I backed up over a stop sign last night in a small Missouri town in the fog trying to get around a sleeping driver who was parked in the drive to the entrance of the place I was delivering to. Ultimately it is what I get for not getting out to look, and I own up to it. I let my guard down once and it bit me. And there happened to be a cop right there in the parking lot who seen it all.
All the cop did was took my personal info off my CDL, asked my phone number and said other drivers have hit that same sign before and they would probably just fix it like they usually do but he would tell the city about it in the morning. He didn't even ask what my company name was or anything. I really was hoping that I would get lucky. Well, he called me today and said the city wants him to mail me a ticket for destruction of city property. And it is expensive also, over a $600 fine. And I am pretty sure its going to be classified as a moving violation. I don't know that for sure, but one can only assume, since I was moving. And to make things worse, he said the city will be mailing me a bill for the sign replacement however much that might be.
So the purpose of this post is, I have never gotten a ticket like this in all my years of driving, I was wondering if anyone has any advice pertaining to the actual ticket that could benefit me, like are any of those clubs where you pay them a monthly fee for legal help worth it in this case? Or any other tips or tricks that may help me in this situation towards the fine and/points on my CDL etc? Or should I just suck it up and pay it and quit setting myself up for flame bait that I am probably going to become in this thread
Getting a ticket for property destruction (Stop Sign).
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Kevin83165, May 6, 2022.
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