My question involves a careless driving ticket from the State of: Arkansas
On 9-28-09 at 12:16 pm i was driving threw lowell, ar and i was in the inside lane at a stop light
i was the 3rd car back and next to me was a chevy pickup pulling a trailer the light turned green and we went
well there was enough room for me to change lanes into the outside lane with no problems so i did i used my turn singal and moved over
well i speeded up close to the speed limit which was 45 mph and the rig in front of me about 3-4 car lengths was turning right so i turned on my signal and moved into the inside lane pretty fast but didnt cut anyone off
well there was a cop in the turn lane coming at me about 4 car lengths and he saw me do this well after me and about 4-5 other cars went by he turned and pulled a u turn and came after me he cut in and out of traffic without any blue lights he used his turn signal then when i finally caught up to me which was like 2-3 blocks or about 2500 feet he turned on his blue lights and pulled me over
i never was going fast than 45 mph which was the speed limit and he pulled me over because he told me i had cut the cars off when i changed lanes both times and he asked me if i was in a hurry and i said i just want to go home and go to bed thats it then he came back wrote me a ticket for careless/ prohib. driving 27-51-104 and everywhere i looked up online says the ticket will only be 100 bucks but i called up there and they want 185 for it
they didnt say if that was with court cost or not and im going to fight this ticket so honestly did i mess up or is it cause he wanted to write a ticket for his quote and when i asked for my driver license and insurance but never asked for my registration which i had and i got a clean record i pleaed non guilty and i got court on 11-9-09 at 1pm so should i talk to the protector or what should i do?
