[Number 3]

LOL, I was only going "85 OR SO". So he basically estimated your speed pretty accurately.

I've always paid my dues. I've only challenged one ticket. I've been let off so many times with a truly friendly warning or request to watch my speed that the few times I've been cited I simply pay. And only once has it ever been trumped up, in fact every citation I've ever received except that one (maybe 4 total over the years) was for much less than actual. I was always guilty, I did the crime so I paid the fine. Only once did I go infront of a magistrate and I can tell you that use of technical calculations to show the officer was "exagerating" did me no favors. And by the way, the rear tires on my Grand National did spin and the car did get sideways. It was only the 45 in a 25 part that I challenged. End of the day, slightly reduced but that was it.

All that being said, you've been given a lot of good advice. But from my experience and from that of the others I've known that have gone to court, claiming the officer was wrong isn't likely going to get you much. As stated, officers are proficient at estimating speed as you have already told us. A judge knows this quite well.

However your story does ring a bell for me. Many years ago in Iowa, I was on some two lane highways and going much faster than I should have. I crested a hill with that "funny feeling" so I let off on the gas. Cresting the next hill coming toward me was another car. I couldn't see what it was. I'm still slowing down at this point, coasting in fact. I still can't see what the car is. Then it pulled over to the side. At this point I can now see it is a police car. I'm still coasting. The officer gets out of the car and straddles the center line with his arms crossed. So I simply get to where he is and pull over. Cited for 10 over, a generous kindness to me. Paid in full and moved on. But I still laugh at the picture of that officer standing in the middle of the road with his arms crossed.