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Jan 2nd, I'm driving home from work. I turn left onto a 4 lane divided highway, speed limit 60. I quickly get up to speed and set my cruise control at 67-68. I drive over an hour each way to and from work so I use my cruise control constantly.

I see a State Trooper coming the other direction and tap the brakes out of habit. Trooper U-turns and pulls me over. I'm baffled as to why he would pull me over going 7 over.

Trooper - "What's your hurry?"
Bigs - "Just going home from work"
Trooper - "I got you the first time about a half mile away going over 80, the second time I got you at 74"
Bigs - "No....I had my cruise control on 67-68, there is no way I was going that fast"
Trooper - "You were. Look how far ahead of those other vehicles you were"
Bigs - "What does that have to do with anything?"
Trooper - "You were going that fast, I got turned around and pulled you over before the first car caught up"
Bigs - *Extremely pissed, decides not to argue further* For the record the vehicle next to me as we turned left was a motor home pulling a jeep with several bicycles on the back and had Alabama tags. The vehicle behind me was a lawn care truck full of palm fronds. Both vehicles were slow off the line and served as blockers for the rest of the traffic.
Trooper - "How old is your truck?"
Bigs - "2004"
Trooper - "How many miles on it?"
Bigs - "104,000"
Trooper - "Your speedometer must be off. Get it calibrated."
Bigs - "There is nothing wrong with my speedometer, I would be able to tell if it was 15mph off."
Trooper - *laughs* "Go get your speedometer calibrated"

Trooper goes back to his car, writes me a ticket for 74mph in a 60mph zone....$163.00.

Trooper - "Did you put oversized tires on this truck, that could make your speedometer inaccurate."
Bigs - "No, the tires are the same as they have always been"
Trooper - "Go get your speedometer calibrated, it is off" *smiles real big* "Drive safe"

I drive away thinking I have been violated in some sense. I plan on taking this to court. I have zero experience in traffic court and know that I will lose. My word vs. a Trooper's word, it doesn't take a rocket scientist.... I just feel that I need to stand up for myself, state my case and get it off my chest.

Anybody out there have any advice for me? Am I wasting my time? It was 4:44 in the afternoon and I was driving east so he was facing west into the setting sun, could this affect his radar in any way?