[ZekeZeke14]

I got a speeding ticket a few weeks back. The cop cited me as going 100 in a 65, estimated. And fined me $350. Then tacked on "failure to keep right" for another $100....Making the total fine $450!
The thing is, when I speed I tend to keep a very close watch out for cops. I'm a young guy, so I saw this cop about a 1/4 mile away (I was coming down a large hill and he was waiting at the bottom). Naturally, I slowed down to 65 long before I got anywhere near the cop car (I was only going 85 or so). As I passed him, I noticed he had a radar pointed at the road.
However, on the ticket, he wrote down that the speed he calculated was only estimated. From this, I can deduce that I had managed to slow down to the speed limit by the time I came within the range of his radar.

When I first noticed the cop, I did not stomp on the brakes, but slowed down slowly because I had seen him so early I figured I had plenty of time. Perhaps because I slowed down for so long he thought I was going faster than I was (like the 100 mph he wrote on the ticket).

I admit to speeding, yet the ticket itself is incorrect. I appealed it obviously (do not have enough money to throw it around like that). Is there any chance I might be able to not argue that I was not speeding, but merely argue that the ticket is incorrect?

Any help is appreciated guys, looking for a good defense I can argue. And please no derogatory remarks I cannot tell you how much I regret this already, I don't need other people bashing me as well. Just looking for help. Thanks