sba55
En-Route
After 0 tickets in the last 5 years, I finally got caught. I parked close to an intersection and the intersecting street turned out to be one-way. Somehow, I missed that, probably because I had just gotten in the car and was 10 feet away from that standard right turn and because there was absolutely no one else driving on that 4 lane road.
Anyways, it just so happened that there was some sort of police activity a block away, so there was no shortage of police. After I turned onto that one way street, I pretty much immediately realized what had happened and was turned around in less than 15 seconds - only to be pulled over by 3 police cruisers.
Now the interesting bit - I did get a ticket, but I don't think the section I was cited (CA VC 21651(b)) for applies to what I did. The section talks about divided highways (I wasn't on a divided road, and certainly not a highway), and it says:
(b) It is unlawful to drive any vehicle upon a highway, except to the right of an intermittent barrier or a dividing section which separates two or more opposing lanes of traffic. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), a violation of this subdivision is a misdemeanor.
Furthermore, it sound like this violation results in a misdemeanor charge, even though the officer checked the 'traffic' and 'infraction' boxed on the ticket.
So - any ideas what would be the best thing to do? I don't want to plead guilty by paying the fine for a violation that I didn't commit.
-Felix
Anyways, it just so happened that there was some sort of police activity a block away, so there was no shortage of police. After I turned onto that one way street, I pretty much immediately realized what had happened and was turned around in less than 15 seconds - only to be pulled over by 3 police cruisers.
Now the interesting bit - I did get a ticket, but I don't think the section I was cited (CA VC 21651(b)) for applies to what I did. The section talks about divided highways (I wasn't on a divided road, and certainly not a highway), and it says:
(b) It is unlawful to drive any vehicle upon a highway, except to the right of an intermittent barrier or a dividing section which separates two or more opposing lanes of traffic. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), a violation of this subdivision is a misdemeanor.
Furthermore, it sound like this violation results in a misdemeanor charge, even though the officer checked the 'traffic' and 'infraction' boxed on the ticket.
So - any ideas what would be the best thing to do? I don't want to plead guilty by paying the fine for a violation that I didn't commit.
-Felix