telekinesis
June 21st, 2003, 12:25 PM
Ok well last night I was on a date and it ended up being one of the worst days of my transportation life and it would help me out and be much appreciated if you read my story and give your opinion on the matter. Here is my story. . . .
I go and pick up my date at her house and our plan is to go to the movies. I am driving around like usual and probably safer than normal considering I have another person in the car. I pass an intersection behind a car that has no brake lights on and is going at about an average speed of about 45-55 MPH, which is the speed limit. Then out of no where this driver bolts out of the way and the car in front of me now was dead stopped with their brake lights on. I was going about 40-45 MPH when this happened and I knew I was going to hit her and the lane to the right of me was blocked and the lane to the left was on-coming traffic. I have a Ford F-150 with 20 inch wheels and low profile tires, which doesn't exactly help me considering the street grip it lacks. I slam the brakes to avoid this collision, my ABS kicks in and I just about skip to a complete stop about 100 feet ahead of me. I am about 5 MPH now at the most and I barely hit this SUV. I get out and make sure she is ok, she said, "I am fine, don't worry it was a slow hit." I have like no damage on my truck and she has minimal damage on her SUV. I ask her if it is fine with her if we took care of this without our insurance companies and I will pay for all damages. She was all for it and noted that she prefered that method. So we exchange information and as soon as we get in our vehicles to leave a bike cop rolls up with his lights on. Me and her both tell the cop that we already resolved the accident by exchanging insurance and contact information. He says we can't leave and told us both to park in the lot of a nearby restaraunt. More cops come and we both fill out these forms providing our information. That is fine, I don't mind that considering they are doing it for her just in case I gave her fake information. This takes a considerable 45 minutes, the other police officers were really nice to me and asked me what I have on my truck and where I got it all and I had very high respet for them for taking the situation positively. She is done talking to the bike cop and she gets to leave, but before she does I talk to her and she said, "I am sorry about this accident, I am sure you had no control over the situation and the collision. I will contact you within a few days to set up a day to meet up and get our vehicles checked up to see how much damage was caused by the hit, which doesn't look like much." I say ok and she thanks me for handling the situation well and being polite to her, which doesn't happen in every accident. So she takes off and then I go to the bike cop to see if he needs anything before I leave. He says, "Here is your ticket and information on driving classes." I reply with, "What do you mean a ticket, what did I do?" He then states, "Failed to avoid a collision." Now at this point I lost all respect for this officer and had to hold back from blowing my lid and reply back with, "So what the hell was I suppose to do, merge left info on-coming traffic or right into another car?" he says, "Don't give me an attitude!" I tell him, "Then you shouldn't have went out of your way and give me a ticket on such a minor collision that I had absolutely no control over, I lose all respect for you giving me this ticket, I bet if I was a 45 year old women and not have been an 18 year old man you would have just let me go." then he says, "You have your ticket and information, I have to get back to doing my job, don't hit any more stopped cars on your date tonight." Then he left and I saw him pull out of the parking lot and turn on his light chasing a Chevy S-10 that just so called "ran a yellow", this cop was a straight up power fiending jerk. This whole time, about an hour and a half now my date is in the car, we went to see Bruce Almighty then I went back to her house and she didn't seem very mad about the situation and agreed that the cop handled it wrong.
After reading the situation do any of you think it would be possible for me to ask for a court date and challenge this officers ticket or would I just be wasting my time, all replies will extremely help me out, I cannot afford having points on my record and getting my insurance company to find out about the ticket?
I go and pick up my date at her house and our plan is to go to the movies. I am driving around like usual and probably safer than normal considering I have another person in the car. I pass an intersection behind a car that has no brake lights on and is going at about an average speed of about 45-55 MPH, which is the speed limit. Then out of no where this driver bolts out of the way and the car in front of me now was dead stopped with their brake lights on. I was going about 40-45 MPH when this happened and I knew I was going to hit her and the lane to the right of me was blocked and the lane to the left was on-coming traffic. I have a Ford F-150 with 20 inch wheels and low profile tires, which doesn't exactly help me considering the street grip it lacks. I slam the brakes to avoid this collision, my ABS kicks in and I just about skip to a complete stop about 100 feet ahead of me. I am about 5 MPH now at the most and I barely hit this SUV. I get out and make sure she is ok, she said, "I am fine, don't worry it was a slow hit." I have like no damage on my truck and she has minimal damage on her SUV. I ask her if it is fine with her if we took care of this without our insurance companies and I will pay for all damages. She was all for it and noted that she prefered that method. So we exchange information and as soon as we get in our vehicles to leave a bike cop rolls up with his lights on. Me and her both tell the cop that we already resolved the accident by exchanging insurance and contact information. He says we can't leave and told us both to park in the lot of a nearby restaraunt. More cops come and we both fill out these forms providing our information. That is fine, I don't mind that considering they are doing it for her just in case I gave her fake information. This takes a considerable 45 minutes, the other police officers were really nice to me and asked me what I have on my truck and where I got it all and I had very high respet for them for taking the situation positively. She is done talking to the bike cop and she gets to leave, but before she does I talk to her and she said, "I am sorry about this accident, I am sure you had no control over the situation and the collision. I will contact you within a few days to set up a day to meet up and get our vehicles checked up to see how much damage was caused by the hit, which doesn't look like much." I say ok and she thanks me for handling the situation well and being polite to her, which doesn't happen in every accident. So she takes off and then I go to the bike cop to see if he needs anything before I leave. He says, "Here is your ticket and information on driving classes." I reply with, "What do you mean a ticket, what did I do?" He then states, "Failed to avoid a collision." Now at this point I lost all respect for this officer and had to hold back from blowing my lid and reply back with, "So what the hell was I suppose to do, merge left info on-coming traffic or right into another car?" he says, "Don't give me an attitude!" I tell him, "Then you shouldn't have went out of your way and give me a ticket on such a minor collision that I had absolutely no control over, I lose all respect for you giving me this ticket, I bet if I was a 45 year old women and not have been an 18 year old man you would have just let me go." then he says, "You have your ticket and information, I have to get back to doing my job, don't hit any more stopped cars on your date tonight." Then he left and I saw him pull out of the parking lot and turn on his light chasing a Chevy S-10 that just so called "ran a yellow", this cop was a straight up power fiending jerk. This whole time, about an hour and a half now my date is in the car, we went to see Bruce Almighty then I went back to her house and she didn't seem very mad about the situation and agreed that the cop handled it wrong.
After reading the situation do any of you think it would be possible for me to ask for a court date and challenge this officers ticket or would I just be wasting my time, all replies will extremely help me out, I cannot afford having points on my record and getting my insurance company to find out about the ticket?