I loaned my vehicle to a friend who went through a red light and was photographed. I recieved the ticket because the vehicle was registered to me. Can I fight this ticket?

  There appears to be a useful web site on the subject at this URL:  http://www.highwayrobbery.net/

  One thing that this site makes as an important point is that in order for a citation to stand against you, that have to prove that YOU committed the violation.  This means that the red-light cam has to have taken a clear and identifiable picture of YOU (not your car, but YOU) committing the violation.

  If you've not been provided with a copy of the photograph, then you need to demand that you be provided with it, and in defending yourself against the charges, all you need to establish is that the picture fails to clearly identify you as the violator.

In california a person gets the ticket not the car. Our cameras are foward facing so they can photograph the driver, their is a clause on these tickets that if the person isnt you, you have to turn the person in!! So its crappy either way,

You probably won't be able to do anything about the ticket. If your license plate was clear and the ticket was issued to the right vehicle, you're responsible for the ticket. You may get the damages reduced at a hearing, but you're better off settling the issue with the court. If you're friend is willing, he should do the right thing and come to court with you to explain the situation.

If he's not a stand-up guy, you could go to the length of suing him in small claims court to recoup the money, but you'd probably lose a friend in the process.

Remind your friend of his responsibility and the reason for the law. Thank God someone wasn't wlaking or driving through the intersection when he disregarded the law and his own safety.

You can fight it - the burden of proof is on the court and they will throw the ticket out

If you loan out your car to me and i run over someone and kill them are they going to throw you in jail - NO it is common sense - they have to prove the case not you -

You can fight it but it will be difficult to win because the feeling is, "you loaned the car out so you take responsibility for your friends". My son learned that lesson. The court ruled that he would have to get reimbursed by his friend. Depending on the state, those photo tickets do not necessarily count as points against your license.

yups. but you will have to implicate your friend, and you may end up needing to prove you weren't driving.

Hopefully your friend will do the right thing and accept responsibility...

There is a risk of damage, maybe destruction, of your friendship.

You most likely got a ticket for "Being the owner of a vehicle that violated a traffic law" They don't ever say that you ran a red with red light tickets, because they can't prove it.

You can't fight it.

you can try to fight the ticket but it probably will not work. you can make your friend pay it though. if he does not pay then you can take him to court and he may be ordered to pay the ticket.