my first speeding ticket! ever
now i know how some of you feel when you get pull over and get a ticket for something you absolutely did not do. please read. i post this here since i drive a accord and maybe some of you with non stock wheel can answer some of my question.
so i am driving on a 4lane tunnel which is about 3 blocks long, I enter the tunnel and there is lots of traffic righ behind me in my tail and have cars next to me and a van in front of me in right lane. now the lane that the van is becomes one lane. the van is in front next to me so i slow down so i can get behind the van but he slow down wayy more than I so i just continue driving and get in front of him. when i exit the tunnel i am the first car in front and the entire tunnel full of cars behind me all lane become 1 lane on the left where i was. next thing i know i see this person about 20-30 yards away from me in the side of the street and walking towards the middle so i just keep driving and slow down since there is a traffic light a few feet behind him so i was driving at 30mph and the max i did was 35mph in the tunnel. the person i see walking to the middle is a cop which i didnt know since it was still dark at 7am. he walk to the middle of the street and signal me to stop so i pull over completely and carefull since i have traffic in my tail "if u drive in nyc u should know what i am talking about" and hold alllll the traffic then he direct me to the side of the street. he ask me for license and registration and i ask why he just repeated himself and didnt answer me, so i just give him the license and reg. he walk to his car (detective car) which is park on top of the bridge heh i waited and he comes back with my stuff and a little yellow paper roll like ten times so i dont even know what it is and he tells me i was speeding at 49mph and have a nice day. i immediately ask him to show me the proof that i was going at that speed and i can see a radar gun n his hand but he walk away and ignore me. i been looking at the ticket while driving home and i notice he also wrote down uninspec vehicle? but it expire the 14th and today is the 13th and i am going to get that done today and he wrote i was driving at 49mph and speed limit is 30mph and it says unposted speed? dont know what it mean exactly but i guess there were no signs saying the speed limit around, am i right?
some of you might think i was giong at 49mph but i can not be wrong because i was looking at my dash the entire time because i been driving with the gas light on E for few miles and i been driving slow and making sure i dont step on the gas too much so i wont waste gas.
i notice n the ticket it say if i drive over 11-30mph over the limit the fine is $95 and 1-10mph is $45. there is no way in hell i drove no more than 5mph limit.
here is my question for you guys. i currently have 17 45 215 tired i am sure i am either under or over 5mph. which one is? but still i will be driving under 49mph. i am going to plead not guilty and this smart cop didnt even give me a envelope just a plain small yellow paper, incredible.
how many of you think i should fight this and i will win? #1 he never told me why he pull me over or why he ask me for id and reg. #2 he declined to show me proof even though i saw the speed gun he had n his hand. #3 every car was going at my speed behind me and even faster. the van next to me which i know realize the van driver most have seen the cop n the middle of the street since the van is higher. #4 there was no speed limit posted #5 how can he posibly know the speed i am driving when he is standing in the middle of the street and there is no way he can get me from the side since i am on a tunnel next to the wall and from what i understand a radar gets the speed when the car pass by you righ? i never got to pass the cop he was already waiting on the middle of the street before i even saw him. and last this cop most be blind my inspection is not expire if that is what it mean.
it is logical that this cop knew he was doing everything wrong especially with the small paper fold heh and think i am going to pay this fine and not plead guilty since this happen in manhattan around the united nations which only rich ppl live around here and would rather pay a fine instead of going to court. how come he didnt ask for insurance card? i just realize that righ now. from my understanding if u speed or take red lightthey ask for insurance or not?