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Fighting a Traffic Ticket in Court - UPDATE: I WON!!!!!!!!!!!
tommy:
--- Quote from: Samstag on January 09, 2008, 01:16:33 pm ---
--- Quote from: tommy on January 09, 2008, 01:08:35 pm ---There are times when a person is going the speed limit and just so happens to be in the "point of no return" area under the light and can be seen as breaking the law, when they really are not.
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Right. I addressed those situations under "the light was malfunctioning" and "you weren't paying attention".
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No, not malfunctioning and not paying attention, it does happen due to normal speed and light changes at random.
ChadTower:
There are no random light changes. They all happen on a specific timeframe with specific intervals between yellow and red. Always.
Jdurg:
--- Quote from: tommy on January 09, 2008, 01:19:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: Samstag on January 09, 2008, 01:16:33 pm ---
--- Quote from: tommy on January 09, 2008, 01:08:35 pm ---There are times when a person is going the speed limit and just so happens to be in the "point of no return" area under the light and can be seen as breaking the law, when they really are not.
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Right. I addressed those situations under "the light was malfunctioning" and "you weren't paying attention".
--- End quote ---
No, not malfunctioning and not paying attention, it does happen due to normal speed and light changes at random.
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If you look at the photo I posted, the Bowling Alley is the big white thing. I made the left onto Kings Highway and the light was still green. When I got to the Stop Line that I indicated, the light turned yellow. When I was in the intersection, the light turned red. Stopping is impossible at that point unless I want to stop in the middle of Route 12.
Barry Barcrest:
Yeah tommy i went back and read that and removed my post, thanks for pointing it out. My mistake...
RayB:
UH, the yellow lights are designed precisely to to give a driver enough time to either come to a stop or proceed through if "past the point of no return".
If you find yourself past the point of no return when the light is just turning red, you were either doing one or all of these:
A. Were going to fast.
B. Were not paying enough attention.
In either case YOU are responsible for your vehicle ending up in the intersection when the light was red. Rationalize it all you want, you're guilty of that, so take the punishment. I'm glad you got caught. It really pisses me off when I see people just pushing to get through yellows up until the last second. That's just not safe.
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