What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Millbrae, CA
I was given a ticket for failure to yield to a pedestrian on a right turn.
I was traveling southbound on El Camino Real and turned right (west) onto Millbrae Ave.
There are 2 lanes heading west and 3 lanes (1 left turn only and 2 straight only) eastbound with a narrow concrete divider in between.
When I got to the intersection, the light was green and there were a couple crossing so I stopped and let them pass.
Once the couple are clearly on the sidewalk, I noticed a lady crossing and heading toward my direction but she was probably still in the very first lane (so essentially 3 more lanes before she'd get into my lane), but I waited anyway. We made eye contact and she subtly signaled to me to go ahead w/ the turn as she still had at least 3 lanes to go. So I went ahead and turned. Honestly, I was too shaken up to even plead w/ the cop at that moment but I plan on contesting it. Any chance of winning?
I've done some research and came across these cases. Helpful to cite them during my appearance in court?
- People v. McLachlin
- Parsekyan v. Thompson
- People v Hahn
One more thing, on the citation, the officer had mistakenly noted down the turn. He had it down as traveling North and turning left to West. When in fact it was traveling South and turning right to West. Does that make a difference?
Thank you all.
Here's a view of the intersection on google map - https://www.google.com/maps/place/Millbrae+Ave,+Millbrae,+CA/@37.5984892,-122.3875496,3a,75y,222.27h,79.28t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1smELLpkzfWPVkdN-qII2PuQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DmELLpkzfWPVkdN-qII2PuQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D343.09042%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x808f77a99e9297c7:0xfc929369ae3f05fb
I was given a ticket for failure to yield to a pedestrian on a right turn.
I was traveling southbound on El Camino Real and turned right (west) onto Millbrae Ave.
There are 2 lanes heading west and 3 lanes (1 left turn only and 2 straight only) eastbound with a narrow concrete divider in between.
When I got to the intersection, the light was green and there were a couple crossing so I stopped and let them pass.
Once the couple are clearly on the sidewalk, I noticed a lady crossing and heading toward my direction but she was probably still in the very first lane (so essentially 3 more lanes before she'd get into my lane), but I waited anyway. We made eye contact and she subtly signaled to me to go ahead w/ the turn as she still had at least 3 lanes to go. So I went ahead and turned. Honestly, I was too shaken up to even plead w/ the cop at that moment but I plan on contesting it. Any chance of winning?
I've done some research and came across these cases. Helpful to cite them during my appearance in court?
- People v. McLachlin
- Parsekyan v. Thompson
- People v Hahn
One more thing, on the citation, the officer had mistakenly noted down the turn. He had it down as traveling North and turning left to West. When in fact it was traveling South and turning right to West. Does that make a difference?
Thank you all.
Here's a view of the intersection on google map - https://www.google.com/maps/place/Millbrae+Ave,+Millbrae,+CA/@37.5984892,-122.3875496,3a,75y,222.27h,79.28t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1smELLpkzfWPVkdN-qII2PuQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DmELLpkzfWPVkdN-qII2PuQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D343.09042%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x808f77a99e9297c7:0xfc929369ae3f05fb