Originally Posted by
thegodfather
On top of this, it becomes a jurisdictional issue. You can challenge whether he had jurisdiction. Also, how we typically fight those kind of complaints against officers in the state of New Jersey is as follows. In this state, you can press charges and issue citations against any other private citizen that you wish. You just need to know their name and address, and then know the name/title/code of the law that you want to press against them. Usually in other states only the prosecutor can do this. So, you go to the courthouse (if this is permissible in your state) and file the same charges against him that he has alleged against you. I would look up what the title/code is for following too closely/tailgating a vehicle, and press those charges against him. This is used as a bargaining chip, and usually the other side will drop charges to avoid the headache of going through with it.
Your admission over the phone sucks, but not the end of the world. You can say you don't recall the circumstances, and ask for a videotape or picture of you actually going through the yellow. You can also get really dirty, run a background check on the complainant and find out if they have any outstanding tax liens, debts, etc, and f**k with his life in many ways.
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