Got a ticket for failure to obey truck route in Compton, Ca

well we need a lil more info
what were you doing and where and when
general rule is fight all tickets

 

I got one a couple years ago in Riverside. It was issued by CHP and disappeared (dismissed by judge) after I plunked down 600 bucks for a local attorney who specialized in this sort of thing. All in all, I've received 2 tickets in southern CA (only violations I've ever received in a big rig) and both were dismissed after contacting a local attorney. Cost me 600 bucks each time.

 

Lemme guess...

On Del amo?

Shortcuts ain't cheap

 

Funny, I just paid compton $45 for an 8-hour parking permit. Silly me to think Compton PD would have better things to do at 2am than cruise industrial areas looking for trucks audacious enough to park at their receivers rather than contribute to 7am traffic...

 

looks like the cop needs a refresher in traffic code 101

 

perhaps the following link can provide the insight.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=veh&group=21001-22000&file=21650-21664
21651(a) is on that page.

 

If the vehicle code is not correct, you can fight it. If you don't want to cop a plea or pay for a lawyer, do a trial by written declaration.

Invoke your rights under california penal code 19.7 , which requires the burden of proof to be on the state to prove their case.

If the vehicle code is blatantly incorrect , you will ask the officer to produce proof beyond a reasonable doubt that the violation you were cited for is what actual happened. You cite pc 19.7 for this; it's not up to you to prove your case, it's on them.

If you actually were in violation, another strategy is to agree that you were in violation of the sign, but you can argue that your conduct was not WILLFUL. You went down that route because somebody was blocking you from making a lane change. The no truck sign was not visible for the conditions--dim lighting, tree branches in the way , whatever you come up with. It's up to the officer to prove you wrong --it's not up to you to prove you are innocent. It's up for them to prove you were guilty, due to willful misconduct.

 

Yep, years ago a cop cited me for speeding, 8 over in a residential area. When she wrote the ticket, she cited me for driving in the "hundred" block. Cost me about $80.00 to fight the ticket, the judge agreed that I was speeding, but then dismissed the case because the cop wrote the ticket for the wrong "hundred" block, and the city failed to amend the citation before court started. The judge admonished both the cop and the D.A. for failing to properly do their job.

 

California is out of control. You call them to get a fine amount for something like a lane violation and they tell you to call back in a month when they actually get the citation into the computer. Then many times you pay it and they still place a hold on your license despite you calling them numerous times in response to threatening letters about suspending your CDL due to non payment. You'll to your local DMV to renew your CDL and they will inform you that there is a hold on your license for a ticket you paid a year prior.

Keep copies of every bit of correspondence between you and the CHP. The one I got out there was a parking ticket in Compton. I paid it online and was emailed a receipt. Like I said they are out of control out there. They write so many tickets in California they can't even keep up with them in many jurisdictions.