tis the season to be smashed by a saturn
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So, I'm driving along the other night. I cross the intersection as its turning yellow and some guy in the oncoming left turn lane suddenly decides to turn into my wheel. :facepalm: He was driving a saturn. :facepalm: Luckily there as cop a few cars behind the guy in traffic so we were able to sort everything out quickly. No injuries. This is where things get bad: The cop says he's sorry but he has to hold me at fault. He says I ran a red light. Mind you, I'm on leave back home in Chicago, where there are several corners with photo taking red light cameras, this being one of those corner. I asked the cop if I ran the red light, then why didn't the camera flash? He couldn't explain that. I would stay and try to fight this in court but I deploy very soon. Effen CPD. fml...
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Well thats a load of :bs:
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Wow. I really feel bad for you on this one! That really sucks & hope you win when you fight it.
And thanks for your service! |
Doesn't it take a while for the other driver to leave on the green light. The other driver must have left the line while their light was still on solid red. That means he entered the intersection too early....right:iono: Glad no one was hurt:chevy:
Even if he was making a left turn on red, he still have to merge for oncoming traffic to finish getting through the intersection.. |
You can request to have a hearing delayed till you return from deployment, had something similar when I was on leave in AZ and was able to have my hearing delayed and also to have the hearing over the phone since I was not living in AZ.
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Even if he got a green arrow he shouldn't have turned with you still crossing. It takes some careless driving to turn into someones front end. "I didn't see you there" ????? right... |
damn.... I'm sorry man you have to go through this
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Light red = you at fault.
Light green or yellow = they are at fault. I would do a lookup on who manages the red light tickets. In my city it is a differnet department than DOT. Ask them if they got a red light pic of your car. If not contest and cite/call that department. |
Looks like the caliper took some sort of hit too. Sorry to hear that.
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sucks. hope everything works out in your favor!
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Damn that's alot of damage!! Which you shouldn't pay for since you clearly are not at fault here you should definetly have a delayed hearing and fight this good luck and thank you for your service!
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Pictures or it didn't happen (you running the red light).
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Wow, that sucks! I hope you are able to get it taken care of quickly!
I will say that I am surprised that the cop even assigned fault. I know from personal experience that even when there was clear fault, I have had cops tell that they cannot indicate that unless it was a ticketable offense. Did he write you a ticket for running the red? If not, it sounds like not even he is sure that you ran the red. Hopefully the camera can offer some clarity. Good luck and thank you for your service! |
That sux! Be safe over there and thanks for your service.
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What about hiring a lawyer and let them fight your case, traffic lawyers usually aren't to bad or delay the case until your return. But write everything down so you're not recalling it from memory later on.
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call and request they move the court date up as you are deploying, cant imagine they would have an issue with that.
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Firstly, thanks for your service and stay safe on deployment
The red light cam may end up working in your favor |
I'm not so sure your insurance company is gonna be quick to accept fault on this. I can see it maybe turning into a partial fault situation.
If your light was turning red then so was the Saturn driver's. It's common for people to sit in the middle of intersections waiting to turn left and sometimes the light turns red so they have to go because they are blocking the intersection. Unless he had a protected left turn arrow then you both ran the red, or yellow so I can't see how one person had more right-away then the other. Also, how could they not see you. Lucky it wasn't a head on I guess, good luck. |
Well the good news the body shop said they'll be able to get everything fixed and back to perfect condition. I talked to the folks at the police station and down at traffic services downtown, and based on my story, they're gonna get me in front of a judge asap. My insurance company is backing me up at least.
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You're not in EOD, are you? I do tech support for some of the robots |
Nah, i work on jets
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Sorry to hear what happened. But I have to say the title made me chuckle.
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In SC if any part of your wheels are across the stop line and the light is still yellow, you have not run a red light. I believe you also have to clear the intersection in a reasonable amount of time. The Saturn never gave you a chance to clear when it turned into you without the right of way.
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yeah, no injuries either, but now dude is trying to say he got hurt in the crash...
the cop is an idiot, he basically f____d me without cause. |
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