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Fighting a Traffic Ticket in Court - UPDATE: I WON!!!!!!!!!!!

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ahofle:
Where is NS?
I saw those blinking green lights for the first time in Mexico and have wondered why we don't have them here ever since (although I guess your quote answers that questions LOL).  I sometimes use the adjacent crosswalk light as an indication of a stale green light.  Many of the ones around here actually have a countdown on them to make it even more obvious that you need to slow down well ahead of it changing to amber.

ChadTower:

Nova Scotia.

shardian:
There is a highway across the river in Ohio that has stop lights here and there. They installed clever lights a ways back from the stop light that basically says "if this light is blinking, go ahead and prep to stop at the light ahead.

ChadTower:

Way back in drivers' ed the teacher told us that if you're 300 yards from a green light, and you're not on a 50mph road, you're not going to make the green.  Be ready to stop.  I still find that to be pretty consistently true.

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: Jdurg on January 10, 2008, 11:50:41 am ---

What you guys aren't understanding is the traffic light itself is located in the intersection.  Here in the state of CT, the intersection is defined as the area where two or more roads meet and the intersection itself is the space beyond the white stop line which is present on each road.  At EVERY stop light and stop sign there is a white line in the pavement.  It is required by LAW to be there.  You MUST stop before this white line.  If you progress pass this white line, by the law of the land you are IN THE INTERSECTION.

At this intersection that I am being ticketed for, the white line that denotes the start of the intersection is about ten yards BEFORE the traffic light.  They can't errect a pole in the middle of Route 1 for the traffic light.  So the light that is applicable to the road I was travelling on is located in the middle of the divider that separates northbound and southbound.  I was past the line and should have typed "light" in my initial post.  Sorry about that. 

But this isn't a case where the traffic light is directly above where the stop line is placed.  At this intersection they can't physically place it there.

--- End quote ---

i've tried, how i've tried to interpret this in any other way:


--- Quote from: Jdurg on January 09, 2008, 07:21:57 am ---Okay, last night I got screwed by an overzealous police officer.  I was passing through an intersection when the light turned red as my car was directly underneath it.
--- End quote ---

but i just can't seem to read it in any other way than - YOU RAN A RED LIGHT
go on. when you go to court, tell the judge or magistrate or whatever exactly what you've said here. as soon as you've finished that sentence they will say 'thank you for the confession, here's your fine'...

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