My question involves traffic court in the State of: Wisconsin
Last night I was stopped for failure to stop at a stop sign.
The sign was on a street bordering the Waukesha County Statefair Grounds. The reason I didn't stop was because I thought I was justified, because there was no possible cross traffic. The street was a two lane street, divided by painted lines, and directly to the left and right of the stop sign were the parking lots for the Statefair grounds. But, being wintertime, these lots are gated off and nobody can possibly enter or leave. I even discussed this the first time I ran through these on the way to the our destination, the ticket occured after leaving.
Coincidentaly, other people thought they weren't required to stop because many others blew threw it also. (I will not be using that in my defense)
Would an appropriate defense be to say that I was justified in not stopping because the stop signs were not at an actual interesection (a crossing or meeting of two or more motorways)? In addition, there were no pedestrians or crosswalks.
-I would present current pictures of the stop sign and surrounding areas.
-I am 17.5 years old, never been stopped in the past
Here's the code that I violated I believe. I haven't gotten a copy of the ticket in the mail yet.
346.46 Vehicles to stop at stop signs and school
crossings. (1) Except when directed to proceed by a traffic
officer or traffic control signal, every operator of a vehicle
approaching an official stop sign at an intersection shall cause
such vehicle to stop before entering the intersection and shall yield
the right−of−way to other vehicles which have entered or are
approaching the intersection upon a highway which is not controlled
by an official stop sign or traffic signal.
Last night I was stopped for failure to stop at a stop sign.
The sign was on a street bordering the Waukesha County Statefair Grounds. The reason I didn't stop was because I thought I was justified, because there was no possible cross traffic. The street was a two lane street, divided by painted lines, and directly to the left and right of the stop sign were the parking lots for the Statefair grounds. But, being wintertime, these lots are gated off and nobody can possibly enter or leave. I even discussed this the first time I ran through these on the way to the our destination, the ticket occured after leaving.
Coincidentaly, other people thought they weren't required to stop because many others blew threw it also. (I will not be using that in my defense)
Would an appropriate defense be to say that I was justified in not stopping because the stop signs were not at an actual interesection (a crossing or meeting of two or more motorways)? In addition, there were no pedestrians or crosswalks.
-I would present current pictures of the stop sign and surrounding areas.
-I am 17.5 years old, never been stopped in the past
Here's the code that I violated I believe. I haven't gotten a copy of the ticket in the mail yet.
346.46 Vehicles to stop at stop signs and school
crossings. (1) Except when directed to proceed by a traffic
officer or traffic control signal, every operator of a vehicle
approaching an official stop sign at an intersection shall cause
such vehicle to stop before entering the intersection and shall yield
the right−of−way to other vehicles which have entered or are
approaching the intersection upon a highway which is not controlled
by an official stop sign or traffic signal.
Hearings and Trials: Failure to Stop at a Stop Sign but with No Cross Traffic
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