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Originally Posted by SpuGen
So I was on my lunch break at work, and I was heading down to the Chevron on Bridgeport to get some cigarettes and some gas.
On my way there, I was going 60 (cruising in 4th gear) and out of nowhere I see the cherries light up while I'm waiting in the left turning lane to get into the Chevron.
We pull over while I'm getting gas by one of the attendants, and the officer asks for my license and registration. He asked me if I knew why I was pulled over, and dumbfounded, I said I didn't know. 60 is past speed limit, but I thought that it was an okay speed since everybody around me was going the same speed. Stupid, I know but it's not like I was going 80+ and cutting people off.
So he instantly replies to me with "you were speeding, and we have your car on record" to which I thought was weird since I just bought this car a month ago. I asked him "this car? may I ask what for?" he tells me that he has my other 240sx's on record for street racing. Both of which have not moved for 2 years, and one going for 3 years and on. I inquired about the accusation, and he mentions a specific group and my ties with them. All just because I have a couple of them on my facebook.
So he takes my license and registration, comes back and hands me a ticket for excessive speeding (41-60km) which I assumed was a note of the speed limit. Pissed off and already 15 minutes past my lunch break, I headed back to work.
I'm disputing the ticket since he gave me the ticket soley on the accusations of me being a street racer.
Any thoughts on how I would fight this?
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how much was the ticket? I remember 5 years ago I was in the same situation, driving down gilbert rd. 65 in a 50kmh zone. I think i got about $400 and the cop said something like "you're street racing." I didn't bother disputing as dealing with cops like that in court is useless because if a cop can call going over 10 to 15km racing then he can call or make up more stuff.
Anyways by any chance the cop that pulled you over is it an old brown coloured pontiac grandprix?