In A Bind As I Am About To Attempt To Start My Career...

C'mon Maxwell! Your story is falling apart.

You didn't want legal advice, even though you desperately need it. You also need some Dad advice, kind of like the stuff I was raised on. In other words you need a kick in the butt!

First you tell us this...

I made the decision to pass a passenger truck that had brake checked me multiple times on my motorcycle, almost causing me to rear end him repeatedly.

Our people try to talk to you about following distances and you say this...

I wasn't tailgating him by any means, it was a 30 mph road that was pulling into a town so I was close but not 'close' if you get what I'm saying, like there is no way he couldn't see the headlight of my bike as I was riding behind him.

Even you can understand that makes no sense. If you are safely far enough behind them on a thirty mile an hour road, then I don't know how they could be brake checking you. Typically people don't brake check for grins. They usually feel threatened or pushed. Were you weaving out into the other lane to get a view of what was ahead? Was there anything you might have been doing to contribute to the driver of the truck feeling you were acting in an unusual manner? All we are asking is for you to be honest. We certainly can't ask the other driver. You obviously wanted to get around this guy, could that have started before you were brake checked, and it escalated to this point due to something you may have done? It sounds like it to us. How else would you have been brake checked multiple times? You were being provocative in some manner, but you are glad to keep that information to yourself.

This whole idea of you trying to vindicate your actions, and not deserving a ticket is not going to go over well with a judge. You did some stupid stuff. You didn't just encounter a cop "with a chip on his shoulder." You are the one with the chip on his shoulder, and you are expecting a judge to hear you out. It won't happen. They will almost always side with the enforcement officer.

You said a lot of self incriminating things in here. I highly suggest you avoid that mistake in front of the judge. I have chosen to ignore most of your comments, but I will quote one of your statements...

doing the right thing pays off right......?

I really don't understand you. There is a foolishness about the way you say things that belies your youth and naivety. Okay, I am an old fart, I know that, but you amaze me with your statements. You make yourself out to be a martyr when you are obviously in the wrong. That is what we call entitlement behavior. What ever happened to a little humility and responsibility? You claim you could have escaped all this by running away from the cop on your bike, yet you didn't, so they should be merciful to you. That is hogwash!

Please, try to spend the next three years growing up. We have enough bad drivers in trucks right now. Maybe some consequences will help you realize how important your actions are. The ways in which you conduct yourself in life, and on the road, have consequences. Some can be very helpful and beneficial. This kind of thing you are going through now will teach you if you allow it. Try to learn from this. Doing the right thing does pay off, you just don't understand the payments.

My guess, is, the truck driver wasn't actually "brake checking" you. Maybe he was watching his speed, and was slowing down to be sure he was UNDER 30 mph !! There are a LOT of hick towns across this country, where the speed limit can suddenly drop.

Especially on the back highways, coming into a town/village with speed limits of 25 mph from 55-65 mph. BUT there l also are lots of signage long before you're close to drop speeds gradually.......65.....55.....45.....35.....25 starting a couple miles back as you near these towns....

Been thru plenty of em in the mid west, truckers speeding is big ticket=revenue for these types of small towns (speed traps).....I always ran 2-3 mph below the in-town speeds, because I wasn't gunna get me no dang ticket. Lost count of how many police cars I seen sitting back off the road day or late nights, just watching truck traffic.