help!!! i got two tickets today...one for rolling a stop sign and the other for having an expired insurance card...im only concerned with the stop sign one though because the insurance card one i can just prove that i have insurance and it will go away...how do i fight this ticket? because the stop sign was waayy to the right of me as i was making a left turn...it was a two lane thing where u could go straight or make a left...i made a left and didnt see the stop sign on the right hand side...should i get a lawyer??? because my insurance is already like 6000...and if so any of you guys know any good ones?? in NY?? thanks

 

go straight or make a left? and you made a left? this would imply its an intersection in which you should have been familiar with the sign. are you familiar with that area/neighborhood/part of the city enough to realize that it was there? (honestly?)

also, did you stop? roll it? or did you *ahem* stop, and them creep out to look for oncoming cars because something was in your field of vision *cough cough* ?

 

i sorta ahem stopped looked, then rolled and went...it was a one lane road...then it split a little where u could turn left...or go straight...i went straight...no i am not familiar with the road...ive went to this place 3-4 times...

 

Sorry about today's event.

How did you get to a $6000 insurance rate?

 

im 18...i was 17 when i got the car...

 

im about 2 weeks fomr 18 and me plus my parents cars are only about 250 a month

 

Just give me the facts, man! Your first post says "i made a left and didnt see the stop sign on the right hand side..." and your second post says "then it split a little where u could turn left...or go straight...i went straight..." So.....did you go left or straight on? (I assume you actually went left.)

I suggest you get photos of the crime scene - just so that a judge can get an idea of exactly how "waayy to right of you" the sign is located. If it can be considered unreasonable, and out of your normal field of vision, you may have a good case to argue. However, if there's also a white line across the road where you are supposed to stop, that may not look good in any pics you take. You could, however, argue that you thought the stop sign was for straight ahead traffic (as it was on that side of the road), and not applicable to left turning. But that would depend a lot on how far back the sign was located, from the intersection.

BTW, you should try to find out how many tickets have been issued for rolling stops at this intersection. If there has been a lot, then a decent traffic lawyer will argue that the stop sign or road markings are so badly posted that they are obviously intended to promote moving traffic violations as a means of generating revenue. (A similar scenario was described in another thread, very recently.)

Good luck on getting out of this one. That insurance premium must be killing you already.