failure to yeild to emergency vehicle

[potatodude03]

yesterday i was driving home from work and had a green light at an intersection so i kept driving. as i entered the intersection a police car pulled out going perpendicular to me and stopped. i had my windows up and didnt hear the sirens until then. i hit him in the fender. my car was totaled but there were no injuries. today i was issued a ticket for failure to yeild to an emergency vehicle.
there was no way i could have seen him coming from around the corner and the light was green when i entered the intersection. theres no way im just paying this ticket. what should i do?

 

[Zigner]

yesterday i was driving home from work and had a green light at an intersection so i kept driving. as i entered the intersection a police car pulled out going perpendicular to me and stopped. i had my windows up and didnt hear the sirens until then. i hit him in the fender. my car was totaled but there were no injuries. today i was issued a ticket for failure to yeild to an emergency vehicle.
there was no way i could have seen him coming from around the corner and the light was green when i entered the intersection. theres no way im just paying this ticket. what should i do?

You should follow the rules of this forum.

 

[potatodude03]

sorry, washington state

 

[Zigner]

sorry, washington state

Now, with that out of the way...what was your defense? That you approached a blind intersection without being able to see if a vehicle was coming?

 

[potatodude03]

somewhat, also i had a green light and the officer should have been more cautious running a red

 

[Zigner]

somewhat, also i had a green light and the officer should have been more cautious running a red

Lights AND siren - what else do you expect?