Being issued a Washington traffic ticket is always very frustrating and extremely irritating experience. And, at times, it can also be extremely upsetting. Despite this, it is absolutely imperative to remain calm both during AND after the stop.
Being rude and angry with the Officer issuing you a WA speeding ticket is not going to help your situation. It’s only going to make matters worse. And, it may also lead to your being cited for additional infractions, even if they are unfounded. The Officer is also going to include in his narrative a specific section detailing that you were extremely rude and uncooperative.
As you can imagine, judges and prosecutors don’t like to see these kinds of notations. Our Washington traffic attorneys have also even seen specific notations in the citing officer’s reports requesting that the judge and/or prosecutor handling your WA State speeding ticket should not cut you any breaks.
Even worse, I have seen incidents where people speed off after being issued a Seattle speeding ticket only to be pulled over immediately again by the very same officer and issued ANOTHER ticket.