We've all done it.  The light is yellow.  You're in a hurry.  In your mind your thinking 'floor it!'  You accelerate and the light turns red and you blow through it.  Yup, that's usually how it goes.  In Maine, you can get away with that from time to time...as long as there isn't a police officer sitting near by.  But, in New York City it's a tad different.  I have recently discovered this.

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Last week,I received an $80 ticket in the mail for running a red light during a recent visit to the Big Apple.  With the ticket, pictures of my vehicle (oh, there is no denying this is my vehicle.  Unless there are other cars in NYC with a B98.5 bumper sticker on them) along with a link to an online video of my vehicle turning left at a red light.  The proof is in the pudding...right?  Even with the burning evidence, I still maintain my innocence. There is nothing scarier than driving in a BIG city, like New York, and trying to follow your GPS.  I have watched the video 100 times...and STILL do not remember this intersection.  So, in my defense, I have 2 excuses:

  1. Someone stole my vehicle while I was at my doctor's appointment and went for a joy ride.  (Seems legit...I'd buy that excuse)
  2. My husband was driving.  This is HIS ticket and I had nothing to do with it!!

I'm going with #2 because not once the entire road trip did I EVER drive the vehicle!  But, the vehicle is registered in my name and, therefore, so is the ticket.  I wonder what Judge Judy would say about this?

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Check out the video of the infraction:

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