I was the last car in a four car pie-up. The accident was caused by the first car making a sudden left turn onto the street we were traveling on. (Or so I was told by the other drivers. I did not see what was going on, and at first thought that the accident was solely between my car and the car in front of me.) The officer on the scene gave me the only ticket (I'm assuming that it was because I was the tail vehicle), and said to me,"Somebody's got to get the ticket!" The ticket was for Careless Driving, which I don't think was at all the case. When the SUV in front of me rammed into the previous two cars, it came to a very sudden stop and I hit the brakes immediately, but there was not much room to stop in time. I don't see how I should be ticketed, I was not following too closely for normal braking conditions. I will be going to court to fight this next month. Does anyone have any advice on how to handle this in court?
2007-02-19
18:17:40
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skowog
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