Shishkabob
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So, I was driving to work today and got in an accident.
I was headed down the road, a 4 lane (2 each way) highway with a speedlimit of 55. I was in the right lane coming up on a stop-light that was red. 3 vehicles were in the left lane stopped, and I had no vehicles infront of me.
A few hundred feet out, the light turns green, and I continue on my way. The last vehicle in the group on the left takes it upon himself to change lanes into MY lane, with me less then 80 feet from him. I was going 50, and he started at 0.
I hit my brakes, but still end up tapping his bumper. We pull over and inspect the damage. My license plate is bent, but no noticble damage on either vehicle. He ends up stating that his rear-right brake light was slightly dislodged, but it was only cosmetic.
So police come, and the driver tells the cop that he pulled infront of me when he shouldn't have because he thought I was further away then I was. He admitted fault.
Yet, the cop writes me a citation for "failing to control speed", thereby making fault of the accident mine. How the hell does that make sense?
So I'll be going to court this week, and will fight this ticket. If this ticket cost me a single penny, either in court cost or insurance spike, I'm taking the other driver to court, as it was clearly, and self-admittedly, his fault.
I was headed down the road, a 4 lane (2 each way) highway with a speedlimit of 55. I was in the right lane coming up on a stop-light that was red. 3 vehicles were in the left lane stopped, and I had no vehicles infront of me.
A few hundred feet out, the light turns green, and I continue on my way. The last vehicle in the group on the left takes it upon himself to change lanes into MY lane, with me less then 80 feet from him. I was going 50, and he started at 0.
I hit my brakes, but still end up tapping his bumper. We pull over and inspect the damage. My license plate is bent, but no noticble damage on either vehicle. He ends up stating that his rear-right brake light was slightly dislodged, but it was only cosmetic.
So police come, and the driver tells the cop that he pulled infront of me when he shouldn't have because he thought I was further away then I was. He admitted fault.
Yet, the cop writes me a citation for "failing to control speed", thereby making fault of the accident mine. How the hell does that make sense?
So I'll be going to court this week, and will fight this ticket. If this ticket cost me a single penny, either in court cost or insurance spike, I'm taking the other driver to court, as it was clearly, and self-admittedly, his fault.