Driving wrong way on one way street
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Driving wrong way on one way street
I turned down a one way street and as I approached the end of the block my path was blocked by 2 fire trucks responding to an incident. As I could not continue, I turned my vehicle around and proceeded back down the one way street going the wrong way. I was then pulled over and given a ticket for driving the wrong way. The officer was confrontational and intimidating when asked what I should have done in that situation and provided no answer. I don’t feel I was wrong in moving away from the incident that I encountered and had no choice but to turn my car around. Is there anything that I can do?
Asked on April 14, 2017 under General Practice, New York
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
You can explain the situation to the prosecutor and judge on the "return date" (the trial date) scheduled for the ticket--one or both may elect to dismiss under the circumstances. However, they are not required to dismiss: the situation you describe is not actually a legal defense to or justifiction for driving the wrong way, but does provide equitable (i.e. "fairness"-based) grounds which would let the prosecutor or judge exercise their respective discretion to choose voluntarily to dismiss.
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