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Unfortunately I have had much experience dealing with authorities and courts, often on matters of supposed or actual traffic violations. I have lost a speeding case twice where I could mathematically prove that I was traveling at 30mph (and had a witness), but cited at 45mph. Conversely, I have had a judge throw out a series of citations in which the officer failed to satisfy to the judge that I was indeed traveling at 155mph and recklessly endangering the lives of others. - You win some and you loose some.
You likely won't win the disagreement concerning the claim of coming to a complete stop on a highway. If the officer is in good standing with the courts, then they are obliged to take his established credibility over any single citizens'. The best you can hope for is failure of the officer to appear and dismissal of the citation.
Now for my free legal advice-
Never volunteer information to an officer. Whatever you volunteer may be held against you, but will never be used to exonerate you. The officer is asking questions because they are suspicious, and they are very skilled at using whatever information volunteered against you. If the officer is asking for something, usually they don't have the authority to require it of you. There is no need to convince an officer of anything because that is what the courts are for.
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