I recently received a $250 speeding ticket in Massachusetts for doing 90 in a 65. A truck was merging into my lane and was about to hit me. The officer was outside of his car when he saw me. He waved at me, I immediately slowed down, and he jumped in his car, turned on his lights and I pulled over immediately. He said that because I didn’t stop when he waved, it was an extra $100 fine. First of all, is this fair? Since when was I supposed to know that waving meant pull over (even if it’s what he DID mean, can he really punish me for having misunderstood)? Also, if I plead not guilty, will I have to travel to MA for a hearing, and will I have any say in when that hearing takes place? I’m moving to Montana to work for the summer, so I can’t just zip over to Mass. I’m transferring to an MA school next spring, is there any way to delay the hearing until then? If I plead guilty, how will an out-of-state ticket affect my record/insurance in Pennsylvania?
I didn’t argue with him, I accepted the ticket and apologized. He also never wrote anything on the ticket about the extra $100 fine, all he put was speeding = $250.

Other important info: I was in an accident a week ago where my car was totalled in a hit-and-run. Since then, my parents have taken me off their insurance. How can my insurance rates go up as the result of a ticket if I’m not part of any insurance plan?