It’s such bullshit they get the benefit of the doubt because: Am PoLiCe MaN.
I just passed under a light and it must have just changed to red as I passed under it because it 100% was yellow the whole time I could see it. I noticed the cop in the parking lot on one of the corners of the intersection start to move. He pulls out and pulls me over, I fight the ticket, and in court this mother fucker says “I (the cop) was sitting at the intersection and my light was green for almost 10 seconds when they (me) ran the red light.” …in the intersection and the parking lot at the same time. We have quantum police apparently.
Pro tip: most American stoplights are roughly 1 second for every 10mph. Speed limit 60? When the light turns yellow you have roughly 6 seconds before it turns red. If you can’t clear the entire intersection, stop. Still not foolproof as plenty of places can pull over a yellow runner, and you could still get pulled over by one just because they feel like it.
They can, will, and do lie outright whenever they think they’ll get away with it.
Dash cameras have gotten me out of several tickets, because as soon as I inform the bastard that pulled me over I know exactly how it happened thanks to my dash camera, suddenly their ticket became a “well you know what you did, I’ll let you off with a warning this time”
It’s such bullshit they get the benefit of the doubt because: Am PoLiCe MaN.
I just passed under a light and it must have just changed to red as I passed under it because it 100% was yellow the whole time I could see it. I noticed the cop in the parking lot on one of the corners of the intersection start to move. He pulls out and pulls me over, I fight the ticket, and in court this mother fucker says “I (the cop) was sitting at the intersection and my light was green for almost 10 seconds when they (me) ran the red light.” …in the intersection and the parking lot at the same time. We have quantum police apparently.
Fuck that pig…
Pro tip: most American stoplights are roughly 1 second for every 10mph. Speed limit 60? When the light turns yellow you have roughly 6 seconds before it turns red. If you can’t clear the entire intersection, stop. Still not foolproof as plenty of places can pull over a yellow runner, and you could still get pulled over by one just because they feel like it.
They can, will, and do lie outright whenever they think they’ll get away with it.
Dash cameras have gotten me out of several tickets, because as soon as I inform the bastard that pulled me over I know exactly how it happened thanks to my dash camera, suddenly their ticket became a “well you know what you did, I’ll let you off with a warning this time”