Need advice

[Bowhunter004]

I would file a complaint on the Officer about the Spanish comment, that is uncalled for. If you treated him with respect he should have shown it back to you. It propably won't do any good to try and fight the ticket because that is officer discretion.

Absolutely! It was totally uncalled for, He also made a comment about how many red light violations he has given in the past hour. I think it is a safety issue..I was 100% blinded for 20-30 yards, I may bring that up to the city as well.

[Bowhunter004]

If you have the time, fight it! I hate it when I get a ticket I don't think I deserve. I love to go to court and fight them. I have won quite a few of them because prosecutors don't want to go to trial on traffic violations; so I like to tell them I would request a jury trial, if I can. It depends on what the violation is as to how far you can take it. Good luck.

Exactly! There has been many times I deserved a ticket, but not this time IMO

[bowmech]

Do you think i could ask for it in german, and not getting arrested?

Totally uncalled comment, i would complain (you still have to pay for the ticket though).

[Bowhunter004]

Do you think i could ask for it in german, and not getting arrested?

Totally uncalled comment, i would complain (you still have to pay for the ticket though).

Thats why I kept my mouth shut, I knew I would dig deeper

[Bowhunter004]

Defensive driving if you can !!!! It will more that likely cost the same, but won't be on your record, UNLESS you have a CDL, then your toast !!!!!!!

No CDL, I think I will take Defensive driving. I didnt think about that, thanks brotha

[RobinHood]

Absolutely! It was totally uncalled for, He also made a comment about how many red light violations he has given in the past hour. I think it is a safety issue..I was 100% blinded for 20-30 yards, I may bring that up to the city as well.

Sounds like the cop knows the exact time of the day to patrol at that light :-/

[Snakelover]

Let it go. Maybe you don't deserve the ticket, maybe you do. Doesn't matter, you won't win that battle. As for the comment, although it was uncalled for, it's your word against his so that's a dead-end street too. You did right in keeping your mouth shut. Life's too short to fret over this. Take a deep breath and move on.

[Mac...]

I use to pay all my tickets but not anymore!
I took the last one to court and the first step is for a pee-on from the Distric Atourneys office to try and settle your ticket. I was speeding and ran a red light when I was looking in my rearview mirror to see if the cop was turning around. Needless to say, he ticketed me for both offences. It was a little under a $500. ticket.
Took it to court and settled for $150 and defensive driving and it didn't hit my record!!!

That's my suggestion. Take it to court and see if they cut a deal.

[El Coyote]

If you have a clean driving record for the last year you can ask for deffered adjucation and as long as you don't get another you will not have it go on your record.

[az2tx]

go out to the light with a camera at the same time of day, when the sun is directly behind the light, take a few pic's and show them to the judge, he might let you off.

[Skinny]

Let it all go. His question could have been sincere right? Or at least that is what he would tell his boss I am willing to bet.

[Bowhunter004]

go out to the light with a camera at the same time of day, when the sun is directly behind the light, take a few pic's and show them to the judge, he might let you off.

I thought about that too. Im sure they will say it doesn't matter what caused me to run the light. Only reason I might do that is to show that it IS a safety hazard and something needs to be done about it. Maybe they could put a light on the side of the light pole so it wont be in direct sunlight. Ive seen this done in bigger cities quite a bit.

[sharkhunter]

Never just pay a moving violation. Either fight it ,Defensive driving or se if the judge will defer it for you.

[KNEE DEEP]

If you are going to take defensive driving,try to find a class to take.Don't do it on the
computer,you'll go crazy with that cr....p.

[Snakelover]

The sunlight in the eyes is not an excuse and will mean nothing to the judge. Drivers are responsible to adjust their speed according to whatever the conditions are at the time. It doesn't matter if that's rain, ice, snow, fog or sun in your eyes. If you couldn't see the light clearly, you were supposed to slow down to the point where you wouldn't run the light no matter when it changed. Sorry, but that's just the law.