elusiv
04-30-2005, 12:49 PM
quick question all...
Just got a ticket while driving downtown last night. There was a big accident, and the police had to close down the road ahead of me. The road was crazy... cop cars everywhere , yellow tape, drunks running between cars because the bar just let out. Anyways, I thought they had detoured traffic and was forcing everyone to turn right.
Turns out I was wrong, they were still treating the road as a one way LEFT. I turned right... made it about 2 FEET into the turn, (my tail end didnt even make it around the corner) stopped and backed up, and tried to make it over to the left. Again, i did not even complete the right hand turn...
A cop runs out from behind the yellow tape and pulls me over. He gets my license and registration, runs back to his vehicle and makes me wait. After 10 minutes or so he comes back, doesnt even tell he's charging me with, and wordlessly hands me back my stuff plus a ticket. Then he runs off. The ticket is for driving on the wrong side of the road.
This to me is ridiculous, they blocked off the far left lanes with police cars, ambulances and yellow tape.
I made a mistake yes, but it was so insignificant and under those circumstances, with cop cars strewn randomly about the road, its a little difficult to see where traffic is suppose to go.
Anyways, now my question...
They spelled my middle name wrong, they also spelled my address wrong... the mistakes are minor, like... they got one letter of my name wrong... and for my address, they spelled my road name MOUNT, but i live on MONT. I'm going to dispute this either way, but does the fact that the officer made spelling mistakes everywhere give me any sort of advantage?
And the usual question... can I go down to the office before my court date to dispute this?
Thanks in advance...
Just got a ticket while driving downtown last night. There was a big accident, and the police had to close down the road ahead of me. The road was crazy... cop cars everywhere , yellow tape, drunks running between cars because the bar just let out. Anyways, I thought they had detoured traffic and was forcing everyone to turn right.
Turns out I was wrong, they were still treating the road as a one way LEFT. I turned right... made it about 2 FEET into the turn, (my tail end didnt even make it around the corner) stopped and backed up, and tried to make it over to the left. Again, i did not even complete the right hand turn...
A cop runs out from behind the yellow tape and pulls me over. He gets my license and registration, runs back to his vehicle and makes me wait. After 10 minutes or so he comes back, doesnt even tell he's charging me with, and wordlessly hands me back my stuff plus a ticket. Then he runs off. The ticket is for driving on the wrong side of the road.
This to me is ridiculous, they blocked off the far left lanes with police cars, ambulances and yellow tape.
I made a mistake yes, but it was so insignificant and under those circumstances, with cop cars strewn randomly about the road, its a little difficult to see where traffic is suppose to go.
Anyways, now my question...
They spelled my middle name wrong, they also spelled my address wrong... the mistakes are minor, like... they got one letter of my name wrong... and for my address, they spelled my road name MOUNT, but i live on MONT. I'm going to dispute this either way, but does the fact that the officer made spelling mistakes everywhere give me any sort of advantage?
And the usual question... can I go down to the office before my court date to dispute this?
Thanks in advance...