My distance from the car in front of me was similar to that of the rest of the cars on the freeway. Of course there will be times when you get closer or farther than a "cars length away" due to traffic.

I believe I was not following too closely, but it's subjective since a person's own interpretation/observation comes into play.

I was alleged for speeding, recklessly driving, making unsafe lane changes (the first three I am definitely not guilty of) and following too closely "tailgaiting". I just felt that the officer was simply power tripping especially when it was followed by what i intrepret as a threat that he could have my car impounded. When I showed him some courtesy and challenged his claims by asking him to at least provide me with some sort of proof / evidence (which he wasn't able to do), he completely changed his attitude. He wrote me a ticket most probably because of frustration that he couldn't nail me for the other violations i supposedly committed.

And there could be other reasons for the ticket being written such as the following:

- jealousy : I'm 24 and drive a well kept and great looking BMW.
- I'm really guilty of the violation
- race and stereotyping
- etc.

As for "Pay the damn ticket and get over it man. yall complicate things too much. Bye."

If money came easy for me then I would. Also, I would like to exercise my right to a trial.