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Sounds like the cop just needed a reason to stop her for the windshield.
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No. The windshield alone is enough probable cause for the stop. Don't know all the circumstances, but if he (Or she) wanted the windshield violation, they could've gotten it without the passing.
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Actually the cop was at fault for being in the left lane in the first place, keep right, pass left. Also if two people are stopped at a traffice light and one accelerates more than the other does not constitute passing. He was just trying to give he a hard time, probably had some bad doughnuts that night....
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Nice try. I like the idea behind that one. But no again. Police officers are trained to travel the path of least resistance. In other words, if stopped in traffic, and an emergency occurs requiring the officer to respond, the officer needs to be in a position to easily drive around traffic to get to their destination (With lights and sirens of course). Imagine that a baby stops breathing and the cop is stuck in the right lane behind a transit bus and next to a tractor trailer.
The bad doughnuts are a possibility, though.
