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purpleTJchick

purpleTJchick

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I am sure a bunch of people was caught in the traffic accident friday, I happend to be in that wreck (muiltipe wreck) And need some advice

driving down 40 im doing the speed limit, plenty-o-room in front of me and I am in the far left lane between harrison and wade (because I do not want to get off on wade, nor try to merge left closer to wade) Lady in lane two (right side of me) cuts me off, while apply brakes, so I have to apply brakes hard but to her speed b/c If I slam on brakes the person behind me hits me. Well she then leaves my lane and hits the medin at which point I see a van almost at a stop in front of me (her car blocked my view) so I have to aim for the left of the van because their is no way I can stop without hitting the van. well the gray car is in that lane, and yup, she hit a white car, which then I hit her 9but thankfully not as hard! It would have been extremly bad if I hit the van....really bad) She admits to swerving in my lane, she says she is sorry (I feel like I have done nothing wrong so I do not state im sorry, and normally I am the first to say sorry for anything) she even tells the cops this. 2 hours later I get a ticket for failure to advoid a collasion. Am I mad at the cops... no. I dont bother saying anything but yes sir. I knew the chances were high i was getting a ticket, how many times have you heard the person in front get a ticket for someone hitting in the rear?

My insurance company closed the case saying she is at fault, but I still got to go to court... is there anyway to get out of it? what are the chances it will stick?
 
lawyer
 
purpleTJchick said:
I will get one of those, for sure but kinda wondering the chances of good luck
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With a Lawyer and the insurance putting her at fault your chances are good. You didn't admit any fault, and the lady admitted what happened, so those both go in your favor. Hope all goes smoothly in court.
 
here's the thing. you veered out of your lane to avoid hitting the van right? that means you probably made an unsignaled and unsafe lane change that caused your collision with the lady. Unless you have a witness and a liscense plate number for the lady who was driving stupid, your most likely going to get rail roaded.


Sucks. atleast your insurance is on your side. hope your okay.
 
I hit the lady driving stupid she swerved off to the shoulder/concrete blocks..., and my unsigiled lane change was into a shoulder missing the median blocks but hitting her after she hit someone else
 
Any decent lawyer will get you out of it. As mentioned she admitted fault and your ins has done the same.
I'd think you'll get of, but maybe not.

But even then, since your ins has agreed it's her fault, you have no financial loss there, just the PITA of a wrecked car, gettin ga replacement, etc Be sure to get a rental paid for by her insurance!
The only thing you have to worry about is your record from the ticket, and which wil lcost you more - paying a lawyer (whatm, maybe $250?) vs the ticket and any points/ramifications from it. Honestly the points penalty from that will be very small, if any, may not affect your insurance rating at all. How much was the ticket?

Even w/o a lawyer, you can probably do a plea bargain w/ the DA, or even the judge, and they'll reduce it to something even more minor or drop altogether.
I'm just not seeing this as a "something to sweat" kind of thing.
 
I investigated a wreck once where a teenage girl was traveling 45mpg in the left. She changes lanes to the right lane in front of another vehicle and then she slams on her brakes so she can make a right turn. Well the vehicle she cut off had no where to go and rear ended her. I wrote her a ticket for making an unsafe movement. She wasnt very happy about it, but I explained to her "you" caused this. She went to court and pled not guilty. We went to trial and the judge found her guilty.
So to answer you question- yes it does happen.
 
Wow so there, there is hope in situations out of your hands (sometimes) you have prooven me wrong.

Well im going to court, im sure. I feel better and less stressed hopefully all will work out. Im looking for a car now. And selling the wreck. Thread in for sale if anyone is intrested in seeing a pic from the wreck
 
I got rear-ended by an 18 wheeler.

Still had to go to traffic school.
 
sorry to hear about the misfortune. Glad YOU are ok though :beer:
 
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