Possibly thinking of going to court over fault of this accident, left hand turn into intersection accident.?

[gwen]

Long story short I'm traveling southbound on a 2 way road and am in the left lane, I notice the light turning yellow about 30 feet from the pedestrian walkway travelling 45 mph and couldn't possibly slam on my brakes in time to stop so I continued straight. I had noticed a driver in the intersection waiting to turn left and instead of waiting until I drove by turned in front of me causing an accident. I was given a "Careless driving" ticket because the cop said I "Failed to yield" to the car in the intersection.. I know this is bullshit but is the cop right? I haven't overexaggerated anything, I wasn't speeding, when we struck the light was still yellow like I said had plenty of time to clear the intersection. Any insight is appreciated, insurance is still investigating it's been a 8 days as of today 3/21/2012 it happened.

[jolie]

Confused. YOU got the ticket for failure to yield to a vehicle that turned in front of you?

Yeah, I would take that one to court.

I assume that there was no left turn light for the other driver, if your light was yellow that would be impossible.

Not sure where he gets the idea that the go ahead straight lane, has to yield to a turn lane when there is not turn light.