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Red light violation in CA?
I received a mailed traffic violation in CA for running a red light. There are pictures and an on-line video showing that I was at the first crosswalk line at 0.42 seconds after the light changed red and I continued on through the intersection. Does anyone know if there is a chance of me beating this ticket, or should I just plead guilty and ask for traffic school.
5 Answers
- troLv 71 decade agoFavourite answer
unless you can prove it was not you driving, you probably need to pay the fine
- oklatomLv 71 decade ago
...I was at the first crosswalk line at 0.42 seconds after the light changed red and I continued on through the intersection...
What don't you understand there?
The light turned red. It had been yellow before that. Almost a half second later, you ran it.
- tonalc2Lv 71 decade ago
Since it shows that you ran the red light, if only by half a second, just pay it and take traffic school.
- u_bin_calledLv 71 decade ago
Same thing happened to me and I was advised just to accept it and take traffic school. Red light tickets are huge money-makers for cash-strapped California, so the police make sure that the tickets issued are almost guaranteed "wins" for them.
Check out the website www.highwayrobbery.net. It's dedicated to the strategies of Red Light cameras and gives advice on the few technicalities where you could appeal the ticket.
