i was on my way to a friend's house tonight. there is a intersection (laurel and 41 in nokomis) with a (on/off "no turn on red") i've been around the area for over 7-8 years, and i was well aware of that light. i rolled up to the light with that sign off. then i pulled up a litte more, looked at traffic and took a right on red.

seconds later, i was on the side of the road with a ticket in my hand for "disobeying a traffic signal". the officer told me to don't try to fight it because his collegue has the whole thing on video, they were out in a "10 car wolf pack" to pull people over who ran that sign. it's 118 dollars and i swear i didn't see the sign lite up when i pulled up to it. the only explaination is that i saw no light, pull up to see traffic, light comes on (now out of my view) and i pulled out due to clear traffic.

is it worth it to fight something like that? or should i just take it in and pay the bill?