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I suggest going the local library and getting a copy of the traffic statutes and see just what all you can find to back your case and make copies of it. There are still some very old and some conflicting laws on the books in some states. I read some of them a few years ago in a newspaper article and in some state there was still an old law on the books somewhere that stated any motor vehicle within the town had to be led by a man on foot carrying a red flag. I'm sure this was put on the books years ago when cars were not very common and was used as a safety issue maybe for pedestrians.
When I moved from KY-NC about 25 years ago I was stopped one afternoon on my way home from work by a state trooper, because I had a KY tag on my car and the trooper told me that was why he stopped me, he said it didn't look right. What, did he expect an out of state tag to look like a NC tag?? He couldn't find anything to give me a ticket for so he gave me a ticket for not having my driver's license changed from KY-NC saying I only had 30 days after moving into the state to get this done. Since he hadn't had good cause for stopping me I was determined I was going to beat this. My brother and I went to the library and found that you were required to get a NC/DL within 30 days of becoming a resident of the state, but we found in another place you were not considered a resident of the state until you'd lived there 6 months and no non resident was allowed to possess a NC/DL. I made copies of the statute's and went to court using this as my defense. The judge ask if I had a valid KY/DL, I told him I did and gave it to him for his inspection and the charges were dropped. There are so many laws most police can't know them all and probably most judges don't either, but if you do some research you may find a way out of this, but bring copies with you to court to show you've done your homework.
I do know that many interstates have minimum speeds and some 4 lanes too, but they are usually posted and my argument would be if maximum speeds are posted why aren't minimum speeds?
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