Re: Ticket help

[Kneale Brownson <knotnook@traverse.com>]

Don't know about Washington,  Jason, but in Michigan, where I live, the
statute says you broke the rules if you entered the intersection after the
yellow came on.  You may proceed through an intersection, even on a full
red light, if you were already in it when the yellow began but could not
proceed because of some delay ahead of you.   The "speed-too-fast" part
probably was that you accelerated at the intersection rather than slowing
down.  The latter approach probably would have prevented you from running
the light.

Kneale Brownson

At 12:34 PM 9/15/99 -0400, PlyBoyDoct@aol.com wrote:
>Hello q-list,
>I know this has been posted a few times about it, but last night I was 
>testing my Audi boost, I got a ticket.  But it wasn't a speeding ticket, and 
>I am wondering what ways I should fight it.
>
>The ticket says I was....
>-Failure to obey traffic control signals
>-speed too fast for conditions
>
>The situation was that I saw a light turning red, and I drove though it.  The 
>officer was in the right side of the light.  So it would make it hard for him 
>to see that my car was though the line when the light turned green.  And what 
>is fast for conditions?  I was driving speed limit and the ground was dry.  
>No cars behind or left or right of me.  Though it was night time.  
>
>I'm sure someone got a ticket like this already and fought it and won.  I 
>just need some input on what you guys/gals did.  
>
>TIA,
>
>Jason C
>89 200t10v
>Redmond WA