up with the rest of traffic and it all slowed down to 60. I wondered why and then noticed the highway patrol about to pull out of the the roundabout. At first I was confused because it didn't look like there was anyone speeding nearby to pull over and I knew there was no way (literally impossible) he saw me before I was already down to 65-70mph range. So I slowed down to traffic and just kept driving but then got nervous when he pulled out directly behind me. He followed me for about 5-10 seconds and I just thought "God, I hate driving with a cop right behind me" Then he flipped his lights on and I just pulled off to the side of the road. He told me I had been clocked by an aircraft going 100mph. I didn't admit to speeding or anything else, just told him I was late for class. I'm already thankful that I didn't get charged with reckless driving but I want to try to beat this ticket.
The most important things I can think are that: I was only speeding for maybe 30 seconds and only 10 of which were even close to 100mph. It would be hard to gauge my speed over such a small time and distance frame. Second, the officer wasn't able to verify my speed himself. I was already slowed down to the legal limit by the time I was even in his sight.
Also, this may be irrelevant but I'm including everything I can think of. At the bottom of the ticket it says "Charging Officer" with a place to sign. And below that "Issuing officer" which was left unsigned and a checkmark ticked that said "Same as above". And the only error on the ticket is that he forgot to note my part B restriction. That's the only error on it. Also probably nothing but he didn't ask for my registration, just license and proof of insurance. I asked him if he needed my registration too and he said no.
The only thing I'm hesitant about is if I fight this they might trump up the charge to reckless driving which would be a LOT worse.
