My question involves a traffic ticket from: Columbus Ohio, Franklin County
I'll kept it short and sweet, it was night time, dry roads, and the police officer had tailed me for about a mile before he stopped me. I drive a manual civic si (still getting used to the tight clutch) and have owned it for 3-4 weeks.
Details:
I stopped at a red light, at a T intersection, turned right and accelerated fairly heavily, not has fast as the car can go, shifted into second and for some reason my tires chirped slightly, I was already moving (traveling about 25mph) not attempting a "burn out." Then I had drove about a mile maybe more, he followed me to the highway and waited some more before pulling me over. Where the incident happened there was no other drivers around. Now when I bought the car it already had an aftermarket muffler on it, purchased from a honda dealership.
-If the muffler is illegal, would that be the dealerships fault for selling it to me?
-Is there an infraction for following me so far before pulling me over?
-Is there leeway with learning a new clutch?
Thank you!!
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Question I forgot to ask, is this considered reckless driving? The "chirp" from my tires was less then a second, literally. I would consider the words "unnecessary squealing" a complete exaggeration.

