My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: Colorado
I received a ticket citing I was going 51 in a 30. The speed limit on that road is actually 35. I was fined according to this error as well however, I was only assessed points according to the penalty for 10-19 over. Additionally, when this incident occurred I was in the process of passing a vehicle that was driving dangerously swerving across two lanes at times and at very erratic speeds (when I looked over, she was staring at her phone). Needles to say, I wanted to spend as little time beside this car as possible. I got in front of the vehicle, corrected my speed and as soon as I saw the officer on his motorcycle pull out, I moved out of his way. I had hoped he was going after the distracted driver but no, it was me. During my conference with the city attorney I showed her proof of the speed limit error to which she replied, I will amend that and gave me a new offer. When I questioned this, she replied that the officers notes after the incident state it was a 35 mph zone and there was no traffic around me. I did not accept the new offer and objected to the amendment by the city attorney but the judge allowed it and noted my objection. It seems wrong to me that there is no legal obligation on the part of the officer to get the details of the citation correct. Is there a legal argument to be made here? is it a moot point since the Judge has allowed the amendment? do i have a legal argument concerning the fact that I was passing the other driver to get to a safe place away from them? I have officially requested discovery and am hoping there is some motorcycle equivalent of dash cam video of the other car but I don't have a dash cam in my car so unless they have video I do not have anything but my word against his which i doubt means much. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. My trial date is set for early march
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