Woman given ticket for driving too slowly

A Valencia County woman who was pulled over for driving too slowly said state police went too far. Jeanette Sedillo said was driving on Reinken Road in Belen, N.M., after 10 p.m. on Wednesday when a state police officer pulled beside her and told her to get off the road. Sedillo pulled into a parking lot, questioning what she did wrong.

Apparently, going too fast was not the problem: the officer wrote her a ticket for driving 6 mph under the speed limit. "He said, 'You were going 34 in a 40,'" said Sedillo.



The citation said she violated the statute for minimum speed. Now, she has to pay a $70 fine for what she thought was careful driving. Sedillo said there was little traffic in the area at the time and that she wasn't putting drivers in danger. She said state police went too far with the citation and that officers should be going after more serious offenders. "They're just out to get anybody," said Sedillo.

Sedillo is planning to fight the citation in court. State police wouldn't give specific information pertaining to the incident, but a spokesperson said every agency can ticket drivers for going under the speed limit, which is impeding traffic.

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