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The speeder was in a black car, and yours is dark blue. Could the officer have mistaken your car for the other? Do you recall any other details of that black car? The more details you have (without being overly so), and the less the LEO has, the more believable your story is.

The only time I've fought a ticket, I won. I'm no lawyer, and I realize that the rules for traffic infractions is different than those of true crimes. But when in court I offered up the concept of "reasonable doubt," and the judge agreed.

From the few traffic tickets I've gotten, there's always been a line where the officer cites how he/she arrived at the speed written on the ticket. (That way, you know what type of records to subpeona--calibration records for a radar gun, laser/lidar gun, patrol car speedometer, or visual estimation.) Do you not have something like that on your fast driving award?

If you fight the ticket by yourself, I don't know if the TSB will necessarily help. I follow your line of reasoning, but in court it might just confuse the issue. Still, it's worthwhile to have that little argument lined up and practiced, just in case. You'll have to see how your court date goes and play it by ear.
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