In Virginia, how likely is it that someone can succesfully fight a reckless driving ticket if sited for rear-ending a car stopped at a light when going 35 MPH and caused soft-tissue injury to the other driver?
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Call a paralegal person in your area and ask them. No one out here can answer you.
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Rear-ending a stopped vehicle is definetely reckless driving and following too close. question: just before the crash, what was the driver doing, inside his vehicle, before the crash? cellphone useage? drinking? there is always a reason a crash occurs. How is your driving record? this will be a chargeable offense on your record. If this was your first offense, you may get to go to defensive driving class. the cost varies in each state. The citation is not your biggest concern, its the victim you rear-ended. most likely, you can expect a civil lawsuit, from this crash. the reckless driving citation, will play a major part in monetary damages to be awarded to the other victim.
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Actually it was my wife who was rear-ended and she was doing nothing except sitting at a red light. The other driver at .4 miles of a slight downhill grade and clear view of her and the other 6 cars stopped at the light. Thankfully she always keeps at least 1 car length when stopped at a light so she didn't hit the car in front of her. My question was more about the other driver. For the life of me I cannot see how he could have hit her. With .4 miles + almost 20 seconds (timed) to react but yet hit her at 35mph.
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I worked an accident in a huge mall parking lot. it was 2 am. no cars in the parking, except for one. this car was sitting squarely in the middle of the lot, no one around. this lady driver, came off the main road and struck this one lonely car, in the side. this lady had not been drinking and gave decent answers. how did this happen, i aked? she stated she was using a shortcut, through the mall parking lot, to go home. just got off work. she reached down to find something on the car seat, next to her and the rest is history. We also had an officer, stopped on the interstate to help a lady with a flat tire. this was a 2-mile stretch of straight, level interstate. blue lights on, not much traffic. a lonely tractor-trailer rear-ended the police vehicle and killed the officer. driver was arrested. This happens, not just to civilians, but the police as well.
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