| It depends on how egregious the infraction is. Running a stop sign covers everything beyond coming to a complete stop. If I had run the stop sign at the posted speed, I would have made an almost 90 degree turn at 50 MPH onto a 55 MPH highway. Yes, that would have been dangerous, and rather difficult to do in a family sedan. But not making a complete stop is less dangerous than cruising through a school zone at 3 in the afternoon doing 120.
The situation here is not coming to a complete stop before merging on to a 55 MPH highway. Honestly, I may have even come to a complete stop just not at the line. I drive this road every day and wasn't even sure why I was being flagged down by a cop that had been hiding in the trees about 150 yds away from the turn.
By the way, I'm giving traffic court a try. |