Can a cop pace you from the front

> So the cop passes the truck and pulls over to the right. I'm then ready to
> pull
> over behind him when he hits the brakes and I have to swerve back over to
> the
> left. I too hit the brakes as I know better than to pass a state trooper.

Holy crap, I'm surprised you didn't cause a wreck. There's no law saying
that you can't pass a state trooper.

> Eventually we both slow to about 55 mph clogging up both lanes of traffic
> (only
> 2 lanes in my direction). He then rolls down the window and waves me to
> past.
> Going about 50 I slowly pass him. He then flashes the light and turns them
> off.
> At that point I guess I should have hit the brakes and pulled over a few
> cars
> back, but I went by and the second I pulled over he hit the lights and
> pulled me
> over.

Get over already.......

>
> So I can find no where any mention of a pacing ticket where the speeder
> was
> never in front of the cop.

All you have to do is match the speed of the vehicle; it doesn't matter
whether it's from the front or behind.

> I know its difficult to get out of a pacing
> violation, but I've got to think its a lot more difficult to maintain
> distance
> when you're in front of someone. I should note it would seem like he was
> on a
> mission since 10 minutes after we left he had pulled another driver over.

Of course he's on a mission, it's called traffic enforcement. Why would you
feel the need to make a note of it?

> Also
> the fastest I could have possibly went was before he made those crazy hand
> motions which I guess would have meant that if he paced me then if I had
> pulled
> over to the right I wouldn't have gotten a ticket. Not to mention the fact
> that
> all the cars in front of him must have doing the same speed. I mentioned
> that to
> him and he said they were just using the left lane to pass slower traffic
> in the
> right. When I asked then what I was doing, he said "What do you want me to
> do,
> I'm a state trooper?" That makes a lot of sense. So do I have a legitimate
> case
> or should I just plea down (I already have a court date).

A legitimate case of what? It's a nice bedtime story but you never told us
if in fact you were speeding or anything specific to the charge. All I got
out of the story was a bunch of unneccesary babble about some lane changes
and clogged traffic.

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