Fail To Stop At Red Light For Right Turn, Got Disclosure
Hello all,
I would appreciate it if I could get some advice or insight to my situation. The ticket I got was for a failure to stop at Red Light, 144(18). I got the officer's notes and the in car camera video.
Scenario:
I was going Eastbound on Denison St and making a right turn onto Southbound Old Kennedy Rd. This turn has a really long arc, there was some distance I had to cover in the intersection before entering the other street which feels like a little bit more than 1 car length. The light was amber when I approached and slowed down getting ready to turn. I saw the lights turn red after entering the intersection and during my turn. There's also almost a car length cap between stop line and the crosswalk. There were no pedestrians and I turned safely.
In the officer's disclosure, they write about checking the traffic lights for 3 cycles and that they were working fine. The part of the disclosure I'm sharing is:
I OBSERVED A 4 DOOR TOYOTA COROLA TRAVELLING EASTBOUND ON DENISON ST IN THE RIGHT TURN LANE ENTER THE INTERSECTION ON A RED LIGHT. MV FAILED TO STOP AS IT NEVER STOPPED MOVING AND WHEELS NEVER STOPPED ROLLING. MV WAS IN CONTINUOUS MOTION THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNED RED BEFORE FRONT TIRES PASSED THE STOP LINE.
HOWEVER, in the video my front tires had crossed the stop line before the lights turned red. The lights turned right red my vehicle was half way crossed. My vehicle was still behind the crosswalk lines but had passed the stop lines. This disagrees with the notes that says the lights turned red before the front tires passed.
That's the one discrepancy I found in the officer's notes and his ICC video.
My questions now are:
1) Am I considered in the intersection after crossing the stop lines with the front half of my car but still behind the crosswalk lines?
2) Would this be enough to raise reasonable doubt in the officer's testimony/notes?
I can post the whole disclosure of his notes if someone is willing to look over to give me some more insight. Not sure if they'll bother looking at pictures of the intersection or screenshots of the video.
Thank you.