Didn't use my blinker to change into a off-ramp, didnt cross any lines though.

[Drftpretty]

So basically a local cop was following me waiting for me to make a mistake. It about 11pm last monday night on the empty high-way. Just me and the cop, he was directly behind me, close enough for me to see the lights on the roof of his car in my mirrors. I knew he was there.

So Im doing the speed limit, minding my own business when my exit comes up, I make sure to slow my speed and I merged onto the off-ramp. I get to the bottom of the ramp and stop at the light and notice the cop is still behind me. I flick on my blinker, wait for the light, and make my turn when it turns green. After I make my turn the cop turns on his lights and I pull right over, I kind of expected it.

So he walks up to the car and tells me I didnt use my blinker for the off-ramp. "Sorry officer, I was just on my way home from the hospital and might have forgotten to use it." Ok, whatever, maybe hes right. I told him that I dont know why I wouldnt have used my blinker for the off-ramp but then would remember to use it at the stop light. I honestly do not remember if I used it.

So he walks to his car and comes back 15 minutes later. By this time two more police cars have rolled up and are now parking me in with their lights all flashing. When he gets back to the car he tells me hes going to cut me a break, im getting a ticket for no blinker, but hes going to excuse my registration card being signed in pencil!

No biggie, I just sit there and ask him how much, $108. Then I ask if there are any points on it. He tells me "Not that I know of, but thats for PennDot to decide." I knew that was bull****. So instead of giving me a ticket for the pencil signed registration thats no points, he wrtes me up for a moving violation.

So I tell my dad a few days later and he freaks the hell out. "Why the hell would some dick cop follow you for no reason and then give you a bull**** ticket?"

My dad was mad, He was yelling about how I he cant believe there are 5 bars within 6 miles that serve under-age and they are busting his sons balls driving home from work, to put himself through med-school whose never been in trouble ever before. Blah blah blah.

So he tells me that there is no way I am paying that ticket and its a load of ****, etc., etc.

I went and took the same exit off of 222 lastnight and noticed something, there are no pavement markings denoting a lane change. The shoulder white line just stops where the off -ramp is. And then starts again after the off-ramp lane. Other off-ramps are a broken white shoulder line. So Do I actually have any hope in front of a judge saying that I was just getting my balls busted and that I never crossed a lane of traffic or into someone elses plain of travel to make my exit from the high-way? I checked the DMV codes 3334 SubSec 9 which was cited on the ticket and there is no mention of needing a blinker unless a new lane is clearly indicated or If I intend to change Directions. As my dad puts it, "You were just staying in the Right-most lane you possibly could have."

He fully plans to rip the cop a new one when we get in court. Do I need to stop him from making himself look like an ass? Hes just upset that I've never gotten in trouble and there are a lot better things for the cops to be doing on a monday night on christmas vacation.

PS, I have been driving for 5 years, Not a single ticket.

Ill upload a paint shop pic to show what Im talking about.

[Sarge]

Is you dad a lawyer? If not he won't ripping anyone a new one in court.