Tila Tequila

Do I have a chance getting the ticket dismissed if I contest it?

by Tila on Jan.18, 2012, under Police Light

Do I have a chance getting the ticket dismissed if I contest it?

Incident:
I noticed the officer pulled over on the right shoulder of the road somewhere near mile marker 160, with his lights while I was driving northbound on I-75. Because of his lights being on, I moved over in the passing lane so not to interfere with the emergency vehicle.
Once I had passed the officer I noticed he shut his lights off and returned to the right lane northbound on I-75 as I was still in the left lane with the truck to my right and several cars in the left lane.
This placed a semi truck to my right and another vehicle in front of me and behind me.
I then noticed the officer moving into the left lane several cars behind me, which after several feet all of the cars moving back into the right lane. This then placed the officer directly behind me, the front of the truck to my right, and the other vehicle in front of me.
Needing to exit at the 167 exit (North Baltimore, OH) I moved over into the right lane as soon as the distance between the semi truck and the vehicle to my front allowed me to, while never exceeding the speed limit and in my opinion leaving myself a reasonable and prudent space.
Once I entered the right lane the officer followed me turning on his lights at or near mile maker 165 which I then pulled over onto the right shoulder of I-75.
The officer walked to my passenger window and asked me if I knew why he had pulled me over, which I informed him that I did not and that I knew I was not speeding. After he informed me that I was not speeding, he informed me that I was going to be given a citation for “following to closely”.
I contested this with him on the spot that I had plenty of distance between myself and the vehicle to my front, which he asked for my driver’s licenses and then went back to his patrol car.
He then returned back to my vehicle with the citation and informed me of why he cited me again and the information on the ticket and I signed the citation.
The officer asked me how close I thought I was and I stated that I had to be at least 2 car lengths away. The officer informed me that I was 12-15 feet behind the car in front of me which is to close and the reason for the ticket.
Again, after contesting this with the officer and asking him how he could tell the distance between my vehicle and the vehicle to my front, he told me I should had slowed down to get behind the semi truck and then moved over into the right lane, which he then told me have a good day and went back to his patrol car.
•Never did I exceed the speed limit and in my opinion with 20 years of driving without an at fault accident I felt that I had a reasonable and prudent space between myself and the vehicle in front of me.
•The weather conditions were not adverse, causing for extra distance between vehicles traveling that day. (As noted on the citation)
• The officer had no vantage point to tell how close I was the vehicle to my front. (He was directly behind me)
oWhat is the method that the State Hwy Patrol using to judge the distance between vehicles traveling?
oWhat was the officers method used to judge the distance between my vehicle and the vehicle to the front of me.
•The officer which had his emergency lights on was the cause for getting into the right lane.

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