Experiences fighting and avoiding traffic tickets in and around campus?

[jack63]

Hey, why not just obey the traffic laws?

1. Often "No Turn on Red" signs are very difficult to see. The city of Ann Arbor does not use its brain when posting them. They are blocked by other signs, trees, snow etc. The law recommends up to 3 visible "No Turn on Red" signs at an intersection. Also, there must be more than just one sign at the far side of the intersection. These problems with posting signs are what got me to show up to court in the first place.

(section 5…you need to copy and past the entire link) http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(yyccxbjikkl4z1r3pe1ka0ty))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-257-612

1. The city of Ann Arbor has been called on posting speed limits that are illegally to slow. I was stunned to read such articles.

http://www.annarbor.com/news/opinion/ann-arbor-needs-to-get-up-to-speed-on-its-speed-limits-along-main-roads/

Some excerpts from the article

most speeding tickets go to safe drivers at normal speeds when posted limits are set too low.

The Ann Arbor City Council and Project Management Department do not follow either method under state law, nor do they use the best-accepted engineering practices, to set safe and realistic speed limits.

Another driver and I challenged speeding tickets in 2007 on Huron Parkway and Nixon Road, received against the artificially low posted speed limits which became illegal after PA85 took effect. We prevailed in 15th District Court in 2008 and our tickets were dismissed. (See: http://blog.mlive.com/annarbornews/2008/08/speeding_ticket_challenge_uphe.html) The city appealed my dismissal to Circuit Court, and the dismissal was upheld.

Traffic tickets just can’t be revenue!