"Unsafe Lane Change" - how much chance do I have?

很鬱悶地說,早上送孩子上學,回家路上得一ticket.

在local的路上,有三條道,我在中間開. 因回家要左轉,我早早就開始尋機換道. 這時左側的車在一路口左轉,我就想這是一個機會,因轉彎車輛會slow down後麵的車,於是我就打燈準備換道. 沒想到後麵一輛車加速趕上來,不讓我換,我減速它就慢下來,我加快它就快,一直在我左後側跟著,卻不跟上前麵的車. 這樣試了幾次,眼看離我要左轉的路口越來越近,我將速度放慢,這樣就與前一輛車有點距離,然後加速換到左邊.

我一直以為跟著我的隻是一位mean and rude driver,可他是位警察,但他不是開的普通警車. 警燈亮了,他就給我一張罰單"unsafe lane change". "You should not assume others will yield when you change lane." 可是我並沒有這樣想啊,從我打燈到換道至少有600-800ft,我試了好幾次才換過去,也沒有超速. 我一向開車很小心,換道更是謹慎,因我從不認為自己技術高超.我從來沒有accident和ticket,也不知道有"unsafe lane change"的違規. 我感覺受到不公平待遇,這位不良警察一直跟著我,故意迫使我"違規",然後給我ticket.

The county clerk said I could pay $155 and take driving class to get the ticket off my driving record. If I go to court and don't win, they may increase the fine and the ticket will remain on my reord.

I feel I should go to the court to fight for the ticket, not for the money, but for being treated unfairly by the police officer and for his inappropriate use of police power.

Does anyone have advice or experience to share?  Will a traffic attorney help? 謝謝了先!

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• Get a lawyer if you want to fight for his unfairness. -N.- ♀ (204 bytes) () 04/21/2011 postreply 19:31:06

• 我回家路上需要換道 -yanyanhao- ♀ (204 bytes) () 04/21/2011 postreply 20:38:48

• I know that. I do not understand what exactly happened. -N.- ♀ (994 bytes) () 04/21/2011 postreply 22:20:03

• 哪有那麽難懂啊。警車（看樣子是沒有標記的）是在她左邊的lane上，愣不讓她換，換了就給ticket. -manymore- ♀ (225 bytes) () 04/22/2011 postreply 10:52:00

• 謝謝你提供的信息. -yanyanhao- ♀ (949 bytes) () 04/22/2011 postreply 11:57:12

• 回複：謝謝你提供的信息. -有感而發- ♂ (158 bytes) () 04/24/2011 postreply 09:38:05

• 回複："Unsafe Lane Change" - how much chance do I have? -有感而發- ♂ (607 bytes) () 04/24/2011 postreply 09:30:08

• 認倒黴吧，聽clerk的，你不會贏的。如果你輸了，付出的代價更大。比起加州你的罰款少多了。 -成為會員- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/25/2011 postreply 15:28:16