I was drivign at 3am at night across a long desloate road and there is this town called taft in California, and i was driving up to the stop sign and stop about a car lengh behind the stop sign because there is a gas station on the corner i was debating weither to go get food or not, i sat for about 20 seconds and then deciced to not get anything and continued on my way, a cop pulled me over imeduatly and said i ran the stop sign and didnt listen to me that i stoped behind the line a little bit to see if the gas station was open. so tomarrow i have to go to court and plede guilty not guilty and the judge will give me a deal like half the price of the ticket if i plede guilty, but i didnt do it and if i choose to fight it i wont get the deal but i get a chance to prove i didnt do it, but in the end it will be my word vs. the cops...where is the justice in that? what should i do. i cant afford the ticket and i didnt do anything wrong. please give some advice.
2007-10-28 19:00:51 · 7 answers · asked by Ikemike 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Your explanation sounds logical, but you still didn't stop where you were supposed to.
2007-10-28 20:49:58 · answer #1 · answered by CGIV76 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Generally the law in almost every state will require that you pull up to where the stop sign (lateral lines) is and not a distance prior to that. The logic is that if you stop a car length back that you will not be able to see the cross traffic properly from that vantage point and could pull right in front of a vehicle with the right of way. On the other hand if you explain to the judge that it was a desolate area with no traffic, you had stopped a car length prior to the stop sign and had good visibility I am sure he would be understanding about it.
Remember that merely stopping will not always mean you complied with the law. You must stop, have a clear view of the cross roads, make sure traffic is clear and then go. If you stop and crash into a car it is still your fault for violating a car with the right of way. Good luck in court.
2007-10-28 19:14:59 · answer #2 · answered by flafuncop 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Sorry, yet i think of you lose. you're required to end on the decrease line, no longer a automobile length at the back of it. If combating a automobile length at the back of have been ok, then if there have been 2 vehicles stopped, one at the back of the different, the 2d could bypass by way of devoid of combating back. that's no longer accredited. it can be a tickey-tack cost tag, and probably the listening to officer will decrease you a spoil, yet on the information you cutting-edge you committed the offense. BTW, in spite of the actuality that I think of you be attentive to this, you are able to't get a jury trial on a site visitors infraction, and soliciting for one will in straightforward terms make you look silly.
2016-11-09 19:37:21 · answer #3 · answered by laubersheimer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've had this happen to me before too, but I just got a warning. I'd at least try to explain to the judge that you did stop, just a little behind the line. The problem is, the judge might come back and say you should have stopped again at the stop sign after you rolled forward to it.
2007-10-28 19:07:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Dashboard camera....not there, then it is your word against the cop. You are guilty by your statement here. As to a DA being there, most traffic courts in Cal don't have them. If you can get traffic school go for it.
2007-10-28 19:48:21 · answer #5 · answered by Songbyrd JPA ✡ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Take the cheapest out...
They ARE going to get money out of you!!!
Cant win in "roo" court...
2007-10-28 20:28:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dashboard camera..Not one..You win...Speak with the DA BEFORE the case comes up, and you could squeek out early...
2007-10-28 19:05:55 · answer #7 · answered by jvwatson4 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋