shiningforce
New Member
I received a ticket in December 2005.
I was going 40 mph in a 45 mph zone with plenty of following distance, but I stomped my brakes too hard, locked the wheels up and I rearended the SUV in front of me.
I received a ticket with the following violations:
Driving faster than safe for conditions
Causing an accident
I was taken to the hospital and then bedridden for the next month. I knew I wouldn't be able to make the court date because I couldn't even sit up on my own. This was my first accident and I had no real idea what to do, so I was unaware that I could have the court date changed for a more convenient time. I paid the fine, took traffic school, and I thought that was all taken care of. I did not know that each violation on the ticket was a separate point, I thought the ticket was one point.
So, nearly half a year later, I switched insurance companies and found that the "Driving faster than safe for conditions" violation was the point left on my record.
I think that is actually a very bogus violation because my speed had no bearing on what caused the accident. Going slower than the speed limit is a weak case, but the fact that speed is not what caused my brakes to fail is what I could've contested (had I known that I could have my court date extended.)
Is there ANY possible way to challenge that violation at this point, or something else I can do..?
I was going 40 mph in a 45 mph zone with plenty of following distance, but I stomped my brakes too hard, locked the wheels up and I rearended the SUV in front of me.
I received a ticket with the following violations:
Driving faster than safe for conditions
Causing an accident
I was taken to the hospital and then bedridden for the next month. I knew I wouldn't be able to make the court date because I couldn't even sit up on my own. This was my first accident and I had no real idea what to do, so I was unaware that I could have the court date changed for a more convenient time. I paid the fine, took traffic school, and I thought that was all taken care of. I did not know that each violation on the ticket was a separate point, I thought the ticket was one point.
So, nearly half a year later, I switched insurance companies and found that the "Driving faster than safe for conditions" violation was the point left on my record.
I think that is actually a very bogus violation because my speed had no bearing on what caused the accident. Going slower than the speed limit is a weak case, but the fact that speed is not what caused my brakes to fail is what I could've contested (had I known that I could have my court date extended.)
Is there ANY possible way to challenge that violation at this point, or something else I can do..?
