I got pulled over on sunrise hwy this morning going to work. I was late, I was going faster than I should have in the left lane. Didn't see the cop, had my radar on. No idea how he got me. He pulled me over after Locust Ave which runs over sunrise, I'm guessing he was up there with his radar/laser gun.

He gets on my ass and I slow down and attempt to the right to get over. Once I get over he comes to my window, tells me I was doing 82 in a 55 and asks for my license. He walks to the front of the car as I'm getting it out of my wallet and mentions that my overlays on my headlights are illegal. Comes back, takes my license and goes back to his car. I didn't have time to mutter two words through the whole ordeal.

Ticket says "speed over state limit" checked box for "speeding mph in a" written in "55" more text "mph zone" then below it in the clear area it says"82"

Does not describe the violation in any other way.

I was going with traffic. Even when I got into the middle lane I still had to do 70ish to maintain speed with traffic.

I asked the officer why I was singled out when the pace of traffic was clearly above the speed limit and he stated "where does it stop, if I pull over the guy doing 5 over he'll say some one else was going faster. If I pull over the guy going 10 over he'll say you were going faster."

Whats my best defense? Does any one know the easiest way to access calibration and testing records for the 5th precincts radar/laser guns? Any help is much appreciated!

 

Whatever you do, don't try to make that argument in traffic court. It's a pointless argument, as the speed limit remains the number on the sign regardless of what everyone else is doing.

 

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