I just need opinions whether people think I should bother fighting this with an attorney, or getting it lowered/dropped on my own..
I'll start by saying I currently have 5 or 6 points on my license, purely because if I get caught speeding, I don't bother fighting it because I KNOW I was wrong, and I got caught.. and also bc my insurance won't go up for points, so I never saw the need to pay $500 to get unsafe driving and no points..
Anyhow, a month or so ago I was in the left lane and passed a pack of cars on Rt 80.. one of those cars happened to be a cop, I didn't think anything of it because I wasn't actually blatantly speeding (only about 70 in a 65, tell me I'm wrong, but thats not a reason to get stopped).. I move over as soon as I finish passing this group of cars and see the cop followed me.. ends up pulling me over..
He pulls up, asks if I know why he pulled me over, I say no sir, not really. He says I was going a little fast back there.. I say "Was I really? I didn't notice" He never tells me how fast I was going, my guess is because he can't, and takes my paperwork and off he goes. That's when I realized my insurance card was expired so I had to give him the old one. I figured I'd get a document ticket, which I would pay and not fight.
He comes back and says "well, I won't give you a ticket for speeding or your documents, I'm going to let you off with a careless driving ticket for driving in the left lane. It's a 2 point ticket, you're only supposed to use the left lane for passing." Meanwhile, I WAS using it for passing, I passed HIM! As soon as it was clear I pulled back over to the center lane, mostly because I noticed him pulling out behind me, but regardless, I wasn't in the left lane longer than necessary.
There's a million threads on here for fighting tickets that are actually deserved, but I honestly feel this is a complete
ticket... thoughts?