Ticket *yield to traffic*... should I fight it or not??? (long)

[CleanS14]

Okay guys/gals... here's the situation. I got a ticket this weekend on my way home. The cop says it was for yeilding to traffic. But here's what really happened.

I was merging onto a street (speed limit 40mph) from lane 4 (slow lane) I looked twice behind me and in my blind spot only seeing one car (the cop) about 1/4-1/3 of a mile away. I figured that was a safe distance so I signaled and entered the street into lane 3. I checked my blindspot again becuase I needed to get into lane 1 in order to make a left turn at the next stoplight which was about 1/4 mile away. When I looked behind me it was safe to change lanes so I did signaling as usual... just as I was entering lane 2 the cop was right on my ass. He almost hit me so I moved out of his way into lane 1. At this time I was traveling the speed limit at 40mph. The cop swerved passed me like a retard. Mind you the road conditions were dark night, wet, raining hard! He was obviously speeding out of his mind!!! I mean how could he slide past me if I was going 40mph and he was supposedly going the speed limit??? Anyways he procedes to stop me.

The usual happens "Do you know why I stopped you???"... and of course I'm clueless. But I'm cooperating and give up the info. I ask him what the problem is and he says, "didn't you see me? I had to honk my horn and I almost hit you... don't you know you're supposed to yield to oncoming traffic? You yield to traffic it does not yield to you!" I take the book and sign it (holding onto it)... then I notice he put that I was only going 25mph which IMO even if I was going 25mph is a safe speed for the driving conditions on the road. I explain to him that he was inaccurately sighting me and he was infact traveling way over the speed limit and very dangerous for the road conditions. I then told him that I did see him and he was over a 1/4mile away when I decided to enter the street and for him to gain enough ground on me to almost hit me he must have been traveling way over the speed limit since I was infact going the speed limit because I relized that he was a police officer. His face was blank at this point... so I told him that I intended to see him in court with pictures of the area and that I have a math and physics minor which would allow me to calculate his approximate speed due to distance/time/speed. He was again silent. He then said "well you should just look out for traffic that is coming faster behind you... can I have my book back... we can discuss it in court."

It was about midnight and I was tired so I gave up the book and drove home heated! Anyways... I don't know what to do because although it was obvious he was speeding and I didn't do anything wrong... it's his word against mine. Not only that I am eligible for traffic school so I can get the point taken off my record if I don't fight it. But if I chose to fight it and lose... then no point off and no chance for traffic school.

Sorry for the long winded story... but... what do you guys think I should do?

Thanks,

-Jay