I was in the car with my mom...it's almost a T-intersection and the light was still green, we pull into the middle of the intersection to left turn (it's kind of a big intersection, no way possible to stay behind the white line when preparing to turn)... cars are still coming from directly in front of us, so we wait and wait and wait, and finally the light turns red.
There's no way we could have backed up, as there were cars already lined up at the white line, we couldn't stay still because we'd be in the way of other cars (that had the green light now). We then proceeded to make the left turn, as to get out of the way of the cars now coming at us (towards the left side of our car).
As soon as we left turned, a police car pulls out (making a sudden u-turn) right infront of us, cutting us off, angrily/****ed off pointing for us to pull over so he could give us a ticket for failing to stop at the red light.
I'm pretty sure the police officer did not see that we were way past the white line (when it was still green) because he was like the 3rd or 4th car from the white line (on HIS side of the intersection), plus it was a slight hill so it was kinda hard for him to see where we were exactly.
I believe he pulled us over because he saw that his light turned green, yet we still made the left.
Should we have gotten the ticket for "failed to stop at a red light" ? Remember, we couldn't back up or stay still - we had to move out of the way. It was a big intersection as well.
Also, on the ticket, he did not put that we were turning at the intersection so it sounds as if we just ran the red light, going straight - which is not true. My mom is setting up a court date to appeal the ticket. (she has a clean driving record, her whole lifetime career as a licensed driver - 0 traffic, speeding, parking violations)
There's no way we could have backed up, as there were cars already lined up at the white line, we couldn't stay still because we'd be in the way of other cars (that had the green light now). We then proceeded to make the left turn, as to get out of the way of the cars now coming at us (towards the left side of our car).
As soon as we left turned, a police car pulls out (making a sudden u-turn) right infront of us, cutting us off, angrily/****ed off pointing for us to pull over so he could give us a ticket for failing to stop at the red light.
I'm pretty sure the police officer did not see that we were way past the white line (when it was still green) because he was like the 3rd or 4th car from the white line (on HIS side of the intersection), plus it was a slight hill so it was kinda hard for him to see where we were exactly.
I believe he pulled us over because he saw that his light turned green, yet we still made the left.
Should we have gotten the ticket for "failed to stop at a red light" ? Remember, we couldn't back up or stay still - we had to move out of the way. It was a big intersection as well.
Also, on the ticket, he did not put that we were turning at the intersection so it sounds as if we just ran the red light, going straight - which is not true. My mom is setting up a court date to appeal the ticket. (she has a clean driving record, her whole lifetime career as a licensed driver - 0 traffic, speeding, parking violations)
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