I was issued a failure to stop in the state of Texas. I remembered that I came to a stop approx. 15 feet from the stop sign. I did this for the sole reason that I was going to take a righthand turn. The road coming from the left curved to the south, so my position behind the stop sign was to may advantage to look for on coming traffic. I went through the stop sign and made my righthand turn. The traffice cop was approx. 200 feet down the road sitting on his motorcycle on the sidewalk. He said that I failed to stop, which from his vantage point, it might have looked that way, as there was a great deal of vegetation between where I stopped and his position.
I have a few questions to ask to defend my case; 1) what is the legal stopping distance from a stop sign in Texas? 2) Can a motorcycle cop park on a sidewalk? I would think that if that was me, I would be asked to move or get a ticket. 3) are cops required to follow protocal and ask for insurance, because this cop did not? 4) What is defined as a legal stop? 1 second, 2 seconds, 1/2 second, etc.
Thank you!