Green light, yellow light and red light !
Grrrrr Valérie got a ticket for a yellow light… The was nice and didn’t gave her a ticket for red light… she can “spare” some points… but even then, it cost her a lot of money… Right Valérie ?!
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Hello, not guilty, here is my story.

I was getting out of the supermarket parking lot, it was during the winter and I drive a little manual car. I looked at the green light, but my shifter doesn’t pass in the second gear. When it’s cold, it is like it was frozen. When I look back again at the light, it is yellow, but my car was already engaged. My speed is not fast enough in order to get on the other side of the intersection before the light turned red (Boulevard with 3 lanes on one side and 2 on the other).

I was engaged when I saw the yellow light. If I put the breaks, I slide since the road is covered with ice, if I stop I am in the middle of the 3 lanes… I speed up thinking this is the safe thing to do, but I am in first gear so it is not very fast. I should have been in third gear. It is right in the cold winter of January.

The police was on the other side of the boulevard, she was simply driving by and I don’t think she was in the first row. I asked for the communication of the evidence. Of course, I didn’t get it in time in the 30 days, so I will contest and wait for it.

The police didn’t want to listen to me at first, even if I was calm and not shouting. I was really discouraged by my shifter’s problems; this wasn’t the first time it occurred. Finally she listens to me. When she gave me the ticket, it was “passed on a yellow light, no demerit point”, instead of “red light, with demerit points”. I was alone in the car, so did the officer.

Is it worth it ?
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Obviously snow is tricky these days… Peter’s story below is one where a red light was missed because of the snow… No doubt… red light and snow = danger !
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I also passed on a red light on February 20 of 2009. There was a lot of wind and it was snowing. I was driving heading West, I was going to pick up my kids when I got at this crossroad (Breboeuf and 132). I was driving at a 50 km/h speed when the light turned yellow. I put the breaks, my truck started to slip because of the snow and the wind. It was too late to stop, so I continued. A bit farther, a police officer gave me a 150$ ticket and 3 demerit points.

Should I contest ?

Thank you !
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Dear Peter, there is some details missing in order for me to see if you got a chance… but with was you wrote… you did an infraction… but you still could contest and see what the judge will say about it…

This depends on where the police officer was located, the speed you were driving… in your case it is more complicated then the two before… you don’t seem to have stopped at all… You didn’t just overpass the line by a few inches… and you didn’t seem to pass on the yellow light… it seems like you passed on the red light without trying to stop… Yes it was too late, but maybe you were going to fast… I don’t know… it is up to you to see how the situation really occurred

Start by demanding the communication of the evidence… and you can also communicate with www.solutionticket.com