Got a ticket for speeding but was passing? chance of winning?

Question

Ok heres the deal im pissed about

two lane

right lane one truck in front of me

left lane one sliver infinity FX45 or EX35 (twice as big as my car)

SPEED LIMIT 65MPH

first thing the infinity was passing us both around 80-85mph

and were doing at least 75mph

as soon as that infinity pass us i speed up and do change lane with my signals on and i turn left and pass the truck on my right

after that i was going around 80-85 mph same as the infinity

but i changed to right lane after i see the truck in my rearview mirror

heres the thing though the infinity was still ahead of me but in left lane and once i got to the right lane i already slow down to 70-75mph and was gonna take my exit 1/2mile ahead of me

now at this time the infinity is already about 1/5 a mile ahead of me and then i look in my back and saw this CHP coming onto the freeway speeding fast like its gonna arrest someone

by the time it comes the infinity speeds and has exited the lane i was gonna and was already at the stop sign and when i got to the exit i got stop right there

cop say lazor me at 83 over 65

im like WTF? i know i was speeding and traffic was already over 65mph (stay with traffic speed)

so hows it even against the law?

i passed a car under 10mph so its legal

and besides the infinity was right next to me on the left lane

second the one that pulled me over wasnt the one that lazored me(the one that lazored was in a different car and showed up 5mins late)

he said his buddy did

i ask him about the infinity car right next to me

and he stutterd for a bit and then say well we caught you at 83

and he doesnt have prove or the one that lazored me can explain it to me

the one that lazored me didnt even talk to me

he let the one who arrested me do all the talking

i ask how come they lazored me instead of the car next to me

and how about does the lazored go through the other car too

they stutterd and just said the lazor beam is this big(bout 4-5in wide)and they only lazored the hood

they didnt answered my question

they were cool and i was really curious

but i dont like how they did their job bad

im thining i have a chance to win this at court?

if not how much does it cost for a ticket?

Answer 1

Did your mama drop you on your head when you were a baby??? Or  does mental deficiency run in your family??

You were over the limit. Period.

Doesn't matter if you are passing or not. If it's posted at 65 then the speed is 65. There are NO exceptions. Passing does not allow you to exceed the speed limits.

Answer 2

California says it all.  They are the toughest I know. No you will not beat the ticket. Call the courthouse to find out the amount

Answer 3

You were speeding by your own admission.

If they used a LASER, there is ZERO chance that they got anything but your car.

It is not legal to "pass at under 10 mph."

The speed limit is the speed LIMIT.  It doesn't matter how fast anyone else was going or what they were doing.  you are only responsible for you, and you broke the law and got a ticket.  Pay it.

Answer 4

Ok so first thing, forget about the Infiniti, it has NOTHING to do with you and has no relevance.

If I read your post right you said the truck and you were doing 75mph in a 60mph, in which case you should not have passed.  

I think you might have a misunderstanding of speed limits. A speed limit is just that a limit, it is the MAXIMUM speed in which you are permitted to travel. So if you are going with traffic going 10mph over you are subject to being cited.

If I read your post wrong please tell me and I will try to answer again.

Answer 5

Did you speed up to 83 to pass the truck? If so, you're guilty.

Were you in excess of the posted speed limit? If so, you're guilty.

A laser speed unit is VERY accurate, and uses a red-dot pinpointer to pick out one vehicle that is speeding among other vehicles.

Many times one police unit will be positioned to obtain speed readings, and will have "apprehension units" further down the road to actually make the traffic stop.

Finally, "running with traffic" means you were all breaking the speed law.

About cost: 18 over the limit in Illinois is minimum $95.

Answer 6

your screwed pay the fine

he didnt get or see the other car  speeding he got you and you have admitted on here to doing 20 over  thats not legal thats reckless driving a felony.

you have no chance this is as pitiful of an excuse as i have ever heard you wer busted be a man slow the f**k down and pay your fines be glad your backside wasnt arrested

Answer 7

Speeding is against the law.  You're never going to find a way around that.

Answer 8

You can find your way out of a number of speeding tickets. Tickets depend on how many MPH you were going over the speed limit. If it was a school zone (which it wasn't) there is a much higher fine. But in the end, it's always easier to just pay the ticket and get on with your life. You don't have proof of the Infiniti next to you speeding and you're the one who was caught, not him. This same thing happened to my mother and I was in the car with her at the time. She was ticketed, the other guy kept on cruising.

Answer 9

Wow.  Really tough to follow you here, but I think the easiest way to fix this for you is just to correct you on one of your points:

"I passed a car under 10mph so its legal"

There is no law in California that says passing anything at less than ten miles an hour is "legal."

If you're passing a car that's travelling 65 miles an hour, and you're passing it at 74 miles an hour, that's not legal.  Period.

Answer 10

I don't see what your basis for fighting it is.  What the Infinity may or may not have done has no bearing first off.  And then you admit you were speeding.  You don't get to speed to pass a vehicle, there isn't a suspension of the speed limit for that.