California.
Cited for 21950a, Failure to yield to a pedestrian.
Hoping for suggestions on whether it's worth contesting (I'm currently planning to) and best strategy for doing so.
- 7:48am weekday morning
- turned right at a traffic intersection (school zone) 4 lane road
- virtually blinding sun in my eyes
- as I went through the intersection saw a pedestrian on far side of crosswalk (unclear if they were already in or entered as I was driving) out of peripheral vision
- vehicle behind me did the same thing
- officer pulled us both over
- when he reached my car he made a comment to the effect of "I know that sun is really strong"
- I told him I didn't see the person in the intersection
- we chit chatted about my kids (both in back)
- he went back, talked to the other car
- gave both of us tickets and informed me that he had given the car behind me one as well
- I told him I thought that was a "very tough" thing to do because you could not physically see that pedestrian
I'm assuming that sun in my eyes doesn't make it a non infraction. But a) I didn't see the pedestrian because of it b) they were likely barely in the intersection since both cars were able to get through c) I felt that the cop was extremely aggressive and waiting in that spot specifically since he knew you could not see people at that angle. That is the only time I have ever seen him there of 50 days I've driven through there in last 3 months.
Any suggestions/advice appreciated. If you were going to contest this, how would you approach it?
Cited for 21950a, Failure to yield to a pedestrian.
Hoping for suggestions on whether it's worth contesting (I'm currently planning to) and best strategy for doing so.
- 7:48am weekday morning
- turned right at a traffic intersection (school zone) 4 lane road
- virtually blinding sun in my eyes
- as I went through the intersection saw a pedestrian on far side of crosswalk (unclear if they were already in or entered as I was driving) out of peripheral vision
- vehicle behind me did the same thing
- officer pulled us both over
- when he reached my car he made a comment to the effect of "I know that sun is really strong"
- I told him I didn't see the person in the intersection
- we chit chatted about my kids (both in back)
- he went back, talked to the other car
- gave both of us tickets and informed me that he had given the car behind me one as well
- I told him I thought that was a "very tough" thing to do because you could not physically see that pedestrian
I'm assuming that sun in my eyes doesn't make it a non infraction. But a) I didn't see the pedestrian because of it b) they were likely barely in the intersection since both cars were able to get through c) I felt that the cop was extremely aggressive and waiting in that spot specifically since he knew you could not see people at that angle. That is the only time I have ever seen him there of 50 days I've driven through there in last 3 months.
Any suggestions/advice appreciated. If you were going to contest this, how would you approach it?
