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    Default Ticket for Running a Stop Sign at an Intersection Without a Sign

    My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: TEXAS

    I was pulled over for running a stop sign late in the evening. I was confused as to where I actually ran the stop sign as I did not recall doing that. The officer never indicated where I ran it and continuously said, "Down the street back by the school". There were many intersections by the school. After receiving the ticket it had TWO intersections on it? The first was on the street that I was driving on, so I drove back to the intersection indicated and there is NO stop sign at that intersection. The second is an intersection two blocks away and I was never on that road. I am happy to pay a fine for running a stop sign and had there been one there I would pay the ticket. But, in this situation should I just roll over and pay the ticket...even though 1) There is no stop sign at the first indicated intersection and 2) I was never on the other indicated intersection? I apprecate in advance any help you may provide.

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    Default Re: Ticket for Running a Stop Sign at an Intersection Without a Sign

    You seem to be stating that the ticket identifies two intersections. That would not be the case. If two intersections are indicated, odds are the second is either the location of the traffic stop or the location from which the officer observed your car. As we cannot see the ticket, we cannot explain it to you.

    You have the right to contest the ticket, and to document that there are no stop signs at the intersection where you allegedly ran a stop sign. I suggest using photographs. It would be more difficult to dispute a ticket for running the stop sign you concede to exist, as if the officer testifies that he saw you run through it and you say "I wasn't in that intersection at all", the court is likely to go with the officer's version.

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