Date:         Fri, 13 Dec 2002 15:04:30 -0800
Reply-To:     DaveC <peninsula@COVAD.NET>
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From:         DaveC <peninsula@COVAD.NET>
Subject:      Re: Photo ticket at stop lights
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>On Friday, December 13, 2002, at 01:34  PM, Sean Garrett wrote:

>>I feel I am not guilty and was caught at a yellow light.

>In the District of Columbia it is illegal to run a YELLOW light, not
>just a red light.
>
>I had a nice discussion with a local gendarme after I went through a
>yellow light. I got a written warning (not a ticket).

Man, I haven't heard of cops issuing warnings in decades! Here in N.
California I don't think they do anything but write citations all day
long for the smallest (barely rolling stop) infractions.

Regarding challenging tickets, it always pays to try. Here, the
courts are regularly prepared to shoot you down on the simplest of
officer's testimony. "Cops are right. Perps are wrong" mentality of
the majority of judges.

Regarding colors here, you have to be out of the intersection when
the light changes to red.

Dave
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Dave Carpenter