JWAtraffic
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
My wife received a ticket CVC 22400(a) Impeding Traffic in the arrival area of John Wayne Airport. When she came to pick me up there was not enough room to pull to the curb, she pulled in as far as she could but was not able to pull to the curb due to other vehicles. The car behind her also had a signal on to pull to the curb as well. I realized that neither the car in front of her nor the car beside/behind her was going to be moving as the drivers were out of the cars helping to load their passengers. Due to construction she could not go in front of the driver in front of her and the lane was ending just 40 to 70 feet ahead due to the construction. I fly quite a bit and I can load my stuff in the car very quickly so I approached her and opened the back threw my luggage in the car and jumped into the front seat, she went to pull out when the officer tapped on her window and directed her to pull to the curb. He made us stay there for several minutes until the forward car left then we could pull to the curb. He then wrote her a ticket for "Impeding Traffic". The fact is that we spent more time "Impeding Traffic" waiting for the car in front to move then we did for me jumping into the car. Do we have any recourse to fight this ticket. My wife's driving record has been flawless and this was my fault not her's. Thank you.
My wife received a ticket CVC 22400(a) Impeding Traffic in the arrival area of John Wayne Airport. When she came to pick me up there was not enough room to pull to the curb, she pulled in as far as she could but was not able to pull to the curb due to other vehicles. The car behind her also had a signal on to pull to the curb as well. I realized that neither the car in front of her nor the car beside/behind her was going to be moving as the drivers were out of the cars helping to load their passengers. Due to construction she could not go in front of the driver in front of her and the lane was ending just 40 to 70 feet ahead due to the construction. I fly quite a bit and I can load my stuff in the car very quickly so I approached her and opened the back threw my luggage in the car and jumped into the front seat, she went to pull out when the officer tapped on her window and directed her to pull to the curb. He made us stay there for several minutes until the forward car left then we could pull to the curb. He then wrote her a ticket for "Impeding Traffic". The fact is that we spent more time "Impeding Traffic" waiting for the car in front to move then we did for me jumping into the car. Do we have any recourse to fight this ticket. My wife's driving record has been flawless and this was my fault not her's. Thank you.