Legal Question in Traffic Law in Pennsylvania

I was pulled over yesterday for speeding in Littlestown Borough, Adams County, Pennsylvania. I was cited for traveling 48.86 MPH in a posted 25 MPH zone. I was driving with traffic, and since school was going into session, I know I was traveling within the posted speed, which isn't exactly enough to prove to the court I was. There are some issues with the ticket however and I'm hoping they can prove the officers inability at accurately estimating my speed. On the method of speed tracking there are the options of Radar, ESP, Clocked, Vascar, A.O.V., and Other. The officer checked the "other" option. What exactly is other? Second, the vehicle type is listed as sedan, but my vehicle is a coupe. Petty, I know, but included with the other errors it might be something. The officer stated he caught me speeding in the 400 block of E. King Street. He didn't pull me over until I was out of the borough, his jurisdiction, which is .3 miles from the cited speeding point. How exactly do the jurisdiction laws work in PA, and how far is he allowed to go outside of them to pull me over? The direction of travel was listed as east. My actual direction of travel was North. The street name is east king street, but it's route number is 194 north. So, was I east bound, or North bound? Compass says north, but which one is legally acceptable? The last thing on the ticket is miles timed, and seconds timed. I'm assuming the officer used some sort of timing device to get this information. He listed he timed be travel .19 miles in 1.40 seconds. That would mean my speed was 488 mph! I think he actually ment to write .019 miles in 1.40 seconds, which would be 48 mph, but he didn't write that. Are these simply clerical errors that will be ignored? Or do I have a chance of fighting this ticket.

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