[mikester]

So...we went to San Francisco for a little get away gack in September...we rented a car - flew into San jose and drove up to SF.

We stayed in the financial district at the palace. It was pretty cool.

Today I got in the mail a ticket for running a red light at a photo enforced light. Actually - my wife got it but it clearly isn't her driving. So - for her to send it back she has to prove either she didn't have the car then or turn in whoever was driving. For example - if it were me driving then she would have to turn me in to obsolve herself. That doesn't seem right or fair but we constitutionally don't really have the right not to incriminate our spouses. Beyond that issue I have with this is that the evidence shown are 4 separate pictures. ! of our car at the intersection, one in the intersection , a third of the license plate alone and a fourth of the driver. That's it...

It seems to me they are missing a key picture of us actually driving AND the license plate visible in the same picture. Plus it shows our speed a 25mph - who goes through a red light at 25 mph? Besides that...normally if I get pulled over for something like speeding I'm only irritated if it was really close - like 68 in a 65 where the fudge factor of a speed-o-meter really could be an issue. REgardless...has anyone fought one of these without appearing and won? I live in Socal and it isn't cost effective for us to fly up there (or whatever) and fight it. It isn't a cheap ticket though it's nearly $400 and with the cost of traffic school to keep that point off it will easily be more than $400.

Bastards...