My question involves a speeding ticket from the State of: California
I recently received a citation for 75 MPH on a motorcycle. On the citation, the P.F./Max Spd. is 80, Veh. Lmt. is 55, and Safe is 55. The radar box has a line through it, which I assume means I was paced.
Conditions were Clear, Dry, and Light traffic.
The claim is a violation of VC 22350.
I've reviewed the 30 Questions defense here: http://helpigotaticket.com/speed/30questions.html
The date to appear in court is not for a few more weeks, and I intend to deliver a notice to request TBWD before the deadline. In addition to the standard defenses in the 30 Questions, I have a few other facts that I could include. I'd like to know whether they are worth mentioning.
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The street on which this occurred is similar to this one (this isn't where I was actually cited, I just scrolled around on Google maps to find one similar to the area where I was pulled over).
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...,0.011362&z=17
Let's say the officer first spotted me at A, followed me to B (and noted the infraction here on my citation), and I pulled over at C.
I looked up average deceleration speeds and found this: If a street surface is dry, the average driver can safely decelerate an automobile or light truck with reasonably good tires at the rate of about 15 feet per second (fps).
Note that my vehicle is a motorcycle, and not a car or light truck.
In any case, this would make my stopping distance 403 ft, which, even if we ignore my reaction time, indicates that I began breaking 200 ft before the location of my infraction, if indeed I was traveling as the speed the officer claimed. So a few things that came to mind:
1. Where I was pulled over and the location of my infraction indicate that I was travelling at or below 55 MPH. (If you calculate stopping distance using that speed, you'll see this.)
2. You don't/can't brake on a motorcycle while navigating a turn, so this again conflicts with where my vehicle was stopped even if I had been traveling over 75 MPH in that portion of the road. I wouldn't actually be able to start braking until around point B.
3. And, well, I'll just tell you guys (but I know I can't prove this legally)... I'm not able to ride my motorcycle at 75 MPH through the curves on the actual road where I was cited. I don't practice any racing or sharp turns, and I'm simply not capable of doing it. I don't think a car would be able to follow me at that speed either, so I don't know where and how he claims I was paced, to be quite frank.
Sorry for the long post, but any help is greatly appreciated. Is this additional info a waste of time? Should I stick with the standard defense? Since this is a TBWD, I don't have the opportunity to ask the officer to, say, point out on a map where he pulled me over.

