My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: Colorado
When turning onto a main street, I stopped at the stop sign and turned slowly. I was followed by a police car with lights flashing. My first reaction was that he wasn't coming after me because I didn't do anything wrong. At that point I was doing 20 MPH in a 30 MPH zone. I didn't have time to get up to speed because I had stopped at the sign. I figured out that I better stop, so I stopped in the first available spot, a parking lot.
The Officer told me that I didn't stop at the stop sign. I was shocked and told him that I thought I stopped. He insisted that I didn't.
I was driving with my 5 year old daughter in the car so I was driving carefully, not recklessly.
There were no witnesses to this event.
How do I fight this? Should I or should I not? The fine is $110 and 4 points. I have a court appearance in about 5 weeks. What can I do in that time to prepare a defense?
I didn't see the position of the police car when I was turning.
Is there a report I should get? Where and how do I ask for that?
If I plead quilty and pay, will it affect my auto insurance payment?
Would it help in court to bring up my low speed as an indication that I had actually stopped? Can we find from the report if he recorded my speed?
Thanks for any advice - I appreciate it.
Maggy
I forgot to mention one thing in my post: When I stopped at the stop sign, I looked to the left ( prior to making a right hand turn ) and saw a white car far away in the lane I was turning into. I knew I had plenty of time to make the turn. So, I didn't rush into the turn.
Maggy

