I'm gonna say based on 25 years experience that a lot of people think they stop when they don't....what happens is they begin stopping, continue stopping, slow down, get to the stop sign and...go.... I've had more than one motorist call me every name in the book (I let them vent) then I show them the video, they are actually dumbfounded when they see the footage...Sadly your belief that you stopped may just be that...while I agree the officer's word doesn't guarantee a conviction, I also hardly think the average copper has nothing better to do than create offences that didn't occur. Just a th...

ynotp wrote:He might have a dash cam that may or may not help your case.

Honestly, I would be fine with it if he did. I'm that confident that I did stop completely.

ynotp wrote:If you are confident you stopped fight it, a stop sign conviction is pretty minor. Get disclosure see what they have against you. At trial you are going to get a chance to cross examine the officer, you can bring up the brake light/rolling stop issue. Might help if it is in the notes.

I appreciate the advice. Thank you very much.

This afternoon I was pulled over in Milton. When I saw the lights in my rearview, I pulled over honestly believing he was going to go past me to some incident. I was shocked when he pulled in behind me. I had no idea why I was being pulled over. I was stunned when the officer told me that I failed to stop at a stop sign. I told the officer that I had, but he said that my "brake lights didn't even light up." He said that I had slowed down to a rolling stop, looked around and then proceeded (it was a 40 zone, so I'm not sure how he felt that had I slowed to a rolling stop without my br...