red light!

red light!

i was coming back from auto zone and here i come down sunland, and i thought i was gna make the light,,,, guess i was wrong. and to top it all off a cop saw me and pulled me over. it wasnt too bad tho, there was no way of causing an accident or anything like that,,
anyone know how much that ticket costs in socal?

redlight tickets in CA were $371.. and that was before the budget crisis. It'll probably be much more now.

oh... i never try to beat a red light unless 1. im from the area and 2. i know how long the light stays yellow... gl on ticket.

it should say on the ticket how much it is? i ran a red light and cop saw me and he let me go with a warning

not in california.. you don't know the fine until they mail you a notice.

Only 72 bucks here..but I guess that won't help you much..

my friends red light ticket from last month cost him 500

damn that's cheap. then again, idk how much it is here.

That's awful sneaky.

Red lights are tricky. I never attempt to make them. Even if you mash it to make it, you still qualify for a speeding ticket. And if you're speeding and miss the red light, the cop can be an ass and give you a ticket for both. Not worth the risk imho. Both tickets here in California are just too nasty.

Good point. Its a good thing that most often than not, I will be at the speed limit when I beat the light

In Virginia, a Yellow light means "Clear the Intersection" which means "If you are already in the intersection, keep going. If you are not in the intersection, do not enter it."

Under no circumstances does a yellow light mean "Hurry up, it's about to turn red."

^^ nicely said sir.

i payed $400.00 for my second offense!

oh you mean a camera took a picture of you running a red ligh?... maybe if you said that it would have been more clear to understand. When cops pull you over for a violation they right you a ticket with a base fine on the ticket. Atleast they do here in Oregon.

In texas, err at least from other people's experiences here: if yellow, make sure you are off the line before red or else you are dead. Someone was driving a towtruck and although his speed was constant (a bit under limit) he figured he didnt have enough breaking power to actually stop so he didnt. He got a warning and the officer explained that if the ass of the truck cleared the line he would have been good.

i learned the hard way when i got a ticket that it's only done as a courtesy and not a mandatory procedure to send out a notice when i lived in so cal. having the written citation is suitable and is the persons responsibility to follow up. unless it's a camera, than you will receive the citation in the mail.

yea thats true.. When I was 18 they had a warrant out for me when I didn't follow up on a jay walking citation.

Wow. A warrant? The worst I've had is a license suspension for accidentally forgetting about a no front license plate ticket/fine.

Yea thats what the cop told me when he pulled me over about a year after I got that citation. Luckly I didn't get arrested but I was hancuffed while they searched my car. Even worst the jay walking fine compounded up to about $300.. Well that was years ago.