(Georgia)
I received a letter notifying me of a traffic signal violation (running a red light).
…North and South bound lanes both have left turn arrows -- both get a get arrow followed by a yellow arrow, then the main light turns green light to allow the main flow of North and South bound traffic (no red turn arrow, meaning: can turn left at intersection if traffic is allowing). Left turn arrow was yellow when I was approaching intersection; I expected the turn arrow to disappear, then the main traffic signal to change to green. Well, didn't happen so quickly... The main light hesitated before changing to green, I assume to allow the turning vehicles to clear intersection before main flow was allowed to commence. Anyways, a camera mounted at intersection documented that the main light did not change immediately, that I crossed the line at 1.19 seconds, 3 seconds before the main light went to green (light was red for a total of 4 seconds so the document/ticket states).
I guess my question is, that is that really running a red light (I know it was red, but typically, it goes directly to green, picture shows no cars for miles in oncoming lane)? Can I get out of this? Thoughts or suggestions?
Also, has anyone heard of the Written Not Guilty Plea for the state of GA?
I received a letter notifying me of a traffic signal violation (running a red light).
…North and South bound lanes both have left turn arrows -- both get a get arrow followed by a yellow arrow, then the main light turns green light to allow the main flow of North and South bound traffic (no red turn arrow, meaning: can turn left at intersection if traffic is allowing). Left turn arrow was yellow when I was approaching intersection; I expected the turn arrow to disappear, then the main traffic signal to change to green. Well, didn't happen so quickly... The main light hesitated before changing to green, I assume to allow the turning vehicles to clear intersection before main flow was allowed to commence. Anyways, a camera mounted at intersection documented that the main light did not change immediately, that I crossed the line at 1.19 seconds, 3 seconds before the main light went to green (light was red for a total of 4 seconds so the document/ticket states).
I guess my question is, that is that really running a red light (I know it was red, but typically, it goes directly to green, picture shows no cars for miles in oncoming lane)? Can I get out of this? Thoughts or suggestions?
Also, has anyone heard of the Written Not Guilty Plea for the state of GA?