First Speeding Ticket, How Do I Fight It

[vash2275]

My question involves a speeding ticket from the State of: Virginia

I'm 26 and was ticketed for driving 57 in 45 zone. I was about two miles from my home when i passed an officer as i was slowing down for the turn on my road. I get half a mile up the road and i see the cop come speeding up the road in my rear view mirror and i'm about half a mile from my home now. I thought something had happened because the cop was going so fast and i decided to pull in someones driveway to get out of the way of the officer but, the officer pulled behind me. this is where things get weird the officer used a racial slur against me after i politely asked the officer a simple question. I feared for my saftey after what the officer said than the officer started harrassing me about little stuff like the tint on my windows. needless to say I asked no more questions and got home as fast as I could. I haven't left my house since the incident on monday, this is my first speeding ticket and its the first time getting ticketed or pulled over for allegedly breaking any law. I was not speeding at all I believe I was racially profiled. I don't know what to do i'm scared and angry I was put in this sitution. I'm in the process of filing a complaint with the officers department but, it'll probably just get ignored.

I have no clue what to do next I want to fight the speeding ticket badly but, i've never been to court and frankly am terrified of it. I've already identified at least 4 errors on the speeding ticket including getting part of my address wrong, the location of the alleged offense wrong, the location i was stopped on wrong, the weather condition wrong, and getting the speed limit on the road the alleged offense happened wrong. Is their anyway i chance get this ticket thrown out? and do i have a chance of actually winning my case?

[Mr. Knowitall]

If you were the subject of a racial slur, you may make a complaint with the officer's department.

If you weren't speeding, you can dispute the ticket and present your case in court - but you haven't told us anything other than a few alleged clerical errors that would constitute a defense.

[vash2275]

If you were the subject of a racial slur, you may make a complaint with the officer's department.

If you weren't speeding, you can dispute the ticket and present your case in court - but you haven't told us anything other than a few alleged clerical errors that would constitute a defense.

I'm sorry I really have no idea how to go about defending the ticket or how the whole speeding ticket process works in virginia. I do have a court date which is about a month from now its on the ticket. she citied me for 46.2-878.2
the officer wrote me down for speeding 57 in a 45 zone when actual speed limit on the section of road where she clocked me is 35 mph. it was a recent change it happened over the summer and there isn't another speed change sign for at least a quarter of a mile and she actually passed the sign on her way back to pull me over. Also I wouldn't have been able to make the turn on my road safely if I was going 57 in 45. Also she pulled me over on my street of residence but, the actual offense happened on another road that I had to turn off of to get on to my street but, she wrote down my street of residence as the street of offense and she didn't actually right down a street name its the name of the place my street was named after. I know its not really a good defense but, the officer made alot of errors including not knowing the speed limit of the section road we were on and the wrong street of offense. I know I should probably send my discovery request in so i can get information to build my case. I feel pretty hopeless about winning my case though. its ridiculous because i know i wasn't even speeding. i've even had my speedometer checked and its working correctly.