Posts by analogfalcon7

Donna Brown14 said:😁 You guys could've just beaten him up, honestly. hehe

as if we couldn't. kid was smaller than us anyway 😂

anyway, grandma signed the citation, so if I end up in front of a judge, I'm just gonna claim it wasn't served properly 😳

boldhound8 said:I don't care if there's ten of you, he's got a badge, so deal with it.😁

oh, right 🙂

whatever. I'll just file an appeal and see where things land. honestly, three days in jail, free food, a bed... what's the worst that could happen? 😁

Oh yeah, totally forgot to mention my mom was with me too, so basically it’s two against one

Donna Brown14 said:If your light turned red, you were supposed to wait in the intersection until the cars with the green light cleared out before proceeding. If you're going to fight the officer's call, be prepared—the court will likely want both of you to testify. You really think he's going to change his story once he's standing in front of a judge?

And how exactly am I supposed to let the streetcar pass if I'm already stuck on the tracks? 🤷

I turned off the main road onto the side street, and the guy in front of me slammed on his brakes halfway through a crosswalk because he lost traction. I was right behind him, already deep in the intersection. My only choice was to keep moving forward so he'd eventually budge. Otherwise, I'm just sitting there blocking the streetcar and everyone else heading downtown from the depot. 🤷

honestly, I’m worried they’ll just toss my decision out the window because my statement is too damn long. happens all the time with these bureaucrats. all I’m looking for is a fair shake at a conversation where someone actually listens to me. that's it.

Grace Turner said:Write everything down. Is this some kind of mandatory citation?

nah, just a ticket

By the way, the date on the ticket says July 30th. I think there's a stamp on the blue envelope from August 7th, though it's hard to see, and my grandma actually got the mail on August 11th. So, I'm banking on that last date being the one that matters for the 8-day appeal window after delivery.

Not sure if I should write out the whole story. Don't want them using my own words against me to hand down a judgment, like that happens all the time. Besides, I've already decided I'm not paying this fine. I'd honestly rather go to jail. I think I'll just keep it simple and say I'm contesting it because I didn't actually run the red light.

Grace Turner said:Anyway, make sure you state clearly that you didn't run a red light. Just say the yellow light hit right as you were already committed to the intersection, and there was no way that cop could actually tell which light you cleared from where he was standing.

That’s exactly what happened. It was green. I’m already halfway through the intersection when I see the yellow pop. There’s this car ahead of me that slams on the brakes right in the middle of the crosswalk to let some pedestrian dash across. I'm right behind them, already on the streetcar tracks—basically stuck in the middle of the junction—so I had no choice but to clear it after they did. There was no turning back.

The cop pulls me over and claims he saw the green arrow turn off, meaning it was red for me. End of story. He wasn't interested in hearing any excuses.

Do you think one sentence in my appeal is enough? Just saying "I'm contesting this because I didn't run a red light," or should I go into more detail?

hey

got hit with a ticket, so I'm gonna fight it with an appeal

is it better to just say I didn't run the red, or should I argue that the light turned yellow right before I hit the intersection?