Originally posted by Scuba Steve Sig:
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Originally posted by kz1000:
Assuming he was cited for Failure to Control.
When I defend these cases in court I always wonder what an officer's mentality is for issuing a ticket like this in a one-vehicle, one-occupant accident. What purpose would giving someone a ticket for this serve? People make mistakes, with the high center of gravity, it probably wasn't that severe of an accident. The guy got his car totaled and is out his deductible. His insurance rates will increase. He's going to be sore. He had a bad day. His insurance will pay for the guardrail, in some states the accident report with property damage against the State will ding his driving record (in Iowa it does if the officer said you caused monetary damage to someone's lawn). Unless per se negligence needs to be established with a ticket or the officer observed it, I just don't see the point and it seems pretty chickensh#t. I'm all ears though.
