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Originally Posted by dianne.newhouse@gmail.com
I was stopped at a red light to do a U turn. After waiting awhile for the light to change, I saw that the oncoming three lanes were all empty, so I turned just before the arrow turned green. The cop cited me for failure to stop at a red light. I would like to fight this. I have a very good driving record.
Please offer recommendations! Thanks!
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You did run the red light and the fact that the oncoming three lanes were all empty were not relevant. I do not believe that red lights mean stop unless "you think" it is unnecessary or a waste of your time.
And, now rather than accept responsibility for your decision not to obey the law and wait for the light to turn green, you want to see yourself as somehow the victim and waste the court's time.
You are not special and you do not get to pick and choose which laws you wish to obey and which laws you get to ignore.
Grown up, thank the office for doing his job and and consider this a learning experience.
Clearly you were raised differently than I was. Personally I was not raised to believe that I could ignore the laws or rules that I did not agree with.
I only took the time to offer my recommendation because you asked for recommendation.
I recommend that you learn to graciously accept responsibility when you are wrong and accept this as a learning experience.
I understand that I was fortunate that my mother raised me to understand that I was not special, except to her, and that I did not get to pick and choose which laws or rules that I wanted to follow.
Respectfully,
Tom