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1995red318i
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What is the name of your state? CA
i was driving through a small town that was kind of confusing to find your way through and back to the highway. it was about midnight and the only people on the road were me and this cop. i knew he was behind me too! In addition, i do not even live in the county i was given a citation in, so i wasn't too familar with the roads.
i obeyed all traffic laws and such, and he followed me all the way for about 5 minutes. i finally figure out how to get back to the highway, and i see a sign pointing to an on-ramp. well apparently there was a stop sign i didn't see and i just put on my blinker and made the right hand turn.
he immediatly pulled me over, then proceeded to grill me( you know, typical cop on his high horse stuff ) wrote me a ticket and told me to leave. he didn't even let me talk.
he put something down like "blantantly ran stop sign" and under est. speed he put 7. 7mph!!! i tried to duplicate that speed and my car almost died!
this guy made me very nervous cause he followed all through town and there was nobody else on the road. i know i slipped up because i was so worried about him back there and apparently he got what he wanted too.
so now i have a $150 ticket. i think its complete bs what happened to me, but i am eligible for traffic school so i am not worried about my insurance, but i was wondering if you can go to traffic school AND have your fine reduced.
the way they worded the letter i got was kind of confusing whether or not you can.
i am not going to deny running the stop light, i just think it was quite unfair in how the situation occurred. i don't think the situation warrants the sum of the consequence.
can anyone help?
thanks.
i was driving through a small town that was kind of confusing to find your way through and back to the highway. it was about midnight and the only people on the road were me and this cop. i knew he was behind me too! In addition, i do not even live in the county i was given a citation in, so i wasn't too familar with the roads.
i obeyed all traffic laws and such, and he followed me all the way for about 5 minutes. i finally figure out how to get back to the highway, and i see a sign pointing to an on-ramp. well apparently there was a stop sign i didn't see and i just put on my blinker and made the right hand turn.
he immediatly pulled me over, then proceeded to grill me( you know, typical cop on his high horse stuff ) wrote me a ticket and told me to leave. he didn't even let me talk.
he put something down like "blantantly ran stop sign" and under est. speed he put 7. 7mph!!! i tried to duplicate that speed and my car almost died!
this guy made me very nervous cause he followed all through town and there was nobody else on the road. i know i slipped up because i was so worried about him back there and apparently he got what he wanted too.
so now i have a $150 ticket. i think its complete bs what happened to me, but i am eligible for traffic school so i am not worried about my insurance, but i was wondering if you can go to traffic school AND have your fine reduced.
the way they worded the letter i got was kind of confusing whether or not you can.
i am not going to deny running the stop light, i just think it was quite unfair in how the situation occurred. i don't think the situation warrants the sum of the consequence.
can anyone help?
thanks.