This is not true for all states.  Here it is not illegal to talk on your phone.  They are working on passing legislation to make it illegal for TEENs to talk on the phone but not for adults.

Staci

The people who pull young women over to rape them are usually IMPERSONATING cops, not actual cops who are trying to take advantage of their station.

Flat out - if I'm alone and it's dark - I am NOT pulling over for ANYONE whatsoever.  If it's a cop, they can follow me to the nearest well lit and populated place while I'm on the phone to make sure it's really a cop.  Give me an extra fine for doing it if it's against the law, I don't care.  My parents didn't raise a fool, and I'm not stopping for ANYONE in the dark or even in the daylight in an unpopulated area.  I'll pay any fine to avoid it.

Same parents also taught me to NEVER leave my drink alone, which sometimes weirds out my co-workers.

At the same time, she shouldn't have had to sit there for over an hour for something so routine.  The cop that ticketed me took all of maybe five minutes, total.


Nope.  
http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/cellphone_laws.html


Considering that the cop obviously wrote the ticket incorrectly, there is NO reason she should bend over and just accept it.  She specifically said he told her she was going 45 in the 35 zone - not 62.  If I were her, I would take make a map marking where she was stopped, and where the limit increase happened.  I'd document everything.

It is ridiculous to say that just because he is a cop, she should give up.  

In the link in my post above, it states that only five states currently have a handheld ban in place.

So here I see 62 mph (no speed limit mentioned) and 45 in a 35 mph zone, then again the 62 with no posted limit mentioned.
I see in the post elsewhere that the speed limit changed.

Hmmm.  BEST case, the cop was highly unclear. worst, your irritation showed and he made it stink.

The one and only time I've gotten a ticket it was for running a stop sign.  The cop said I failed to stop.  I didn't contest it (they were taping the intersection), but it would have been a far more accurate statement that I failed to come to a complete stop.

I think I'd contest this one - point out the validity of the second radar scan (from behind) and the location of the stop and second limit sign.

She stated the new limit:


And actually, that can be kind of fishy...  if you were already going close to 60 when you hit that 55, that isn't good.  You shouldn't start speeding til after you pass the sign.  (though I often start speeding up when they come into view, myself.)

i would file a report. his conduct was out of line, and if he was out of tickets  why didn't he get one from the other officer who pulled up?  not to mention if he thought you were intoxicated there is no way he should have had you drive anywhere with out a field sobriety test.. i would definitely be making some calls today. i will also have my hubby look this over .. he is a public safety  telecommunicator ( 911/ police/ fire/ medical dispatcher )  this just dosen't seem right to me.. i wouldn't have followed that man any where, with the way he stumbled over when you got your license i would be inclined to think that he was the one intoxicated.

Calicojenn's husband here, I don't know the specific laws there but the way the officer handled himself seems very unprofessional and i believe i would file a complaint with his department. I know that officers here, when they realize that they have no citations left often ask other officers in the area if they have an extra citation book. I've NEVER heard of anyone making someone follow them back to the Police Dept or Sheriffs Office so that they can go get a citation book, that just seems ridiculous to me, if it was his own fault that he had no extras then he should have given you a courteous warning and let you on your way. I really have a problem with him asking you to follow him as there are some really bad people out there, he could have been one of those bad officers even someone impersonating an officer. I might have politely asked him if it would instead have been possible to have another unit or his supervisor bring him an extra citation book. I wouldn't read anything into the second officer stopping by, that's usually policy and is just because a traffic stop tends to be the most dangerous type of activity a law enforcement officer can initiate. As far as him asking if your seatbelt was on, that is yet another example of him being completely inept, as it is his responsibility to make sure it was on or not, not something he needs to be asking after the fact. Another thing that seems like either gross negligence or outright harassment is his insistence even AFTER HE LET YOU DRIVE TO THE STATION that you may have had an alcoholic beverage, if he had any doubts, he should have field tested you before he let you get back behind the wheel. Anyway, like I said, I'm not sure about specific laws in your area and I'm not a legal counsel or anything, but in my line of work I get to know a lot of the officers and deputies and the way they do things here and I don't really think that any of them would have handled the situation in this manner. I would definitely speak with supervision and administration at this officer's department and bring your concerns to them, also let them know about the typo on your ticket and how the officer represented to you that you were doing 62 in a 55, not in a 35 and be courteous with them, let them know that you feel the officer handled himself very unprofessionally. You may have more recourse depending on the laws in your area, I would familiarize myself with local law and possibly seek legal counsel as you may also have grounds for a civil suit if the officer was indeed acting outside of his agency's policy or local law.

I need to clarify a few points here.  Lets keep in mind that i did not sit here and type out the whole conversation that i had with the cop, and some things may not be the EXACT thing that was said.

I want to thank everyone for their advice, i appreciate ALL of you taking the time to help me.  And to calicojenn - your hubby is a sweetie for adding his help. He's a keeper Thank you!

I JUST got home from work (its after 8pm here) and only had a 15 minute lunch today so only had time to scarf my food down and get back to work.  No time to call the department.  Or any legal advice.  Same goes for tomorrow, most likely.  I don't know when/how i'm going to get to the bottom of this.

Firstly, yes, the car that i was driving is registered in my SO's name.  He had the registration, my license, and my insurance card - or the card that was in that car(however you want to say it), both cars have identical cards in them.  My insurance card lists BOTH our vehicles, and both our names. We are each insured, listed, registered drivers to drive each others vehicles. The address listed is the same on all three pieces of paperwork.  So i fail to see why he even asked me if i lived with my SO.  I believe his words wer something like this "Is this your address? Do you live together?" after asking me who he was.  So instead of being confused, he should have looked more closely at the documents and put two and two together.  No reason to think it was suspicious with those records in his hands, IMO.  Also, right after this he asked me what county i live in!  That was bizarre too... he should know that my city listed on the paperwork is in the same county as the town i was in when stopped.  A more appropriate thing to ask would be "Is this your current address?" which would then mean that i live with the man listed on the same paperwork as living as the same address... am i right?  Which, the more i think about, makes me wonder if he was drinking or if he was purposely trying to confuse me, seems like it should be something along those lines.

In this area, rumors has it that if you get stopped by a city cop you will get ticketed for SOMETHING.  They are nitpicky, and as some say, more money hungry than your State highway patrol or county Sheriff.  Which brings me to my next point.  A state highway patrolman pulled my SO over about a month ago.  It was 11pm.  My SO was traveling home from work.  Driving MY vehicle, registered in my name.  He pulled him over because he was going 5 mph over the speed limit and the front plate was displayed in the window - which is illegal for the most part.  It has to be actually "visible".  He could have also gotten my SO for a seat belt, but my SO tried to trick him.  We both believe he was stopped because it was almost midnight on a Friday night, and only a mile from the local bar.  He let him off with a formal warning to get the plate fixed,  and verbal warnings to bucket up (with a wink), and to watch his speed.  No questioning him if he was drinking multiple times - only once.  And not a single question or twitch of an eye over the vehicle being registered in my name.  Makes me wonder why i couldn't have come across that guy instead of the one i managed to get.  And also makes me wonder why my cop made a huge deal out of things that this other guy didn't even bat an eyelash at??? My SO and i were just wondering this last night.

And as i've said multiple times in my multiple posts, i am not trying to get out of a ticket.  I was more than willing to accept the ticket and go home.  I got annoyed, frustrated, and upset after it turned into a huge mess.  And the WHOLE time he never ever said anything about 62 mph in a 35mph zone.  He specified ONCE that i continued to pick up "excessive" speed after i broke out of the 35 zone.  Other than that it was very vague.  I honestly had not a CLUE, not one, that i was getting a ticket for doing 62 in a 35.  Until i drove off and got a better look at my ticket.  He made a BIG point of stressing the 42 in a 35, and thats what i thought i was going to be getting - the whole entire time.  If anything, he should have been more detailed because i had no idea.  I should have looked, yes.  But even if i did it all over again i'd probably still run like hell instead of paying close attention to what i was signing.  I was pretty messed up by that point.  And you know, he didn't even respond at all to the fact that i was shaking and crying and pretty much having a panic attack.  He was like... i dont know, just creepy.

And yes, as strangeduck (i think?) said, i am more upset over being taken back to the station when i was nearly sitting on an empty tank of gas, at midnight, alone with no people around.  And being held up by a cop for 2 hours.  And finding out AFTER he writes the ticket that he doesn't even know my age, or how long i had been driving for.  Thats what's upsetting me.  I am reporting the cop.  I have to be in Mayors Court.  I don't know how this works, if right then and there i can not accept the ticket and explain why, or if i would have to return to court at a later date if i contested it.  I have never been through this before.  I have to get some information gathered together and figure out what i'm going to do.  I've never done anything like this.  I'm a very law-abiding citizen, have never been in trouble even in the slightest way, and am clueless as to what my rights are at this point.  But i will find out and go from there.

Thank you all again. 

Amen...I think sometimes we all forget that.

Good luck with the court thing!