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so i was driving 30mph on a 30mph street @ 11pm nighttime. the light turns yellow and i slightly gas it a little more leaving my rear tires on the crosswalk of the heading side of the intersection. my rear tires was at the end of the intersection when the light turned red. so about now, im cruisng around 35mph ish. then a cop busts a u-turn and pulls me over for running a red light and going 40mph.

1) this officer was a block down and could no way measure my speed rating when hes like 700feet away from me at the ONCOMMING side of traffic. by the time he made that u-turn, i even pulled over before he flashed his sirens

2) i doubt he could tell i ran the red because he wouldnt be able to see the white crosswalk marks at such far distance. i truthfully ran the yellow and my rear tires was on the end side of the crosswalk lines when it turned red

3) how likely am i to win the court case if i fight this ticket? do i stand a chance? (red light/40mph on 30)



thanks

 
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He very easily could have measured your speed a block away moving towards you. I do it all the time. As far as the red light violation, you may be able to fight that based upon his distance from you when the light changed. Are there any cameras at the intersection. Bottom line, you shouldn't cut it close like that. You never know who may not be paying attention coming the other way ya know.

 
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wouldnt it be inaccurate though since his car was in motion as well? i know its impossible to get a 100% accurate judgement of speed while both cars are in motion. do you think i can use that in court?
he was prob doing 25-30mph. i dont know if officers can measure a vehicles speed just by guessing, but i doubt this officer used a radar. the main reason why he'd got me is cause he says i ran the red.

this part of the road also has a 90' degree curve thats occurs after the intersection. so it was intersection, 90 degree curvy road thats about 200 feet long onto straight road.


on top of that, it was dark and its pretty hard to see the intersection borders/line markings from 700 feet

 
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it isnt illegal to go through a yellow... and you'd be surprised at the accuracy of their radar guns... and yea they can measure your speed if you're both moving

 
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the officer was driving in the opposite direction as me. he was doing 25mph ish while i was doing 30igh and bust a bitch and got me.