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08-19-2006, 01:01 PM
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Something is missing from this story.....
Cops don't care about the two other people saying the light was green. You have the right to stop your car without being rear-ended regardless of traffic signal color. What aren't you telling us?
If your story is complete then it sounds like you will easily overturn the citation in court.
Cops don't care about the two other people saying the light was green. You have the right to stop your car without being rear-ended regardless of traffic signal color. What aren't you telling us?
If your story is complete then it sounds like you will easily overturn the citation in court.
08-19-2006, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by bascho
Something is missing from this story.....
Cops don't care about the two other people saying the light was green. You have the right to stop your car without being rear-ended regardless of traffic signal color. What aren't you telling us?
If your story is complete then it sounds like you will easily overturn the citation in court.
Cops don't care about the two other people saying the light was green. You have the right to stop your car without being rear-ended regardless of traffic signal color. What aren't you telling us?
If your story is complete then it sounds like you will easily overturn the citation in court.
There is a percentage given to the person for being there as if they weren't there, there couldn't have been an accident...
08-19-2006, 02:25 PM
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I hate those percentages. I've heard that in some states that you are 10% at fault no matter what just because you happened to be in your car. Although I heard this applied to someone who had their car parked at the end of their driveway, some drunk guy was weaving down the road and in people's yards going down their street, smacked into the rear corner of the car. The tail light was broken and the bumper dented. I'm not sure what other damage there was. The insurance company ruled it was 10% their fault because their car was parked in their driveway instead of kept inside a garage even though the house had no garage and it was back off the street. 
I am pretty sure these people lived in Washington. The story was relayed by the parents of a teammate several years ago.
I am pretty sure these people lived in Washington. The story was relayed by the parents of a teammate several years ago.
08-22-2006, 11:59 AM
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Are you some kind of kid?
It is up to you to make the decisions about stopping/going through an intersection.
I think that in the Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, stop lights that are oriented into/from the sun (east/west) are required to have that ~3" black border/suround to help you see the light color/position when the sun is behind it.
Around here in the poor areas, that 'feature' is conveniently neglected. Without it, the light is basically obscured by the sun. So it is common sense to treat the intersection like a stop sign.
What would those morons do when/if the power to the lights go out, and the battery backup is exhausted?
Fight this bs.
It is up to you to make the decisions about stopping/going through an intersection.
I think that in the Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, stop lights that are oriented into/from the sun (east/west) are required to have that ~3" black border/suround to help you see the light color/position when the sun is behind it.
Around here in the poor areas, that 'feature' is conveniently neglected. Without it, the light is basically obscured by the sun. So it is common sense to treat the intersection like a stop sign.
What would those morons do when/if the power to the lights go out, and the battery backup is exhausted?
Fight this bs.
08-24-2006, 01:02 AM
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Like other said, you have nothing to worry about. The rear-ender is always at fault. My friend rear ended a lady's car because she slammed on the breaks for no reason right in front of him in the middle of a freely flowing highway. His car was totalled, he was found at fault, and to top it off he also got a traffic ticket. Sucked for him, but you're on the right side here.
12-16-2006, 08:57 AM
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Well, sorry for the long delay before the update, but I went to court and got it reduced to unsafe driving (0 points), my lawyer suggested that battling the ticket wouldn't be worth it, as the monetary costs would be similar to the unsafe driving (400 total in fines).
12-16-2006, 09:12 AM
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Sorry to hear about the accident... I was in a similar accident, except I was the guy crashing into the car in front of me... To make a long story short, a car flew by us on the right and cut across 3 lanes of traffic 2 cars in front of me... Everyones on the brakes, I'm driving my buddys Ford Tempo... Yeah. Crash approx 30 mph. Luckily I hit a Saturn. No friggin' damage on their car... Awesome. His front was totalled. Good luck in court...
12-17-2006, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by map
Like other said, you have nothing to worry about. The rear-ender is always at fault. My friend rear ended a lady's car because she slammed on the breaks for no reason right in front of him in the middle of a freely flowing highway. His car was totalled, he was found at fault, and to top it off he also got a traffic ticket. Sucked for him, but you're on the right side here.
12-17-2006, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by MikeW
Are you some kind of kid?
It is up to you to make the decisions about stopping/going through an intersection.
It is up to you to make the decisions about stopping/going through an intersection.
) then that driver has the obligation to approach the intersection with caution or even stop. Any following drivers are obligated not to hit the cars in front of them.If the police at the scene assigned some blame to you then either 1) the officer at the scene was an idiot and there's a strong chance the judge will overturn that and straighten it all out or 2) you're not telling us everything (which is easily possible considering the whole event probably took more than an hour and you've described it in just a few lines).
Anything major you left out? If not, no worries.
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