This officer handed me a ticket and when it was pointed out to him that the light was yellow (which it clearly was), he answered with "Okay". Since that constitutes an agreement, guess who wins when the citation is contested?
2006-09-15 08:22:10 · 14 answers · asked by OnTheCoast 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I would believe so! If he will appear in court and say that!
2006-09-15 08:25:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It makes a difference when the light turned yellow. The yellow light is a warning that it's about to turn red. You commit a crime if you ENTER the intersection when the light is read but since cars can't stop immediately, the yellow is your warning to stop. You can enter on a yellow light (the guy below is wrong on that point) and you are legal. The main point here has been well articulated already. "Okay" can mean a lot of things other than an agreement and if the cop shows up he's going to testify in accordance with the ticket he handed you.
Just pay your fine and get on with life.
2006-09-15 15:50:34 · answer #2 · answered by RangerEsq 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
That doesn't constitute agreement with your assertion...the cop just didn't want to argue with you at that time.
If you want to spend your time and money going to court over this, then be my guest....but, unless you can get the cop to admit, under oath, that the light turned yellow when you were already in the intersection, then you'll lose....
Oh...there's always the off chance that the cop won't show up for the court date, thus pretty much guaranteeing that you'd win, but I wouldn't count on that....
2006-09-15 15:40:00 · answer #3 · answered by Silver 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm a police officer here in Shreveport Louisiana and just to give you some advice, if the cop is going to take the time to show up to court he's not gonna say you ran a yellow light. He gave you a ticket for running a red light and that's for sure what he will say in court to. Sorry man I would just pay the fine.
2006-09-15 15:34:32 · answer #4 · answered by Geaux Tigerz 1 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Does not matter what he said out on the street, it only matters what he says in court, under oath. It will be your word against his. Also depends on if he saw you speed up to run the yellow or how long the light was yellow before you entered the intersection.
2006-09-15 15:58:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A yellow light is a caution that it is about to turn red. It doesn't mean full speed ahead til the light is actually red. I don't think you can win this one.
2006-09-15 15:33:59 · answer #6 · answered by nite_raideress 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When a light turns yellow you are still not suppose to enter, yellow only allows you to exit the intercession after you were in it when it was green.
So if the light was already yellow before you entered it, you were still guilty.
So you have to ask, was it green when I entered, if he says yes you are ok, if not you were wrong
2006-09-15 15:26:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
But you'd have to get him to admit he said that when you're both standing in court. So guess who'd lose?
No cop is going to admit he gave out a bogus ticket... sorry buster... you lose.
And the way you say he said "ok" doesn't actually sound like an admission of guilt. He sounds more like he was saying, "Okay, whatever... here's your ticket"
2006-09-15 15:25:41 · answer #8 · answered by bodinibold 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Okay meant that he didn't want to argue with you and didn't want to hear you spew excuses. He was not aggreeing with you. But go ahead and use that for your defense in court, I'm sure everyone will be amused.
2006-09-15 16:01:18 · answer #9 · answered by Matt 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
he might have meant, OKAY whatever you say ********
or OKaY, tell your story to the judge, etc it could have meant something else rather than agreement.
2006-09-15 15:25:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋