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twinelm
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What is the name of your state? Texas
My 16 year old son received a traffic ticket today for a U-turn in a school zone. He signaled, was prudent etc ie there was no traffic and was immediately pulled by a policeman who apparently had been parked nearby and was ticketed for a U turn in a school zone (also receiving a warning for expired inspection sticker) I can find no mention of a U turn being illegal in either the driver's handbook or the Texas state statutes. It was 4 oclock in the afternoon with good visibility and light traffic which was printed on the ticket. To make matters worse I have made a U turn on this wide street a number of times myself not having any idea there was anything wrong with it...can you advise, should I hire an attorney and fight this, where would be a good place to find whether this is a "made up" charge to harrass my son who also had a couple of friends with him. Also what about insurance increases? Oh, one other thing, this policeman was a school resource officer and also I guess a city policeman (less than 7,000 pop.).
Thanks for any help you can give
My 16 year old son received a traffic ticket today for a U-turn in a school zone. He signaled, was prudent etc ie there was no traffic and was immediately pulled by a policeman who apparently had been parked nearby and was ticketed for a U turn in a school zone (also receiving a warning for expired inspection sticker) I can find no mention of a U turn being illegal in either the driver's handbook or the Texas state statutes. It was 4 oclock in the afternoon with good visibility and light traffic which was printed on the ticket. To make matters worse I have made a U turn on this wide street a number of times myself not having any idea there was anything wrong with it...can you advise, should I hire an attorney and fight this, where would be a good place to find whether this is a "made up" charge to harrass my son who also had a couple of friends with him. Also what about insurance increases? Oh, one other thing, this policeman was a school resource officer and also I guess a city policeman (less than 7,000 pop.).
Thanks for any help you can give