[SteveR]

Yea fight that. Go to court and tell the judge you WERE using the left lane to pass. Before court though talk to the prosecutor and try and work a deal with him before court starts. If you talk to him before court starts he can look into it and talk to the judge and see what they can do. If you know someone who's a cop see if they can go with you. It can sometimes help to have a cop friend with you to also talk to the prosecutor. Be prepared though, a lot of times if they change the ticket and remove the points, the judge likes to increase the fine. I would personally fight it. By getting points on your license it resets the timer to get points removed, so 12 months from the court date with zero infractions to get the first two points taken off. I forget what the barrier is in NJ but at some point and I think it's six points when you cross it the state fines you annually per point on your license until they're gone. So by crossing the six point barrier, you could end up paying an additional annually fee of a few hundred dollars to the state for having points on your license. Then if you get pulled over for anything and get even a minor ticket, your points timer resets to 12 months and you get another annual surcharge on your license. It comes in the mail and if you don't pay it they suspend your license. At least that's how it worked a few years ago when I got pulled over all the time and had a consistent nine to eleven points on my license lol