What is the name of your state? New Jersey
Hello,
On the night of July 27th, 2006 there was a lightning storm. I was driving in Jamesburg, NJ. It was dark and there was police activity ahead. The road is 4 lanes at that point (2 each way) the left lane in my direction is a left turn only and is the direction most traffic goes. The police car ahead was parked in the yellow zebra stripes in front of the left turn only lane. I stayed in the straight lane, proceeding slowly, thinking the police car was at an accident on the other side of the road. I did not have to change my direction at all to get by the police car. There were no officers directing traffic; they were all sitting in their cars. I heard fire truck sirens as I passed by the front of the police car. He honked at me so I pulled off to the left as there is no shoulder there and I was also trying to get out of the way of the fire truck. As I came around he jumped out of his car and started charging towards me yelling "Stop the F@#king car. What are you F@#king stupid? Are you trying to get me struck by lightening?" Then I said that I had no idea what he wanted me to do because no one was telling us where to go. He said something like "You see all this commotion and you go around me?" Keep in mind that since his SUV was near the apex of a bend in the road I could not see the police cars up the road and if he was blocking my lane he would not have been able to turn to follow me as there is no shoulder there. He continued curse at me calling me "f@#king stupid" and saying that I was trying to get him struck by lightning. Then he said to give him my license and while reaching for it said "Give me your f@#king license now! Hurry up!" Then he came back and said "give me your registration now and make it quick!" Then he wrote me a reckless driving ticket and told me "get your f@#king car out of here" I asked for his badge number and he said it was on the bottom of the ticket (which it is not unless his badge number is "5") then he said "Get your f@#king car out of here before you end up in jail!"
I'm wondering what actions I can take against the police officer and the chances of getting the ticket dropped or reduced to something reasonable. Personally I don't think I should get a ticket all. There were no officers directing traffic, the car was not blocking my lane, and I proceeded slowly. I think the police officer had a bloated sense of self importance in a supposed emergency. We drove by the same place no more than 5 minutes later and there was no one there. This officer, instead of actually dealing with the "emergency" at hand decided to take about 10 minutes to write me a ridiculous ticket. On another note there was another police officer on the scene that was not disrespectful or rude from what I could tell. I can make a drawing of exactly what happened if needed, just let me know.
Thanks in advance for the advice,
David Robertson
Hello,
On the night of July 27th, 2006 there was a lightning storm. I was driving in Jamesburg, NJ. It was dark and there was police activity ahead. The road is 4 lanes at that point (2 each way) the left lane in my direction is a left turn only and is the direction most traffic goes. The police car ahead was parked in the yellow zebra stripes in front of the left turn only lane. I stayed in the straight lane, proceeding slowly, thinking the police car was at an accident on the other side of the road. I did not have to change my direction at all to get by the police car. There were no officers directing traffic; they were all sitting in their cars. I heard fire truck sirens as I passed by the front of the police car. He honked at me so I pulled off to the left as there is no shoulder there and I was also trying to get out of the way of the fire truck. As I came around he jumped out of his car and started charging towards me yelling "Stop the F@#king car. What are you F@#king stupid? Are you trying to get me struck by lightening?" Then I said that I had no idea what he wanted me to do because no one was telling us where to go. He said something like "You see all this commotion and you go around me?" Keep in mind that since his SUV was near the apex of a bend in the road I could not see the police cars up the road and if he was blocking my lane he would not have been able to turn to follow me as there is no shoulder there. He continued curse at me calling me "f@#king stupid" and saying that I was trying to get him struck by lightning. Then he said to give him my license and while reaching for it said "Give me your f@#king license now! Hurry up!" Then he came back and said "give me your registration now and make it quick!" Then he wrote me a reckless driving ticket and told me "get your f@#king car out of here" I asked for his badge number and he said it was on the bottom of the ticket (which it is not unless his badge number is "5") then he said "Get your f@#king car out of here before you end up in jail!"
I'm wondering what actions I can take against the police officer and the chances of getting the ticket dropped or reduced to something reasonable. Personally I don't think I should get a ticket all. There were no officers directing traffic, the car was not blocking my lane, and I proceeded slowly. I think the police officer had a bloated sense of self importance in a supposed emergency. We drove by the same place no more than 5 minutes later and there was no one there. This officer, instead of actually dealing with the "emergency" at hand decided to take about 10 minutes to write me a ridiculous ticket. On another note there was another police officer on the scene that was not disrespectful or rude from what I could tell. I can make a drawing of exactly what happened if needed, just let me know.
Thanks in advance for the advice,
David Robertson
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