A question for those of you familiar with Grapevine

So I managed to get my first ticket in 8 years today, coming down the Grapevine (northbound) in Comunistfornia. I was cited for 50mph in a 35mph zone. The officer was parked on the east side of the northbound lane EXACTLY where the speed limit for trucks drops from 45 to 35.

I was empty in a line of trucks, 3 in front of me and one behind, all evenly spaced, going the same speed. I had been with this group of trucks for quite some time. When I asked the officer why he choose me... he replied because you were going faster than them. He went on to say I was gaining on them. Hmmm... So some how I was going 15mph faster than them but yet still in line with them... I guess that's for the judge to decide, I'm sure he will take my word over the officers right?

I'm going to stop just short of calling the officer a liar but as God as my witness I was not going any faster or slower than the rest of the trucks I was in line with. I had my cruise set at 45 with the jakes on high. The jakes were holding me at a rock solid 47mph. I guess he figured rounding up to 50 was acceptable. In fact the ticket is even marked "approximately" 50mph.

Anyway, I'll stop crying like a little girl now and get on to my question...

Can any one tell me the specific wording on the truck speed limit signs going down the Grapevine? I can't remember if they say the truck speed limit is for loaded trucks or for a certain weight or truck and trailer or if they just generically say trucks, as in all trucks regardless of weight . Hopefully you see where I'm going with this... When he came back with the ticket, I mentioned in passing that I was empty. He paused for a moment when I said that then kindly handed me over the ticket. I'm hoping for an out here...

 

Well if he would have wrote me up for 45 in a 35 I wouldn't be so bent. But he wrote me up for 50 in a 35. I was as nice as could be to the guy and instead of cutting me even a tiny bit of slack, he hammered me.

 

I here ya... I'm guilty of speeding that's for sure. It's not the first time I've been over the grapevine either... I'm just upset I got singled out, wrote up for more than I was doing, given zero slack, and I don't like the fact that the officer was sitting on the "line" where the speed limit changes from 45 to 35... Another 100 yards down the road and I would have been much closer to 35 mph along with the rest of the trucks in the line. I saw the darn bear before I saw the 35mph sign.

I'm trying not to come off as a whiner (failing miserably probably) but the whole thing just plain feels wrong to me.