I got a ticket for making a right turn on a red light at a "no turn on red" corner. The sign is hard to see, and it was nighttime. Can I fight the ticket on those grounds?
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Shelly Gibs
ANSWERS: 3
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You can fight, but you will lose. Pay the ticket.
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All traffic signs are designed and located to give the motorists the optimal vision in day time and at night. i was not there, but i find it hard to believe, that of all the other people that obeyed this sign, you are the only one the officer cited, for not obeying.
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Nighttime is not an excuse. If "hard to see" means it was blocked by a low-hanging tree, had been turned so as to not be visible from your lane or was otherwise not in working order or visible, you could take a pitcure and probably have th eticket dismissed and the problem with the sign corrected. If it was just hard to see because it was night and you were looking the other way, be glad it was a sign and not a pedestrian and pay the fine.
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