My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: Michigan
I was recently pulled over for going 93 mph on I-94 (70 mph speed limit) in Jackson County. The officer detected my speed with a laser device. He wrote me a ticket for excessive speed (freeway) 25+ over and told me to appear in court within 10 days of the violation. I am curious if I have any action I could take to reduce this. I do not know why he wrote me a ticket for going 25 over the speed limit, seeing as I was only going 23 over. I am considering contesting the ticket but I am concerned that it may get bumped up to reckless driving because of the excessive speed. I wasn't in a construction zone, weaving, changing lanes, or tailgating, and it was in clear conditions during the day. Is there a chance this could be considered reckless driving? I have a clean driving record except when I rear-ended someone when I was 16 and I got a ticket for following too closely. Also, I have a previous misdemeanor offense of public intoxication that happened 5 years ago and I am trying to get it expunged. I have not had any other violations of any kind since then and I was wondering if this incident will have any impact on my ability to get the previous offense expunged.
Thank you

