Stop sign violation in CA

[kldang]

Hi all

I just got a stop sign violation ticket on my way home.

there were a honda CRX, which is very short, in front of me. That car stopped on the white line and I stopped behind it immediately. When it left, i can see that white line is very close to me. I thought I already stopped close enought for the stop sign, so that I just ran over the stop sign. I feel I am so unfair to get such ticket. Wanna get some advice on how I should fight this ticket?

I read some threads suggesting that tickets should be fought with written declaration. How many of you have successfully done that? How many have you lost in this appeal?

 

[quakefiend420]

ibomgpaytheticket!!!111one1

 

[Insane3D]

/pulls up chair

/grabs some popcorn

/waits for all the moral warriors

 

[Tylanner]

dont talk to any stop signs untill you get a lawyer

 

[Ns1]

pay the ticket cuz you obviously fvcked up and got caught


keep rolling stopsigns, just don't get caught =P

 

[DaveSimmons]

the dead pay no tickets.


it's the only way out now.


it will only hurt for a second, then you're free.

 

[kldang]

but there were a honda CRX, which is very short, in front of me. That car stopped on the white line and I stopped behind it immediately. When it left, i can see that white line is very close to me. I thought I already stopped close enought for the stop sign, so that I just ran over the stop sign. I feel I am so unfair to get such ticket

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: kldang
but there were a honda CRX, which is very short, in front of me. That car stopped on the white line and I stopped behind it immediately. When it left, i can see that white line is very close to me. I thought I already stopped close enought for the stop sign, so that I just ran over the stop sign. I feel I am so unfair to get such ticket

Question is did you pull up and stop at the stop sign/line.

Yes - fight it.

No - Pay it.

 

[rh71]

if you didn't stop again after braking for the CRX, then you didn't stop at the stop sign. You being "close enough" to the line doesn't count, sorry.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

someone want to translate? running over a stop sign = destruction of public property

 

[spherrod]

Originally posted by: rh71
if you didn't stop again after braking for the CRX, then you didn't stop at the stop sign.

 

[FoBoT]

you are guilty

pay the fine

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: kldang
I feel I am so unfair to get such ticket

you are wrong. pay the fine

 

[LeiZaK]

Originally posted by: kldang
but there were a honda CRX, which is very short, in front of me. That car stopped on the white line and I stopped behind it immediately. When it left, i can see that white line is very close to me. I thought I already stopped close enought for the stop sign, so that I just ran over the stop sign. I feel I am so unfair to get such ticket

If you ran over the stop sign, I'd say you got off easy.

 

[Gibson486]

Ummm...if you could see teh white line when you stopped, then you were not close enough to the stop sign. The point is to be close enough to the intersection so you can look both ways. If you coudl see the white line, you were not close enough to the intersection to see both ways. It really does not mtter what the car infront of you was doing.

edit, I am not clear, did you, or did you not see the white line? Or, are you referring to seeing the white line at the side of you car?

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: LeiZaK

Originally posted by: kldang
but there were a honda CRX, which is very short, in front of me. That car stopped on the white line and I stopped behind it immediately. When it left, i can see that white line is very close to me. I thought I already stopped close enought for the stop sign, so that I just ran over the stop sign. I feel I am so unfair to get such ticket

If you ran over the stop sign, I'd say you got off easy.

Replacement costs of those signs used to be budgeted for about $250. (80's)

Consider that against the cost of your ticket.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Insane3D
/pulls up chair

/grabs some popcorn

/waits for all the moral warriors

he basically (& technically) rolled through this one... I chimed in. I detest people who don't stop at stop signs... I drive an SUV... the loss of momentum kills me, but I still stop.

 

[Ricemarine]

and no one 100% told him to fight it... :Q...

Pay up.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: Insane3D
/pulls up chair

/grabs some popcorn

/waits for all the moral warriors

he basically (& technically) rolled through this one... I chimed in. I detest people who don't stop at stop signs... I drive an SUV... the loss of momentum kills me, but I still stop.

what i despise are the people that drag ass through the neighborhoods at less than the speed limit, then just roll through the stop signs

i just dont get it!

 

[IBuyUFO]

Honda CRX are not that short. They're at least 7 feet long.

 

[xospec1alk]

Originally posted by: rh71
if you didn't stop again after braking for the CRX, then you didn't stop at the stop sign. You being "close enough" to the line doesn't count, sorry.

qft

 

[Kelemvor]

Did you wait a second after the first car left or did you just pull out right after him? If you waited them you did nothing wrong and should just explain to the judge that after the first car left, you were alredy at the line and didn't need to move up. so you checked for other cars and then proceeded through the intesection.

 

[JulesMaximus]

you will lose. pay the fine.

 

[JulesMaximus]

you broke the law. pay the fine.

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: IBuyUFO
Honda CRX are not that short. They're at least 7 feet long.

12.3 feet long.