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My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: California
Just wondering...received a ticket for driving across marked divider. I was in lane 1 (the slowest lane) trying to merge into next lane to exit. Checked my mirrors and made sure it was clear and safe. I slowly went across some of a solid white line and all of a sudden a CHP comes from freeway entrance lane and pulls me over. Is this a ticket I can fight?
You can fight any ticket that you wanna fight. For this one, your description is inaccurate or unclear. #1 lane is usually the fast lane. Here is 21651(a)(1) anyways:
21651(a) Whenever a highway has been divided into two or more roadways by means of intermittent barriers or by means of a dividing section of not less than two feet in width, either unpaved or delineated by curbs, double-parallel lines, or other markings on the roadway, it is unlawful to do either of the following:
(1) To drive any vehicle over, upon, or across the dividing section.
sorry...i guess i meant the #4 lane. i guess its been a long while since i've read dmv handbook. so was quite in shock when he told me that i cross where i wasn't suppossed to. just needed to exit and the lane wasn't moving so thought i was just making a regular lane change. any suggestions on how to fight it or should i just pay it?
No apology needed in fact, I apologize for sounding snappy if I did.
Moving along... The only viable argument that I see working for this one is whether he was able to see you cross over the white solid line from where he was at the time. But then again, officers don't just make up a violation so chances are he did see you.