
Quoting
NotGuiltyCitizen
- I was initially cited for 21453(c), as per the Notice to Appear letter that contains the photos of my vehicle. A few days after receiving this, I received a carbon copy form from an officer, indicating that my charge has been changed to 22101(d). As a side note, 21453(c) appears on my Courtesy Notice that I received AFTER I’d been notified that I’m being charged with 22101(d). Could there be a technicality violation here that I could use to dismiss my case? I still don’t even know what the correct bail amount is for 22101(d).
-I’m hesitant to identify the specific intersection, but I’ll describe it and the markings in more detail:
o It is a short stretch of road which starts off as two lanes. It then quickly branches off into four lanes before the intersection.
o What was originally the left lane of the two lanes turns into a left turn only lane (the lane I was unintentionally in), and there’s another left turn lane that is created to the left of this as the road branches before the intersection.
o What was originally the right lane of the two lanes is a go-straight lane (the one that had the sign on the right hand side), and there’s another go-straight lane created to the right of it as the road branches before the intersection.
Markings for the turn lanes are as follows:
o There are two left turn arrows on the pavement in the lane I was unintentionally in, separated by ~200 feet
o There is a solid white line separating the left turn lanes from the go-straight lanes
o There is also a sign posted immediately to the right of the red/yellow/green arrow turn signal, and on the same horizontal pole, indicating that the inside turn lane can make a U turn or a left, and that the outside turn lane can turn left.
Thank you both again for your help… any further thoughts as to how to fight this are much appreciated.