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Dismissed!
Jul. 27th, 2005 07:03 pmSo the lovely city of Mesa, where I lived briefly with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
imgodsfavorite, has this great network of intersections. At many intersections, there are cameras. These cameras take pictures of cars that run red lights. Well, sometime in mid April, one of them took my picture.
About a month later I got a letter in the mail. It had my picture (and my car from several angles) running the red light. I was looking over the info on the letter and noticed how fast I was going when I ran the red light. 16 mph (25 kph). I ran a red light going 16 mph and now had a ticket for it. There was a form I had to fill out and send back to the Mesa Court saying that I would show up for court in early July.
When I went into the court in July, I thought I'd be able to argue that I was only going 16 mph, and that most likely I just got trapped in the intersection and that's why it looks like I had run the red light. But, when I showed up, I found out it was just an arraignment. I just walked up to a counter, gave the woman my paper, and told me I had the option of paying for the ticket or going to court. I said I wanted to go to court and she scheduled one for the beginning of August.
Today I got a call. It was someone from the court saying that my case had been dismissed. So now I don't have to go into court and my driving record remains squeaky clean. Yipee!
And remember kids, it's only illegal if you get caught AND convicted.
imgodsfavorite, has this great network of intersections. At many intersections, there are cameras. These cameras take pictures of cars that run red lights. Well, sometime in mid April, one of them took my picture.About a month later I got a letter in the mail. It had my picture (and my car from several angles) running the red light. I was looking over the info on the letter and noticed how fast I was going when I ran the red light. 16 mph (25 kph). I ran a red light going 16 mph and now had a ticket for it. There was a form I had to fill out and send back to the Mesa Court saying that I would show up for court in early July.
When I went into the court in July, I thought I'd be able to argue that I was only going 16 mph, and that most likely I just got trapped in the intersection and that's why it looks like I had run the red light. But, when I showed up, I found out it was just an arraignment. I just walked up to a counter, gave the woman my paper, and told me I had the option of paying for the ticket or going to court. I said I wanted to go to court and she scheduled one for the beginning of August.
Today I got a call. It was someone from the court saying that my case had been dismissed. So now I don't have to go into court and my driving record remains squeaky clean. Yipee!
And remember kids, it's only illegal if you get caught AND convicted.
