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Originally Posted by Sliver
opendoor: here's a thought experiment for you. Do you think if you're in court against a cop who was a dick enough to write you a ticket for running a yellow in icy conditions he's going to tell the judge that, 'well, sliver raises a good point...maybe it wasn't safe to stop'? He's got his pride on the line and he's not going to embarrass himself or admit to wasting the court's time by backing down at all.
Once you have the ticket - which they can clearly write since the law is not vague at all - the cop is never going to acknowledge that you were correct that it wasn't safe to stop. As soon as you get that ticket your goose is cooked.
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Sure, but an officer being a jerk and a judge basically ignoring your side doesn't change the law.
Here's a thought experiment for you. If you produced dashcam footage that conclusively proved that it would have been unsafe to stop (i.e. the light turned yellow half a second before you entered the intersection) and had a reasonable judge, do you think you still would have been fined? Based on the way you're talking, I'd assume you think you would still have been fined because you're saying the law is quite clear and states that you're breaking the law 100% of the time if you enter on a yellow. I think the opposite, because the law clearly allows exceptions to that rule in those cases.