What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?
california
So I was driving in Los Angeles and prepared to turn right on a street but there were 2 teenagers starting to cross the intersection, so I waited with my blinker on for them to cross.
The street they were on is about 20 feet wide and it literally took them over a minute to cross - they were meandering and walking as slow as possible.
I found this behavior irratating because they were aware I was waiting to turn and literally could not have been walking any slower. So when they were about 3 or 4 feet from the sidewalk I honked at them and proceeded to drive around them. I gave my a car some gas but I was probably never closer than 6 or 7 feet.
I look up and there were about 6 cops sitting there on their motorcycles and one of them pulled me over and gave me a ticket for failing to yield for a pedestrian. I think the cop was upset with me for honking and stepping on the gas too much (his question was "what the hell was that?") but I looked up the statute and in California you don't have to wait for pedestrians to be on the sidewalk before you turn. I also did in fact yield to them - I sat there waiting for 45 seconds for them to cross the street.
In Cal if you plead guilty you can get traffic school and your insurance won't be affected, but if you plead innocent and lose you don't get the traffic school option. I really don't think I broke any laws. Any advice?
california
So I was driving in Los Angeles and prepared to turn right on a street but there were 2 teenagers starting to cross the intersection, so I waited with my blinker on for them to cross.
The street they were on is about 20 feet wide and it literally took them over a minute to cross - they were meandering and walking as slow as possible.
I found this behavior irratating because they were aware I was waiting to turn and literally could not have been walking any slower. So when they were about 3 or 4 feet from the sidewalk I honked at them and proceeded to drive around them. I gave my a car some gas but I was probably never closer than 6 or 7 feet.
I look up and there were about 6 cops sitting there on their motorcycles and one of them pulled me over and gave me a ticket for failing to yield for a pedestrian. I think the cop was upset with me for honking and stepping on the gas too much (his question was "what the hell was that?") but I looked up the statute and in California you don't have to wait for pedestrians to be on the sidewalk before you turn. I also did in fact yield to them - I sat there waiting for 45 seconds for them to cross the street.
In Cal if you plead guilty you can get traffic school and your insurance won't be affected, but if you plead innocent and lose you don't get the traffic school option. I really don't think I broke any laws. Any advice?
