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He told me I wasn't supposed to turn left between 3 and 6pm, and blah blah blah. Anyway, I check the ticket today, and its $198(City of ATL). And it says its a "Class 2 MISDEMEANOR"?

wtf is a Class 2 MISDEMEANOR? For accidently turning down the wrong road? lol. its not like i went down the opposite flow of traffic. I really do think they put that sign there soley to justify giving tickets for revenue purposes. wtf cant i turn down a two way street?!


I "violated" code "40-6-70", Disobeying a Traffic Control Device. I thought the green light was a traffic control device, not the sign that has two sentences on it, while im at the top of the hill trying to turn, and i dont live in atlanta, and hate driving in atlanta. *sigh....end rant.


help/advice please?
This is a legit ticket and this law has been around for years, man. It is for traffic control. IIRC, you also can't make turns between 6am-9am. This is keep the flow of traffic on Peachtree St. moving. Also when the traffic is heavy on Peachtree and some numbnut tries to make a left at the last second and gets caught in the middle of the intersection because Peachtree is so backed up, it causes more back ups because there is a car blocking both sides. There are many streets in downtown that have that ordinance.

This should be a 3 point citation.

BUT! You may be ok. In August, I got a ticket in Dekalb County for disobeying traffic control device. I waited and went to court. The judge said that if you could pay the fine in its entirety THAT DAY, then he would reduce it to a city misdemeanor and the ticket would not appear on my MVR. So I did. Now there is NO record of me ever getting that ticket. That fine was $350.

Later, QD.