Just received a failure to stop at a red light offence. I have also been provided two images of the incident.
I clearly remember the day of the offence and remember the traffic light going amber and due to the road being wet I have braked but overshot the line. I was towing a light trailer and this is still behind the line. The first photo supplied by the traffic department shows my car just at the stop line and the next photo shows it 1 car length onwards with the trailer and about 1m of the ute tray behind the line, In both images, the brake lights are on both the trailer and the car. The time frame noted on the offence is 2's between shots. This appears to show me stopped the lights, although I have overshot the stop line.
Just wanting to know if I have any chance of successfully contesting the traffic infringement notice? I feel I have done the right thing by stopping in a safe manner due to the road conditions of the day, but not behind the stop line.
Cheers
I clearly remember the day of the offence and remember the traffic light going amber and due to the road being wet I have braked but overshot the line. I was towing a light trailer and this is still behind the line. The first photo supplied by the traffic department shows my car just at the stop line and the next photo shows it 1 car length onwards with the trailer and about 1m of the ute tray behind the line, In both images, the brake lights are on both the trailer and the car. The time frame noted on the offence is 2's between shots. This appears to show me stopped the lights, although I have overshot the stop line.
Just wanting to know if I have any chance of successfully contesting the traffic infringement notice? I feel I have done the right thing by stopping in a safe manner due to the road conditions of the day, but not behind the stop line.
Cheers