I just got a red light ticket in the mail.
It was for the night when we had that sudden snowstorm here I think it was April 5 or something.
Even in the pictures it shows the snow everywhere.
I did sort of run the light but not by my own will, my car couldn't stop in time it even shows in the pic that they included in the mail that my brake lights were on.

Can I contest this? Or should I just pay the 100 dollar fine?

 

Sorry to hear Jeff, I have slid through signs/lights plenty of times. I "ran" through a stop sign and it cost me 175 bucks and 3 points.

You could try to contest but I would bet they're just gonna tell you that you were driving too fast for the conditions

 

Yeah I figured, thank you for your experience on this one.

It's funny since right before that snowstorm I removed my winter rims/tires because I figured it was the last of it.
That's Chicago for ya, heh!

Thanks a bunch, I'll just pay the fee and be even more careful next time!

 

you can fight it but you have to check the red light recording online if it shows you stopped or sliding your fine.

 

Does not go against driving record in Illinois, simply pay it!!

 

That is the $100.00 dollar SLIDE

 

Try driving on summer performance tires in the snow/slush before you talk.

 

You should have allowed for extra time in stopping having a soft summer tire in adverse weather!!

 

I did. I even slowed down at least 100 feet before stopping. Don't know if it was an ice patch or just pure slush but my car wouldn't stop in time, I nearly came to a stop in the middle of the intersection.
Luckily it was at 11:40 at night with no other cars out there.
Didn't want to cause an accident, thankfully none happened.

 

 

man you have so much negative stuff happen to you who's cheerios did you **** in

 

Brian you made my day at work today I started to laugh so hard everyone was quiet in the office and looked at me

 

that's good. we like it when you're happy

 

I say go and contest the ticket! Make up a "good" story about road conditions.
You have a chance. Trust me.

 

Since you know you were on Summer only performance tires, I'm assuming that you also knew that they typically don't have grip under 45 degrees.

Are you new to Chicago? Did you not know that nights get colder than 45 degrees this early in the season? Summer only tires are summer only not so they don't see snow and slush, it also so they don't see temps below 45 dergees.

Here's a simple question to answer: did you break the law? If the answer is yes (or "yes, but..."), then pay the fine.