What is the name of your state? IL
My husband got a ticket for running a stop sign at the end of our street. This stop sign is set back from the corner a bit, and the line at which you are supposed to stop is at a place that makes it impossible to see if there is traffic coming from the right (there is a building blocking the view). He stopped at the stop sign, looked rleft (which has a clear view) and then inched forward to see if any traffic was coming that was blocked the the sight of the building. THere was none, so he went. The cop pulled him over for running the stop sign. My husband asked if there was a camera in the car, the cop said yes. When my husband asked to see himself running the stop sign, the cop said he couldn't because the camera was broken.
My questions are these:
1) If requested, does the cop have to show the tape to the offender?
2) If the camera was indeed broken, does my husband have a chance on getting this dismissed due to faulty equipment?
My husband insists he stopped at this stop sign. He has reqested a court date for fighting it. Thank you in advance for your help.
My husband got a ticket for running a stop sign at the end of our street. This stop sign is set back from the corner a bit, and the line at which you are supposed to stop is at a place that makes it impossible to see if there is traffic coming from the right (there is a building blocking the view). He stopped at the stop sign, looked rleft (which has a clear view) and then inched forward to see if any traffic was coming that was blocked the the sight of the building. THere was none, so he went. The cop pulled him over for running the stop sign. My husband asked if there was a camera in the car, the cop said yes. When my husband asked to see himself running the stop sign, the cop said he couldn't because the camera was broken.
My questions are these:
1) If requested, does the cop have to show the tape to the offender?
2) If the camera was indeed broken, does my husband have a chance on getting this dismissed due to faulty equipment?
My husband insists he stopped at this stop sign. He has reqested a court date for fighting it. Thank you in advance for your help.