Traffic ticket question?
May 16th, 2010 by AutoInsGuy
bride2be09 asked:
I just received a ticket for “Failure to Obey Traffic Control Device” in the city of Philadelphia. The officer “observed” me speeding through a school zone, but I’m really confused with the ticket. First off, I was stopped at a traffic light in the school zone and he was clearly stationed just past the intersection. There is no clocked speed on the ticket and no way I could have gotten my car to 15 mph by him when the light turned green since he was maybe 25 feet away. (My car has sucky acceleration, although it does sound like it’s going faster than it is because the engine works so hard!) My question is twofold – is this worth fighting (it carries no points, but a pretty hefty fine) and will this affect my auto insurance rates (I’m registered in New Jersey)? Anyone with any experience with this?
PS: Not to mention, I’m not an idiot! See police officer ahead = slowwwwww!!!! And the only other time I had a ticket was five years ago when I was 19. I KNEW I was in the wrong then and utterly panicked when I saw those lights go on. This time, I really thought he was going to tell me my headlight was out or something! No way I was speeding through there…..
He was stationed with his lights on in the middle lane of the three-lane road (he was sitting in the middle just past traffic light). Everyone in front of me was moving slowly around him, and especially me because I had a large vehicle in front of me before the light (I have a little go-kart Saturn!) and I thought there may have been an accident with where he was sitting with lights on. When the light turned yellow, I didn’t go through (cop there!! lol) and ended up being the first one in line at the light.
There is no clocked speed on ticket. That section is blank except for the word “Observation” written in the line that says “Nature of Offense”.
Jean
I just received a ticket for “Failure to Obey Traffic Control Device” in the city of Philadelphia. The officer “observed” me speeding through a school zone, but I’m really confused with the ticket. First off, I was stopped at a traffic light in the school zone and he was clearly stationed just past the intersection. There is no clocked speed on the ticket and no way I could have gotten my car to 15 mph by him when the light turned green since he was maybe 25 feet away. (My car has sucky acceleration, although it does sound like it’s going faster than it is because the engine works so hard!) My question is twofold – is this worth fighting (it carries no points, but a pretty hefty fine) and will this affect my auto insurance rates (I’m registered in New Jersey)? Anyone with any experience with this?
PS: Not to mention, I’m not an idiot! See police officer ahead = slowwwwww!!!! And the only other time I had a ticket was five years ago when I was 19. I KNEW I was in the wrong then and utterly panicked when I saw those lights go on. This time, I really thought he was going to tell me my headlight was out or something! No way I was speeding through there…..
He was stationed with his lights on in the middle lane of the three-lane road (he was sitting in the middle just past traffic light). Everyone in front of me was moving slowly around him, and especially me because I had a large vehicle in front of me before the light (I have a little go-kart Saturn!) and I thought there may have been an accident with where he was sitting with lights on. When the light turned yellow, I didn’t go through (cop there!! lol) and ended up being the first one in line at the light.
There is no clocked speed on ticket. That section is blank except for the word “Observation” written in the line that says “Nature of Offense”.
Jean






