Hello, I have a question pertaining to a paced speeding stop.
Today I got pulled over for speeding. I had passed a cop who had claimed to be going 45 mph (the speed limit) and he said the reason he pulled me over is because I passed him while he was going 45 mph. There were a lot of cars on the road that were going the same speed as me, if not faster.
During the stop, I told him I was audio/video recording and I do not answer any questions. I told him that I did not know I was speeding (I was honestly going about 47 mph) and he looked at my registration, it has unknowingly been expired for 1 month (Texas grace period is 5 days i think). He told me he was not going to issue a citation for speeding, but he was going to issue a citation for the expired registration.
My question is, was this a legal traffic stop? 2mph over the speed limit and he did not even use a radar. The other 50 cars on the road were going the same speed if not more. So why me? The only thing I did differently than the other cars was honk at a car that wasn't moving at a stop light (He mentioned this, I told the officer that the car was impeding traffic, so I honked). And I did try to pass him at one point earlier by signaling my blinker, but he did not let me over. At no point was I recklessly driving. The citation even says (Reason pulled over: Speeding)
If this was not a good traffic stop on his part, Is there anyway I could get out of this ticket by telling the court he did not have a good cause to pull me over? Therefore making the entire traffic stop invalid?
Also, about 3 minutes before the stop I did pace the cop my self, and he was going about 50 mph. Not sure if that changes anything, just wanted to give as much information as possible. Thanks!
Today I got pulled over for speeding. I had passed a cop who had claimed to be going 45 mph (the speed limit) and he said the reason he pulled me over is because I passed him while he was going 45 mph. There were a lot of cars on the road that were going the same speed as me, if not faster.
During the stop, I told him I was audio/video recording and I do not answer any questions. I told him that I did not know I was speeding (I was honestly going about 47 mph) and he looked at my registration, it has unknowingly been expired for 1 month (Texas grace period is 5 days i think). He told me he was not going to issue a citation for speeding, but he was going to issue a citation for the expired registration.
My question is, was this a legal traffic stop? 2mph over the speed limit and he did not even use a radar. The other 50 cars on the road were going the same speed if not more. So why me? The only thing I did differently than the other cars was honk at a car that wasn't moving at a stop light (He mentioned this, I told the officer that the car was impeding traffic, so I honked). And I did try to pass him at one point earlier by signaling my blinker, but he did not let me over. At no point was I recklessly driving. The citation even says (Reason pulled over: Speeding)
If this was not a good traffic stop on his part, Is there anyway I could get out of this ticket by telling the court he did not have a good cause to pull me over? Therefore making the entire traffic stop invalid?
Also, about 3 minutes before the stop I did pace the cop my self, and he was going about 50 mph. Not sure if that changes anything, just wanted to give as much information as possible. Thanks!
Speeding Tickets: Paced Speeding Stop Turns into a Vehicle Registration Violation Texas
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