Embarrassing.....I got caught on Candid Camera

[Stretch Cab]

Let's see, your argument could go something like this: Honest your Honor I wanted to stop but the brakes weren't adjusted properly and I didn't think that I could. I also was distracted with the GAV and didn't see the light change.
Pay the fine!

[Rusty Homestead Fl]

It seems Florida has shortened the yellow lights in some areas by anywhere from a few tenths to a full second in order to boost sales according to a Tampa news investigation. I just got tagged in the mail. $ 158.00 plus a $4.00 "convenience charge" to pay on line. I gently (2 or 3 mph) rolled a right turn on red. Could have bought a part or two with that. First ticket in over 25 years. BOOHOO

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by Kevin in NJ

Look up the laws. Many photo tickets are improperly issued and can be successfully overcome in court. I know in Philadelphia they have to have a clear picture of your face as they can only issue the ticket to a person

You should also check the yellow timing. Some are improperly set.

In any event you should let the politicians know what you think of the cameras.

Minnesota had camera tickets for a short time. Many people took them to court and won. The cameras were removed because the judge said they couldn't identify the driver, and that's who gets the ticket.

I wouldn't use brakes as an excuse, because there is no excuse for poor brakes on a Model A.

[Chris Haynes]

If you entered the intersection on green or amber you are legal.

[Randy in ca]

As others have stated, in most jurisdictions unless you entered the intersection (as defined by a painted/permanent line) on a red light, you have every legal right to clear the intersection and have the right of way over other vehicles to do so. Whether you want to fight the charge, in my mind, would depend largely on the amount of the fine, the traffic court system costs in you area and the implications on your insurance costs.

[Craig Lewis]

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Originally Posted by J Franklin

Don't push the old car excuse too hard, they will just use it to get us off the road.

Ditto....wake up guys.

By todays standards we're underbraked, underpowered, underprotected and generally misunderstood.

Expanding on your outdated motor vehicle's shortcomings in a court of law seems somehow just "not the place"

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

[QUOTE=foxfire42;659065]It's just an embarrassing moment to add to my memoirs. Luckyal's correct it could have been a picture of an accident.............I'll also bet they could find a way to cash a picture of the check since you can now send a picture of one through a cell phone to the bank..................I sure love technology................That's why I love driving my A...

Stolen from the internet[/QUOTE
Dog here,
Yo, Firefox, hows about this STOLEN Internet animation?? Thet Judge may take a "BITE" outa' crime!! Or yo' WALLET! Or on a CHAIN GANG!
Buster T.

[H. L. Chauvin]

Hi 42,

Immediately call to see who is your DA for your area, get his address, & write a short letter with exact details to your DA, & even hand carry it to his office without a stamp explaining you only have a 40 h.p. car.

If your DA sees that you have a good driving record he may excuse you, (many do); then your court date will be cancelled & you will not have to appear before the judge.

If the DA does not let you off the hook, then try pleading with the judge.

Just think what would have happened if you would have been in a buckboard with a pair of slow walking mules pulling the load?

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Or a cowboy on a sloooow horse? Why did the cowboy buy a Dachshund? He wanted to "GIT-A-LOOOOONG-LITTLE- DOGIE"!! Buster T.

[Mitch//pa]

okay forget i said the old car excuse, this thing may be headed to the Supreme Court

[cradlescyth]

In court -and you should go to court- tell the judge" In order to prevent an accident-car would have stopped in intersection- you did the safe thing and
proceded through the intersection.

Good luck

[Rock Hornbuckle]

I received one of these. I sent them a check and wrote on the back of the check "Endorsement is an admission that this ticket was issued in error".

[luckyal]

If you go to court tell the judge that you were driving an unsafe vehicle in a careless and a reckless manner ! Then ask to plead NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANTITY and he will likely accept your plea bargain !
Al

[zzlegend]

Here in So-Cal, if you are an illegal immigrant, you can drive with no insurance, no registration, and they police cant inpound your car. So if and when you go in front of the judge, tell him you are new to this country and maybe he will let you off.

[Wello]

Do a Internet search. There are several web sites that offer tips on red light tickets. I would certainly be truthful with the courts but these red light cameras are plagued with procedural issues that can be pointed out. Many communities are removing their systems due to these issues. As an example, here is one such site:

http://www.ehow.com/how_2299745_beat...on-ticket.html

I have no connection with this site. There are many more available. Good luck in court.

Dan

[Louis]

You might want to think about moving to Mexico and giving up your US citizenship and becoming a Mexican citizen , their is no way the US can bring you back for trial, the Mexican govt. wont allow it , they will protect you .
Their is no way you should have to pay a $60 fine just because of a stupid "A" model .

[theHIGHLANDER]

You guys are all too nice. Can you see yourself in the picture? No? Case dismissed. Was it green when you entered the intersection? It was? Case dismissed. The options of just paying the fine adds points to your driving record and increases ALL of your insurance premiums. Here in MI, some tickets carry 5yrs worth of EXTORTION every time you renew your plates. You can stand firm for what you may KNOW is correct and fully legal, or you can put up with govt inn-u-endo (Latin for sodomy?).

Last bit of genuine advice, if you do go before a judge, USE AS FEW WORDS AS POSSIBLE AND FOCUS ON THE REASON YOU'RE THERE. As soon as people start telling their life story and how they had to get their car/dog/cat/homework/mom/job, and all the other embellishments that THEY think adds cred to their story, INSTANT guilty or fine. He/she doesn't care what you were driving, where you were going, how many times you had sex this month, what you had for lunch that day...get the picture? Trust me, it works every time

[hardtimes]

Originally Posted by zzlegend

Here in So-Cal, if you are an illegal immigrant, you can drive with no insurance, no registration, and they police cant inpound your car. So if and when you go in front of the judge, tell him you are new to this country and maybe he will let you off.

Hey ZZ,
Not so funny (LOL)....TRUE,eh !
Bet most of these guys are thinking that you are blowing smoke....not realizing that what you are saying is the true state of (sad) affairs here!

[Bruce Adams]

Gee, I have a COLLECTION of those photos from my wife running lights or making right on red without stoppping, when I then get a VIDEO of her transgression. The ticket in NYS is on the car, not the driver, amnd carries no points.
Just pay it and get on with your life.
You admit you did the crime, so now you have to pay the fine.

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by hardtimes

Hey ZZ,
Not so funny (LOL)....TRUE,eh !
Bet most of these guys are thinking that you are blowing smoke....not realizing that what you are saying is the true state of (sad) affairs here!

That's what happens when the inmates run the asylum.