need advice for beating a red light ticket.

[Mike]

the yellow gives you a chance to slow and stop, its not there for you to hurry up and make it through, if you think that you should have never got a ****ing drivers license

[79T/A]

Any way the point of this thread is for ideas about how to get this ticket dismissed. Not you f'ed up so now pay up because that's the real reason why I got it in the first place......because the town just wants my money to pay the cop's salary.

If you want to get it dismissed, then scrape up some cash and talk to a lawyer. There are thousands of them here in New Jersey. They may very well find a creative way for you to get your ticket dismissed, and you will be out more money than it would cost you to just go to court, talk to the prosecutor and plead it down to a no points offense that won't affect your insurance.

Or, you could put your faith in someone here who got lucky in one court and managed to contest it and get the ticket dismissed on their own. You could try your luck and see what happens. I've seen a few very articulate and intelligent people walk into court, contest the ticket, properly and successfully cross examine the police officer and create doubt and have the ticket dismissed. But I've seen at least ten times as many people try that and fail miserably. And guess what? When the verdict is read as guilty, the option to make a deal is out the window. And by the way, whether the cop wins or loses may not mean much to him as he's being paid to be there and you're not.

Whether you like it or not, this is a public forum that you asked for advice on, so if you don't like the opinions you're getting, it sucks to be you. There are three sides to your story: Your side, the cop's side and somewhere in the middle, there's the truth. You say you never sped up, but you didn't say you slowed down, either. The law reads, "The driver of every vehicle shall obey the instructions of the official traffic control device applicable thereto." The instructions for the yellow light are SLOW DOWN (Jim from "Taxi" had problems with this one, too!). If the cop takes the stand and says that the light changed to yellow and you made no apparent effort to slow down, and he's more articulate than you (And I'm guessing he is, not because of your grammar but because it's his job to testify properly), you're gonna lose.

If it were me, I'd try to go for the no point offense. I'd walk into court (After calling ahead to let them know I was going to appear) in a suit and tie (Because judges don't take people dressed in street clothes seriously) and ask the prosecutor for the no point offense as stated above. I'd also be sure to have the money in my pocket. But that's just me.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

[V]

I know dumont, been driving through there for over 10 years. dont try to get wise to the cops or prosecutor. Wont end well. i was 17 once and got hit with speeding total bs ticket, went to court for 3 months over it. errors on ticket and all. wasnt gonna pay a lawyer so i took it finally after pleading to only 2 points.

and i assume you were at the intersection by dunkin donuts and rushmore convenience store. thats a toughy since its not a typical T intersection and acutally setback for an offest street on the other side. i probably even know who the cop was(not friends with him though). IMO dumont is the worst town out of our area. but i dont know how bergen co has truly been the last 3-4 years. i dont have issues anymore regardless how loud my car is(garunteed louder than yours) or the fact it basically is a race car and getting stopped and seeing the expression on a cops face when he sees the cage is priceless. ok yes i occasionally get stopped but rarely ever last more than a "hello...have a nice day"

[Jersyboyy]

The camera caught me running a red light.....

[1_Hot_SOM_WS6]

Originally Posted by madness410

u couldnt come up with a good excuse to tell the officer? like your tires are getting bad and if u hit the breaks too hard you thought you would have slid into the intersection?

the last few times i got pulled over ive been down to earth with the officers and avoided a whole court scenario just by showing respect and honesty.

Yeah great idea. Failure to make repairs to veh perhaps? careless driving? You are suppose to have control of your vehicle at all times. Read your manual.

[procamaroz28]

Originally Posted by twin99

Cop was on the perpendicular side street waiting behind 3-4 cars of traffic so I don't even know how he could possible say he saw me blewing thru the light.

go to the library and look up the statute... when i was researching how to beat the stop sign ticket i found that the cop can not ticket if there is not a clear view of the line, front bumper and sign (i guess because people can say you stoped behind) but still... dont get ur hopes up... cops do not like going to court, its counted as overtime and they alredy got tough schedules, so so they dont really bs with these types of tickets...

but best thing, just do what NJSPEEDER said

[Knipps]

I don't think they build statues in honor of these sorts of things.