My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: CA
I was issued a PE red light citation on January 09, 2009 and never recieved a citation. I was in the middle of relocating and didn't give DMV my new mailing address until February 09, 2009. I did not have a permanent address due to losing my job, townhome rental, and most all my belongings were given away to charity. I was traveling back and forth from the central coast to the L.A. area during this transition. I barely found out about this ticket on December 15, 2009 when I called DMV to renew my expired DL only to find out it was suspended. The officer at the local P.D. dept. mailed me a copy of the citation and pictures. He told me he would not mail me a c.d. or e-mail the 12 sec. video and that I had to go in to the P.D. to view it. I finally went on February 02, 2009 to view it. He had previously told me on the phone that I stopped for three seconds behind the intersection then entered the intersection at a red arrow. I asked him if there was oncoming traffic and he said yes. After viewing the video two times very quickly I asked for a copy of it. He declined again. He told me that I needed to go to court to get my license back and pay the fine. He said that in his 5 years of working there not one person has ever won a case. He said I can try to fight it but gave negative information making it sound hopeless. I told him I wouldn't run a red light nor have I ever. I did not answer him when he asked me if that was me in the pic. I beleive the pictures and videos were tampered with by Redflex. I noticed in the video that the flow of traffic was moving steadily and quickly at left turn signal. The light was green and my car was supposedly going about 23 mph. The light turned yellow about 2 cars before mine and my front tires went over the intersection at yellow then turned red. I noticed the straight lane was not moving as fast as the left turn lanes. My car was on the inside turn lane. If the car would or could have stopped it would have caused an intense jerking and skidding. The officer lied to me about this incident and I have reason to distrust anything they say because my picture was taken in latter 2009 while a passenger in my daughters car. I saw the light flash brightly when we went through same intersection straight on a green. I beleive Redflex has facial recognition via satellite according to DL image. In the picture I was wearing the same clothing and hairstyle as the picture in latter 2009. Their proof of service is an affidavit on the actual citation. I want to see the actual envelope or certified mail receipt but they apparently put it through the regular snail mail. No other attempts were made to mail me a second notice. According to what I remember, I was wearing sunglasses and a blue jacket. My visor was down to block the sun. In the picture I was wearing the tanktop with my regualr glasses. The traffic in the 1st turn lane was jammed and I slowed down to yeild to traffic ahead even though the light was green; the car ahead of me jolted forward when the tie up freed up and I went forward because the light was still green. After passing the intersection the light turned yellow and the traffic came to a complete stop due to a car blocking traffic up ahead. I came to a complete stop out in the intersection behind the line of cars. At this time the light turned from yellow to red. I had no choice but to sit in the tie up until it cleared. The pictures possibly show this but the video does not. I have serious doubt as to the validity of this evidence they seem to think is concrete. What rights do I have in this case?