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Jun. 13th, 2008 05:24 pmSo, got one of those photo enforcement traffic ticket things. Taken at the turn right before I turn into the plaza where my job's at (this job is getting more and more expensive every day--the gas already knocked me down to take-home pay being significantly less than minimum wage; this essentially cancels out everything I've earned over two weeks of work).
I'm so going to contest it. Beyond the whole it being a kind of bullshit violation--I only slowed to 14mph to check that the intersection was clear before making a right turn on red instead of making a complete stop, which, I'll be honest, I didn't know was against the rules--that I probably would have contested anyway just because I think it'd be fun to go to court, they claim that I violated traffic code 17.07.040, when by failing to provide me with a court date or proper summons along with the request for payment, they straight-up violated 17.07.050 regulating the usage of the automated traffic enforcement cameras. Plus, on this court date (whenever I set it up), they sure as hell better be able to allow me my constitutional right to face my accuser. I'll be generous--they only have to bring the camera itself, not the whole pole-light setup.
Idk if there's really a leg to stand on there--or rather, I know there's a leg to stand on there and that it needs to be looked into further by the ACLU and such, but idk if the judge will take me seriously--but it's not like it'll cost me more if I try to fight it, and for the chance that it'll cost me $100 less, we're going for it.
I'm so going to contest it. Beyond the whole it being a kind of bullshit violation--I only slowed to 14mph to check that the intersection was clear before making a right turn on red instead of making a complete stop, which, I'll be honest, I didn't know was against the rules--that I probably would have contested anyway just because I think it'd be fun to go to court, they claim that I violated traffic code 17.07.040, when by failing to provide me with a court date or proper summons along with the request for payment, they straight-up violated 17.07.050 regulating the usage of the automated traffic enforcement cameras. Plus, on this court date (whenever I set it up), they sure as hell better be able to allow me my constitutional right to face my accuser. I'll be generous--they only have to bring the camera itself, not the whole pole-light setup.
Idk if there's really a leg to stand on there--or rather, I know there's a leg to stand on there and that it needs to be looked into further by the ACLU and such, but idk if the judge will take me seriously--but it's not like it'll cost me more if I try to fight it, and for the chance that it'll cost me $100 less, we're going for it.
