Hi Everyone,
I'm fighting an "Unsafe Speed" ticket (22350) in Los Angeles County. I researched the best options to fight the ticket, and most of what I found were cases involving exceeding the speed limit, radar, and pacing. None of these happened in my case, so does anyone have advice for me?
This is what happened:
- I was going eastbound in the right-hand lane on a 40mph street, approaching an intersection, preparing to turn right at the traffic light.
- A cop was going northbound at that intersection, preparing to turn left.
- As the light changed, I had to stop, but it was an abrupt stop that made the tires chirp slightly. (No skid mark)
- The cop looked left and saw me do this, and gave me the ticket.
- I made the stop in time, without entering into the crosswalk.
Written on the ticket:
- Speed limit = 40mph
- My speed = 30 mph
- Safe = no
- Radar = no
- No notable weather, road, or traffic conditions (I can't read his writing here, but I think he wrote N/A)
- Location of violation = "E/B _____ PT _____ - STOPPING"
My plan to present the case:
- Use what the cop wrote on the ticket as evidence
-- I was under the speed limit
-- Clear weather/road/traffic
-- No radar or pacing, so he couldn't know I was going too fast
-- Writing that he gave me the ticket for "stopping". (Am I not supposed to stop??)![]()
-- Basically contradicting himself that my speed was "unsafe" even though I was under the speed limit, in clear conditions, only for stopping, with very limited observation.
- There's no way he could have known I was going too fast in that situation because at most, he observed me for a couple seconds, and most likely, he only saw me for a fraction of a second.
- There is folliage at the intersection that blocks the view from the cop's position, further limiting the time/angle he could have seen me.
- I will submit photographs of the intersection.
I heard this is one of the easiest violations to beat. Do I have a case? What else can I present?
Thank you in advance.

