Chris - It sounds like the cop had a "thing" for you and/or your Dak.
Who knows, maybe he saw you some other time and you weren't so well
behaved ;-) and he just now had the opportunity to rag on you. It sounds
like you were within the Rhode Island limits of driving, but being that
the light was red, the officer did have a point :-( I don't know if you can
get off on the technicality of having the wrong intersection written on the
ticket or not, but considering it is only for $50, I would pay it. Fighting
it
is going to cost a lot more when you figure in your time and lost wages.
If the overpayment has worked for you in the past, try it again and hope
for the best. I believe that a ticket for failure to obey devices is
considered
a moving violation in RI.
Chuck Robbins
'99 Intense Blue Dakota Sport
www.intense99dak.com
> Ok Guys, I need advice from both years of experience and numerous
> opinions. Last night I got pulled over for nothing. I was driving my
girl
> home and we came up to a stoplight, it was red. When it went green the 2
> cars in front of me made the light, by the time I made it to the light it
> had just went yellow. I punched it a little in 2nd to make the light, I
> did not speed though. It was a 25 zone and that is what I went up to.
The
> cop was waiting at the light I just went through. About another 1/4mi up
> the road is my right turn. This intersection is kinda funky because it is
> like a "T". The light was red, there were the other 2 cars in front of me
> at the other light all turning right. The light was red but no-one ever
> stops at this right hand turn. The first 2 cars blast around this corner
> and I slow down to just under 10mph for the corner. Around the corner I
> got pulled over. The cop gave me a ticket for failure to obey devices, he
> said that he heard me blast through the first light... so is this a moving
> violation? Also the cop wrote down the wrong intersection on the ticket,
> is this ticket now void? I would like to get this dropped without having
> to take time out of work to go to court over this BS ticket. Any Ideas?
i
> may just pay the $50 plus a couple extras so that the insurance does not
> find out, but it's like the day out of work costs me a hell of a lot more
> that the $50 ticket...
>
> Thanks Guys,
> Chris
>
>
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