My question involves traffic court in the State of: PA
I was being the DD for 5 of my friends when I was pulled over around 2AM. I saw where the officer was sitting, and even stopped at a red light right next to his location. I continued to drive about 1.5 miles down the road (stopping at another red light, and switching townships) with no officer behind me when the unmarked officer appeared and turned his lights on. He came to my window and didn't mention his name, police department, or why he was pulling me over. He asked for my license and registration and came back a little later with 2 tickets. He didn't mention what the first one was for, he just said that one of them was because the back passengers were not seatbealted. After he left I realized that he issued me a ticket for speeding (52 in a 35).
PROBLEMS WITH THE SPEEDING TICKET:
I stopped at a red light right next to his location, so it would have been impossible to pass him going 52 and then come to a complete stop that quickly.
He didn't pull out right away, in fact I was already in a different municipality when he finally was behind me.
the distance timed is .02 miles (about 105 ft) is this too short?
The officer did not have me sign the citation
PROBLEMS WITH THE SEATBELT TICKET:
NONE of my information is filled out (name, address, vehicle info, license number etc.)
The officer also did not have me sign this citation.
I was cited under sec. 4581 A2 which says
The driver (myself) and the front seat occupant were wearing seat belts. Those in the back seat were not as there were 4 of them squished into 3 seats.
Are any of these reasons grounds for getting the citations reduced/thrown out? or should I just go with the "I was trying to do the right thing and keep drunk drivers off the road! Feel sorry for me." strategy
