That's your fault you got a bad lawyer.

If you want to beat the charges your best bet is a lawyer. Plain and simple. It may cost you more but if it keeps your record clean it will pay for it in the long run.

was your dad a Michigan cop?..... its basically the way around speeding tickets/street racing tickets around here, cuz most of the judges are cool enough to reduce the penalty....but wont let u off completely

Well here's how I could veiw the two different citations.

Impeding could be he saw the two of you "staging" stopped in both lanes that would be "impeding" then once you got moving it is now "racing". Two different infractions on one citation.

Not saying you did but I bet that is that LEO's standard street racing ticket write-up that the judge/solicitor has seen a hundred times and is well prepared to move forward on both.

The light was red. I dont get how Impeding traffic came into play.

I'm curious as to what his dash cam would show...

So am i acually. But doesnt the cam turn on when the lights are triggered?

Not all police cars have the cameras, but a lot do.

Not too many in my area.

The cam is on all the time. Usually when the lights are turned on, it automatically saves the past three minutes of footage.

Or at least that's what they do around here.

Sea lawyers gotta love em.

Sucks but I think you're screwed, only chance is a no-show. As others have said, you don't need to break the speed limit to get a drag racing ticket, it's ridiculous. I should be able to accelerate as fast as I like as long as I'm not spinning my tires.