pulled over for allegedly running a solid red

[cho]

i was getting off of work at 3am~ about a week ago and got pulled over after crossing the cambie street bridge southbound

the officer said i had ran a solid red before the bridge and was lucky that "she didnt have her ticket book on her"

after the incident i went home to review the dashcam footage and i did not run a solid red

in this case, if i had not had my footage and DID receive a ticket, how likely would it have been for me to have lost the case?

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[flagella]

Uhhh looks like not only did you not run red, the light didn't even turn yellow? Basically you ran a solid green?

[Indyjones]

[LC21]

File a complaint!!!

[teggy604]

wow that was a big mistake on her part? or was it intentional?

[fliptuner]

IDK what part of the vid I'm supposed to watch cause all the lights were green.

My best guess would be that it was a slow night and she wanted an excuse to pull you over. I've never encountered a cop that didn't have a ticket book close by, unless they were on foot.

[Simplex123]

maybe she thought you were cute and wanted a closer look

[MitchK]

My guess, it was a slow night and she pulled you over to make sure you weren't drunk, and made up an excuse when you weren't.

[subordinate]

Thats rubbish....maybe bring it to a news channel. Get some media attention

Seriously though, if you didn't have a dash cam, you'd be screwed.

[smoothie.]

Report a complaint

[The_Situation]

Why didn't you post the footage of the alleged running of the red light. All we can see is you pulled over already.

[mj_39]

Originally Posted by The_Situation

Why didn't you post the footage of the alleged running of the red light. All we can see is you pulled over already.

It is posted... Watch the whole clip

[InvisibleSoul]

Were there any other intersections near the bridge that the officer might have incorrectly remembered as the last one before the bridge?

[cho]

Originally Posted by InvisibleSoul

Were there any other intersections near the bridge that the officer might have incorrectly remembered as the last one before the bridge?

i made a left from pacific to homer?, then a right onto nelson onto the bridge

she said she saw me from top of the hill and had to go 150km~ to catch up to me =S

[nabs]

I won in court. with a dash cam footage. the officers face... made it all worth while

[Ronin]

LOL if that happened to me and I knew I was right "No, you should totally write me a ticket..."

Seriously what sort of police officer doesn't have a ticket book?

[InvisibleSoul]

Originally Posted by cho

i made a left from pacific to homer?, then a right onto nelson onto the bridge

she said she saw me from top of the hill and had to go 150km~ to catch up to me =S

I guess you don't have the officer's information since there was no ticket?

I would totally want to have the officer view this footage, not so much to prove she was wrong, but as a wake up call and to maybe get her eyes checked.

[GC8]

another reason to have adashcam =P
2 years ago I was pulled over by a female cop stating I ran the red. I told her it just turned yellow and i have it on video. She didn't like that and said this isnt a debate but after sometime she returned with my license saying have a good night.

[Eff-1]

when you turned right on to nelson, was that light red?? Did you stop at all when you made the right turn?

from the video it looks like you turned right from cambie on to nelson, no? was that light red??

post the video footage of you making the right turn. because I wonder if that's what she was talking about.

[bomiheko]

Filing a complaint isn't gonna do much, but then it doesn't hurt to do it. But if that was me, I would've gave it to news outlets and escalate it. Our cops have way too much control and power. They need to learn not to take advantage of it. This is a clear cut example. Of course she didn't have her "ticketing book", she knows you haven't committed an offense.

[cho]

Originally Posted by Eff-1

when you turned right on to nelson, was that light red?? Did you stop at all when you made the right turn?

from the video it looks like you turned right from cambie on to nelson, no? was that light red??

post the video footage of you making the right turn. because I wonder if that's what she was talking about.

its been a while, but i dont remember if it was red or not and my dashcam doesn't go that far back =S

[6o4__boi]

at this time of the night, i've been pulled over before because "one of my brake lights was not working", went home and all of them were perfectly fine.

pretty sure i got pulled over cus i was the only car on the road and i had my music bumpin.

was the officer hot at least? lol

[MG1]

Originally Posted by 6o4__boi

was the officer hot at least? lol

Chicks in uniform

[smoothie.]

Originally Posted by MG1

Chicks in uniform

i wish punishment for traffic tickets was to go visit hot female cops for "rehabilitation"

[Eff-1]

Originally Posted by cho

its been a while, but i dont remember if it was red or not and my dashcam doesn't go that far back =S

She was probably referring to you turning right on a red without stopping fully, instead of talking about the green light captured on the dashcam.

From the video it looks like you turned right from Cambie to Nelson. Because the light at Beatty is green, i'm 99% sure the light at Cambie was probably green for traffic southbound on Nelson (these lights are synced).

The weird thing is she said she saw your brake lights didn't come on, but you said she spotted you from the top of the hill (assuming on Nelson), which is kind of impossible to do both.