I received a 14 hour violation, but there’s only one problem.........

Two weeks ago,while making a delivery in Ladson, SC, I hopped in the leftmost lane (interstate had just gone from 2 lanes to 3) to avoid traffic that all of a sudden started slowing down. What I didn’t know was the traffic was slowing down because a DOT officer was sitting off the right shoulder behind a sign. There wasn’t one of those signs about “no trucks in the left lane.” There are several variations, but my point is, there was not one. Period, I double checked on the way out of town. At any rate, that lane change earned me a traffic stop and subsequent level 3 inspection. I received a local traffic citation for being in the left lane. Also, I received two DOT violations for the left lane and also for driving beyond my 14 hours the day before, when I did an 8/2 split in Georgia. Let me explain the 8/2 split. I stopped at the Quiktrip in Centerville, SC for fuel. I was on 45 minutes from my delivery, but I had 2 1/2 hours or so remaining in my 14 hours. I can’t remember if my 11 & 14 hour clocks were running together, but I had at least 2 1/2 hours left. I decided to take 8 hours after I fueled. After 8 hours in the sleeper, like clockwork, I regained my 2 1/2 hours. I did a pretrip and drove 40 minutes or so to the receiver. I satisfied the other 2 hours in the sleeper at the receiver. At which time, “presto” I have my full clock, minus what I used after the 8 hours break in the sleeper. There was no 14 hour violation PERIOD. But needless to say, the DOT officer began to twist himself into knots trying to show me how I was “driving beyond 14 hours” the day before. After two minutes of trying to convince him that he was wrong, I realized that it wasn’t going to work. So I cut my losses and continued on with my deliveries. I will try to attach a screenshot of my logs for that day. At any rate, I have had my logs reviewed by my safety department, a compliance officer, as well as KeepTrukin compliance, and everyone has confirmed that there was no violation.

I don’t even know what question to ask you guys, because this is the craziest thing I have seen in a long time. So you guys have at it.