Quote Originally Posted by newracer View Post
The other way to think about this specific situation is your wife actually did run the red light and therefore she should pay the fine.
If, according to the OP, she couldn't do so safely and the best course of action was to just go through it, I'm sure a reasonable LEO, with consideration for the conditions, would not issue a ticket at all if it was a patrol officer and not a camera. Cameras can only get part of the story. I know I've ran a red or two before in crummy conditions and the light changed right in that sweet spot where stopping could be dangerous but not stopping would mean running the red.