Doing some basic digging, I don't think the driving offense she was charged with was warranted and should have been a speeding violation.
Just because a person has a badge on doesn't change the laws of physics of vechicles traveling down the highway vs a human body. From previous readings it certainly appeared to me the cop was putting way more drama into things.
But, here's some numbers to ponder. The last couple years the State Police have stopped around 165,000 - 175,100 cars are year and issues about 50k tickets. These numbers don't inlcude tickets from local agencies which puts the numbers way higher.
What I have never understood is why I-93 and I-89 does not have 70 MPH speed zones. The 70 MPH zones are all over the US, in way more populated areas than I-93 and they work. Imagine that
