Re: Beating a NYC bike traffic ticket on a technicality

> When the opposite light turned red I waited for a SUV to
> pass that illegally run the red light (in front of the cop)
> and I then began riding.

=v= The cop is in the wrong for selectively enforcing the law,
especially as the SUV is far more dangerous.  But I've already
been chastised for mentioning the 14th Amendment defense, which
I guess doesn't go over as well in NYC like it does in some
parts of the country.

=v= I can see how a red light-running SUV would give you a
reasonable concern for your safety, and how you could've decided
to get yourself out of harm's way, even if it meant "improper
riding of a bicycle."  It seems to me you might want to mention
that in court (if true), leaving it up to the judge to make what
he or she will of the officer's failure to ticket the SUV.
    <_Jym_>