songstress1212
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? New York
Last week I was trying to get onto the Lincoln Tunnel. I was stopped at a red light right near the Lincoln Tunnel entrance around 40th street and I think it was 11th and tried to get a traffic cop's attention to see if he could help me. While I was sitting at this red light (I was the only car at the light), there was a bus moving toward the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel. The traffic cop directed the bus to stop but never once turned toward me. He proceeded to move the cones around near the entrance and looked as if he was closing the entrance and not going to let the bus in. The light then turned green and I inched up to see if I could get close to the traffic cop to ask him where I could go to get back onto the Tunnel. He then turned around and screamed at me to stop and back up. I screamed back for him to calm down and I stopped and backed up. He then angrily came up to me and asked me for my license which I gave to him. I then proceeded to ask him what I did wrong if I stopped when he asked me to and backed up like he asked. I will admit I was angry and it showed. He told me to pull over which I did and when he came up next to my car I asked him again what I did wrong. He told me I failed to comply. Now, he never once told me to stop when the light turned green. He only noticed I was there once I started to move up. I explained this to him and he said, "I was insulting his intelligence" I then told him he was insulting mine and he proceeded to write me a 90 dollar ticket. I have two witnesses in the car who could not believe what this officer was doing. He was a bold faced liar and pretty much gave me a ticket because he was having a bad day and did not like my attitude. I never knew officers were allowed to give tickets out for having a bad day. Does anyone know if I have a chance of winning this if I fight it?? I know he will show up because we exchanged some pretty harsh words and told me to make sure I hold onto my ticket.
Last week I was trying to get onto the Lincoln Tunnel. I was stopped at a red light right near the Lincoln Tunnel entrance around 40th street and I think it was 11th and tried to get a traffic cop's attention to see if he could help me. While I was sitting at this red light (I was the only car at the light), there was a bus moving toward the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel. The traffic cop directed the bus to stop but never once turned toward me. He proceeded to move the cones around near the entrance and looked as if he was closing the entrance and not going to let the bus in. The light then turned green and I inched up to see if I could get close to the traffic cop to ask him where I could go to get back onto the Tunnel. He then turned around and screamed at me to stop and back up. I screamed back for him to calm down and I stopped and backed up. He then angrily came up to me and asked me for my license which I gave to him. I then proceeded to ask him what I did wrong if I stopped when he asked me to and backed up like he asked. I will admit I was angry and it showed. He told me to pull over which I did and when he came up next to my car I asked him again what I did wrong. He told me I failed to comply. Now, he never once told me to stop when the light turned green. He only noticed I was there once I started to move up. I explained this to him and he said, "I was insulting his intelligence" I then told him he was insulting mine and he proceeded to write me a 90 dollar ticket. I have two witnesses in the car who could not believe what this officer was doing. He was a bold faced liar and pretty much gave me a ticket because he was having a bad day and did not like my attitude. I never knew officers were allowed to give tickets out for having a bad day. Does anyone know if I have a chance of winning this if I fight it?? I know he will show up because we exchanged some pretty harsh words and told me to make sure I hold onto my ticket.