NY STATE.
The other day I was pulling into the mall in henrietta, NY. It was late at night, around 1:30am. There was a street sweeper driving the WRONG way in traffic, where I was supposed to turn in. I looked to the left and noticed there was nobody else on the mall road, so I decided the safest thing to do would be to drive into the EXIT. I was now driving on the wrong side of the island that seperates the two sides of the road. I quickly returned to the correct side of the road as soon as possible. There was no further altercation, the road was empty. 30 seconds later I was pulled over by a Sheriff who had apparently followed me into the mall. In my point of view, I did nothing worse than the streetsweeper, and if anything, the officer should have pulled over the streetsweeper. The streetsweeper was the whole reason I had to drive in the wrong side, in order to aviod a head-on-collision. When i explaind all this to the officer, he told me if i was paying more attention I would have seen that there were two lanes to pull into and the streetsweeper was only in one. I told him I did what I had tgo inorder to avoid a headon, and he issued me a ticket for driving on the wrong side of the road.
I believe this would be a easy case to win in court, however, i also received a speeding ticket a week ago. IF i get the maximum number of points for the speeding ticket and my "wrong side of the road" ticket, my liscense could be suspended. Does anyone have any suggestions? Do I need to get an attorney, or will I deffiently win this case in court?
Thanks in advance for your help, I appreciate it.
here is a horrible sketch incase youre having problems visualizing my situation. http://home.rochester.rr.com/anticrom/streetsweeper.JPG
The other day I was pulling into the mall in henrietta, NY. It was late at night, around 1:30am. There was a street sweeper driving the WRONG way in traffic, where I was supposed to turn in. I looked to the left and noticed there was nobody else on the mall road, so I decided the safest thing to do would be to drive into the EXIT. I was now driving on the wrong side of the island that seperates the two sides of the road. I quickly returned to the correct side of the road as soon as possible. There was no further altercation, the road was empty. 30 seconds later I was pulled over by a Sheriff who had apparently followed me into the mall. In my point of view, I did nothing worse than the streetsweeper, and if anything, the officer should have pulled over the streetsweeper. The streetsweeper was the whole reason I had to drive in the wrong side, in order to aviod a head-on-collision. When i explaind all this to the officer, he told me if i was paying more attention I would have seen that there were two lanes to pull into and the streetsweeper was only in one. I told him I did what I had tgo inorder to avoid a headon, and he issued me a ticket for driving on the wrong side of the road.
I believe this would be a easy case to win in court, however, i also received a speeding ticket a week ago. IF i get the maximum number of points for the speeding ticket and my "wrong side of the road" ticket, my liscense could be suspended. Does anyone have any suggestions? Do I need to get an attorney, or will I deffiently win this case in court?
Thanks in advance for your help, I appreciate it.
here is a horrible sketch incase youre having problems visualizing my situation. http://home.rochester.rr.com/anticrom/streetsweeper.JPG