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Originally Posted by Sliver
Holy fk man, what is going through your mind right now?
Here's the law you quoted:
When approaching the "the intersection and facing the yellow light shall stop the vehicle before entering (a) the marked crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or (b) if there is not any marked crosswalk, the intersection."
That's what I got a ticket for.
I went through an intersection right after the light turned yellow.
Whether it was safe or not is completely subjective and not a defense. My claim and sincere belief was it was not safe. That's why I went to court.
I lost. It didn't matter. You have to stop before a yellow. That's the law. The safe part is irrelevant. If you ever get that ticket go fight it on that basis you will lose.
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I wonder if you could argue the laws of physics take precedence over human laws(since that can't be broken)? You'd then have to show the calculation for your vehicle, stopping distance(at under the speed limit), reaction time etc and could lay out that(in some cases, anyway) the law as written is impossible to follow while obeying the laws of physics. Therefore, the law can't be valid.