question about a ticket

Any officer investigating a crash has a very good idea of whose fault an accident is, but it is not his responsibility or job to make the civil determination of fault especially with SC's modified comparative negligence laws. It is the mark of an inexperienced or untrained officer when this is done, and I have seen it done or at least attempted.

If responding negatively to what you state is challenging your credibility, wouldn't your responding negatively to what others state also be an attack on their credibility?

Well you did include in your first post of this thread a logical fallacy (Appeal to Authority), and expect everyone to believe what you state just because you are you.

Well, I'm not wideglide but I do have some experience, but my bone-fides are not the question. You can end the discussion (At least our little corner of it) by telling us where on the accident/crash report the determination of fault located.

Best regards

 

Fight every ticket you MIGHT have a chance of being found innocent. Worth the effort in most cases.

 

we was'nt there so we don't know what exactly happened.After trying to fight a speeding ticket yrs ago why fight it.This happened in Ohio so no matter what they would have charged me simply because I drive trk.

 

So did he not read this sign? I bet that's what the ticket is for...

 

Dlbst..
It is the policy of my department to find a party at fault when investigating accidents. It is the police officers responsibility to determine at that point in time which of the two parties are civilly at fault based upon their training and informed opinion. Whenever an officers writes a ticket he does in fact determine fault which translates into liability in the case of an accident. However, they don't have the final say. Once again people responding with no knowledge of the departments policy and painting with a broad brush. I, however, never said he was at fault for anything other than what the OP stated. Please show me where in any of my posts I've responded "negatively" to anyone's post? I'd encourage you to read the very last line of my first post where I more or less said it was up for the judge to decide.

 

What was his charge? It should have the charge and the statute offense number about middle of the ticket right side

 

So at night time. Seems he should've seen the headlights or car should've easily seen the blinkers.

 

First off, thank you for your service to this country. Yours is a thankless job.

That being said, a lot of law enforcement officers forget that we are all human and think they are always right because of that big shiny badge. What they don't know is how difficult it can be to navigate an 18 wheeler with idiots flying left & right. Once we commit to a turn, we cannot see the rear of our trailer and have to know what path it will take through the turn.

I don't know exactly what happened in this particular incident, perhaps it really was the truck drivers fault. Generally speaking though, when some impatient jack wagon disregards our turn signal, zips by the big slow truck & gets his fender ripped off...it's his own fault. Maybe not according to law, but some laws are stupid.

In my opinion, before any law enforcement officer is allowed to cite a CMV for something like this, they should have to drive one for six months. I realize this is far-fetched...at best, but its fun to think about.

A vast majority of LEOs really do have a God complex when it comes to truck drivers, why are we always wrong in your (collective) eyes?


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