Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 40 of 78

Thread: I hit a cop... legal advise anyone?

  1. #1
    Blackened DaMaGe ZWK's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Wherever I May ROME GA
    Posts
    2,685
    Rep Power
    24

    Default I hit a cop... legal advise anyone?

    so the other day it just got done raining.... i was going up a hill and then around the curve... as soon as i made it around the curve a cop was passing someone and almost hit me head on...I hit the breaks and slid, the cop swirved to get back in her lane and I hit the side rear of the cop car.... Yes they did have their lights on, no siren... I could not see the lights cause i was around a very sharp curve... anyway, I got charged with failure to yield to a emergency vehicle.... WTF? so is there any use in fighting this??? opinions please....
    Vtec Keep Left, Slow Traffic Keep Right....

  2. #2
    WANTS TO GO FAST! 2.0civic's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    your moms house
    Posts
    14,183
    Rep Power
    36

    Default

    damn thats shitty. Sounds like the time my buddy was making a u turn and this dumbass motorcycle cop hit him
    FUCK B&D COMMUNICATIONS!


  3. #3
    i need ae86 parts canadianrcis's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    marietta
    Posts
    1,026
    Rep Power
    21

    Default

    just go to traffic court, half the time the cops dont show up.
    hachi roku groove

  4. #4
    IA's official battery rep gtikid's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Age
    39
    Posts
    7,230
    Rep Power
    32

    Default

    That's some bullshit. Dumbass cop shouldn't of been trying to pass on a blind curve...if it's a sharp as you say it is.

    FUCK GRAN TURISMO EAST!! NEVER TAKE YOUR CAR THERE, ESPECIALLY NOT FOR AN ALIGNMENT!! TERRIBLE BUSINESS!!

  5. #5
    banned from heaven..
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Posts
    14,567
    Rep Power
    38

    Default

    don't know what to say... good luck with what you decide to do..
    sponsored by: workhard motorsports. // tuned by

  6. #6
    **H.I.D KING** Nitro's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    STMN GA
    Posts
    13,091
    Rep Power
    43

    Default

    damn that sux for u.

  7. #7
    b00bies!!! Wal-Mart's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2006
    Location
    Everywhere you want to be...
    Age
    42
    Posts
    345
    Rep Power
    20

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by canadianrcis
    just go to traffic court, half the time the cops dont show up.
    Damn Son... you must be a hell lawyer!! I bet you give every one such stellar advice!!! Does it work for you???



    Because when you go to the court date marked on the ticket, its for ARRAIGNMENT!!! It not the fucking trial date. The only way you go to TRIAL is pleading not guilty. Thats when the officer shows up.... and bet your ass they will. They get in trouble if they dont.

    You best bet is to go back and take pictures of the section of road to show just how blind the curve is. Take a few pics... like from where you saw him and from where he was when you saw him. Then go to your arrainment and speak with the solicitor and show them the pictures and see if they can chenge it to "too fast for conditions" which is a 0 point and low fine ticket. IT wont even show up to your insurance. Though you might not be guilty, bargaining with them makes it a faster process.... they get their money and you get something that wont bite you in the ass later.

    But if they dont want to make any kind of deal.... get a lawyer.

  8. #8
    b00bies!!! Wal-Mart's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2006
    Location
    Everywhere you want to be...
    Age
    42
    Posts
    345
    Rep Power
    20

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by gtikid
    That's some bullshit. Dumbass cop shouldn't of been trying to pass on a blind curve...if it's a sharp as you say it is.
    He was probably passing some POS VW that was poking along when he should have pushed it out of the way.

  9. #9
    Patience Pays...
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Age
    45
    Posts
    5,774
    Rep Power
    29

    Default

    May I just state the obvious answer... get a lawyer

  10. #10
    Senior Member | IA Veteran GSRteg®'s Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Posts
    17,327
    Rep Power
    46

    Default

    Sounds about right ^^^^

  11. #11
    Blackened DaMaGe ZWK's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Wherever I May ROME GA
    Posts
    2,685
    Rep Power
    24

    Default

    ok 2 things... the cop was passing because there was a car broke down and they were gonna drive to the curve to direct traffic... why they wouldnt pull up behind the broke car and walk to the curve i dont know.... the other is i didnt get a ticket, i just got charged with the wreck, which means i gotta pay for their car... i only had liability
    Vtec Keep Left, Slow Traffic Keep Right....

  12. #12
    Blacc Panther member
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    look to ya left
    Posts
    8,540
    Rep Power
    32

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by canadianrcis
    just go to traffic court, half the time the cops dont show up.

    this was and accident.. i'm sure they will show up to this

  13. #13
    WANTS TO GO FAST! 2.0civic's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    your moms house
    Posts
    14,183
    Rep Power
    36

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by ZWK
    ok 2 things... the cop was passing because there was a car broke down and they were gonna drive to the curve to direct traffic... why they wouldnt pull up behind the broke car and walk to the curve i dont know.... the other is i didnt get a ticket, i just got charged with the wreck, which means i gotta pay for their car... i only had liability

    why did you leave that out originally LOL
    FUCK B&D COMMUNICATIONS!


  14. #14
    Blackened DaMaGe ZWK's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Wherever I May ROME GA
    Posts
    2,685
    Rep Power
    24

    Default

    im at work, i was just in a hurry to type it out
    Vtec Keep Left, Slow Traffic Keep Right....

  15. #15
    WANTS TO GO FAST! 2.0civic's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    your moms house
    Posts
    14,183
    Rep Power
    36

    Default

    haha im just messing with you man...Good luck though and lawyer up
    FUCK B&D COMMUNICATIONS!


  16. #16
    WheresClarenceBeeks? Leadfoot_mf's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2005
    Location
    in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fucking%2C_Austria
    Posts
    4,784
    Rep Power
    28

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Wal-Mart
    Damn Son... you must be a hell lawyer!! I bet you give every one such stellar advice!!! Does it work for you???



    Because when you go to the court date marked on the ticket, its for ARRAIGNMENT!!! It not the fucking trial date. The only way you go to TRIAL is pleading not guilty. Thats when the officer shows up.... and bet your ass they will. They get in trouble if they dont.

    You best bet is to go back and take pictures of the section of road to show just how blind the curve is. Take a few pics... like from where you saw him and from where he was when you saw him. Then go to your arrainment and speak with the solicitor and show them the pictures and see if they can chenge it to "too fast for conditions" which is a 0 point and low fine ticket. IT wont even show up to your insurance. Though you might not be guilty, bargaining with them makes it a faster process.... they get their money and you get something that wont bite you in the ass later.

    But if they dont want to make any kind of deal.... get a lawyer.
    very good information. also i hope u took a bunch of pics of the wreck site and the damage to both cars as well as impact spot. then go back and take pics from the site where u first made visual contact of PC and take pics from the PC perspective as well. good luck i would fight this one. if what u say is ture.
    -IA MGMT is inappropriate.


  17. #17
    IA's Custom PC Junky eViLMunkey's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2002
    Location
    Acworth, Georgia, United States
    Age
    43
    Posts
    9,578
    Rep Power
    34

    Default

    Lawyer..



  18. #18
    Blackened DaMaGe ZWK's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Wherever I May ROME GA
    Posts
    2,685
    Rep Power
    24

    Default

    oh its the truth... the police car has it on video... you can tell i wasnt speeding or anything
    Vtec Keep Left, Slow Traffic Keep Right....

  19. #19
    DYLAN DYLAN DYLAN DYLAN!1 Black R's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2003
    Location
    ATL represent
    Posts
    1,585
    Rep Power
    24

    Default

    liability will cover the repairs to the other vehicle. repairs to your car will come out of your pocket. go to court and make a deal. you will come out better that way. i posted in iloveboost's thread and you can read the legal stuff there b/c i'm not typing it again.


    Quote Originally Posted by Tasuki_Civic
    i woke up to the feeling of someone cutting my clothes from my pants to my bra. all in one cut

  20. #20
    IA's official battery rep gtikid's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Age
    39
    Posts
    7,230
    Rep Power
    32

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Wal-Mart
    He was probably passing some POS VW that was poking along when he should have pushed it out of the way.
    Yea those things suck. I don't see why the cop would need to drive around the car to push it though, it'll only be in the way. I always knew that the people that represented Wal-Mart weren't the brightest crayon in the box

    FUCK GRAN TURISMO EAST!! NEVER TAKE YOUR CAR THERE, ESPECIALLY NOT FOR AN ALIGNMENT!! TERRIBLE BUSINESS!!

  21. #21
    D-Fence-Less Sport1.3's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    Canton, GA
    Age
    42
    Posts
    10,056
    Rep Power
    35

    Default

    Get a Lawyer...this sounds like it wasnt even your fault. Just because he turns on his Lights doesnt mean SHIT! they still have to make sure they can pass safely before going into uncoming traffic...which he/she obviously didnt. If in fact you were unable to see over the hill and the officer was in your lane it was his/her fault. 100% Get a Lawyer! this will hurt your driving record and end up costing you more money for the next 5 years. I would have raised HELL at the scene and they would be paying for the damage
    -Super cool .gif TO UNBAN JITB, JM, Buttons AND NEMISIS here-

  22. #22
    a tru OG,.. ask somebody
    Join Date
    May 2001
    Location
    lake lanier/cumming
    Age
    46
    Posts
    5,960
    Rep Power
    32

    Default

    i agree with walmart, but agree that you should get a lawyer.. then sue the city for having a police cruser in your lane on a blind curve


    btw,.. walmart, that is the most DISRESPECTFUL sig i haveever seen.. if you dont agree with bush ok,.. but putting a pig of an upsidedown flag... totally defiant and un american,.. you should be hanged
    Jimmy Blair II
    www.Pinnacleracing.com
    01 Tahoe w/ 'sclade stuff
    99 Grand Cherokee

  23. #23
    Blackened DaMaGe ZWK's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Wherever I May ROME GA
    Posts
    2,685
    Rep Power
    24

    Default

    bad cop no donut....
    Vtec Keep Left, Slow Traffic Keep Right....

  24. #24
    Blackened DaMaGe ZWK's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Wherever I May ROME GA
    Posts
    2,685
    Rep Power
    24

    Default

    thanks for the rep points...
    Vtec Keep Left, Slow Traffic Keep Right....

  25. #25
    Release the Kracken! Total_Blender's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    Bunny Colvin's Hamsterdam
    Age
    44
    Posts
    2,325
    Rep Power
    23

    Default

    When I read the title I thought you had punched a cop. The thread was kind of a letdown.........

  26. #26
    Blackened DaMaGe ZWK's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Wherever I May ROME GA
    Posts
    2,685
    Rep Power
    24

    Default

    well im sorry..... i hit a cop... not punched or kicked one....
    Vtec Keep Left, Slow Traffic Keep Right....

  27. #27
    Senior Member | IA Veteran quickdodge®'s Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2001
    Location
    In your soul
    Age
    55
    Posts
    71,805
    Rep Power
    129

    Default

    I'd go with taking this one to court. Later, QD.
    FOR MORE INFO, CLICK THE PIC!!!


  28. #28
    RIGGER Sneezin's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2007
    Location
    redtube
    Age
    39
    Posts
    484
    Rep Power
    19

    Default

    yeah i was with him we was coming around a curve at the top of a mountain she had her blue lights on but not her siren...we could not see her till we came around the curve...by then he couldn't do anything...since he didn't get a ticket he can't take it to traffic court....all he can do is call his insurance and inform them and they will have to fight it...a state trooper came out there to work the wreck, he said if we wouldn't of hit the brakes then we would not of hit her at all...ok he hit the brakes and still hit her, if he wouldn't of hit the brake we would of hit her head on...hunh?

  29. #29

  30. #30
    BOOB koukis14's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    Pennsyltucky
    Age
    43
    Posts
    4,255
    Rep Power
    25

    Default

    Get a lawyer and sue for the damage to your car.

  31. #31
    WheresClarenceBeeks? Leadfoot_mf's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2005
    Location
    in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fucking%2C_Austria
    Posts
    4,784
    Rep Power
    28

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Sneezin
    yeah i was with him we was coming around a curve at the top of a mountain she had her blue lights on but not her siren...we could not see her till we came around the curve...by then he couldn't do anything...since he didn't get a ticket he can't take it to traffic court....all he can do is call his insurance and inform them and they will have to fight it...a state trooper came out there to work the wreck, he said if we wouldn't of hit the brakes then we would not of hit her at all...ok he hit the brakes and still hit her, if he wouldn't of hit the brake we would of hit her head on...hunh?
    not if u had vtec...
    -IA MGMT is inappropriate.


  32. #32
    RIGGER Sneezin's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2007
    Location
    redtube
    Age
    39
    Posts
    484
    Rep Power
    19

    Default

    how do you know he didnt have vtec

  33. #33
    ewww...stinky thepolecat's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Acworth
    Age
    43
    Posts
    3,148
    Rep Power
    24

    Default

    lol^@Leadfoot


    Get pics of the road and try to show on a map what happened- witnesses are great if you can.


    But in all honesty i think you should just go ahead and bend over because they are going to try and reem you with not so much as a reach around.
    95 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon Limited

  34. #34
    Senior Member | IA Veteran Slow Motion's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2005
    Location
    Ellenwood
    Posts
    5,029
    Rep Power
    29

    Lightbulb

    Quote Originally Posted by ZWK
    so the other day it just got done raining.... i was going up a hill and then around the curve... as soon as i made it around the curve a cop was passing someone and almost hit me head on...I hit the breaks and slid, the cop swirved to get back in her lane and I hit the side rear of the cop car.... Yes they did have their lights on, no siren... I could not see the lights cause i was around a very sharp curve... anyway, I got charged with failure to yield to a emergency vehicle.... WTF? so is there any use in fighting this??? opinions please....
    FIGHT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Emergency vehicles still have to abide by the laws of the road. If she was going around a curve without her siren to signal that there was an emergency she was in the wrong. And also you are not under any circumstance suppose to pass another vehicle in a turn. A big no no. Fight it. Tell the judge that it was on a curve. There is no reason that you should have to pay for that. Then sue.


    Shits real out here. You betta keep a strap and learn somethin'
    .




  35. #35
    Old School Joker Glides's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Age
    56
    Posts
    3,741
    Rep Power
    28

    Default

    If the cop was in your lane, passing on a blind curve and there was no way for you to see her, you might have a chance in court. If you hit her in the read side of her car it is obvious that she was in your lane and trying to get back in hers. I would put that to the lawyer that you get and see what he says. G/L with that though, it's gonna be tough.

    Garage-Sixgun
    If you're gonna do it, overdo it.

    Dirty Octopus Photography. Magic with a shutter!

  36. #36
    Cobra KAI AznTraitor's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2002
    Location
    Afghanistan
    Posts
    3,964
    Rep Power
    28

    Default

    this is pretty easy....first do some research and see how much the ticket would me. Does it outweigh the cost of attorney fees, AND THEN filing a suit againest the county?


    Everyone loves to throw lawsuits out there, but have no idea how much it costs and how long it could take.....

    so do the math.....which is going to cost you the most....


    and

    the officer did not have to have the siren on, her lights were on and as most of you know, they are pretty bright, if anything if you take pics of the blind corner and the exact spot where you made contact and bring them to court, the judge could probably just throw the case out

  37. #37
    Blackened DaMaGe ZWK's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Wherever I May ROME GA
    Posts
    2,685
    Rep Power
    24

    Default

    so i go get the accident report today and it shows the cop all the way in her lane and me going into her lane to hit her.... I am sooooo pissed off right now.... it even says on the description that i crossed the yellow line and hit her
    Vtec Keep Left, Slow Traffic Keep Right....

  38. #38
    Certified Gearhead
    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Posts
    574
    Rep Power
    20

    Default

    wow. that sucks.


  39. #39
    MAY CAUSE CANCER Psycho's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Location
    Standing Right Behind You
    Age
    39
    Posts
    4,038
    Rep Power
    26

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Wal-Mart
    Damn Son... you must be a hell lawyer!! I bet you give every one such stellar advice!!! Does it work for you???



    Because when you go to the court date marked on the ticket, its for ARRAIGNMENT!!! It not the fucking trial date. The only way you go to TRIAL is pleading not guilty. Thats when the officer shows up.... and bet your ass they will. They get in trouble if they dont.

    You best bet is to go back and take pictures of the section of road to show just how blind the curve is. Take a few pics... like from where you saw him and from where he was when you saw him. Then go to your arrainment and speak with the solicitor and show them the pictures and see if they can chenge it to "too fast for conditions" which is a 0 point and low fine ticket. IT wont even show up to your insurance. Though you might not be guilty, bargaining with them makes it a faster process.... they get their money and you get something that wont bite you in the ass later.

    But if they dont want to make any kind of deal.... get a lawyer.
    Wow, some one who actually knows what they are talking about.
    +1

  40. #40
    Senior Member JDM onlyy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2005
    Location
    Jonesboro/Stockbridge
    Age
    36
    Posts
    2,784
    Rep Power
    23

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by ZWK
    so i go get the accident report today and it shows the cop all the way in her lane and me going into her lane to hit her.... I am sooooo pissed off right now.... it even says on the description that i crossed the yellow line and hit her

    wow, that sucks incredibly. damn cops. sigh....they fucked you over dude.

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
About us
ImportAtlanta is a community of gearheads and car enthusiasts. It does not matter what kind of car or bike you drive, IA is an open community for any gearhead. Whether you're looking for advice on a performance build or posting your wheels for sale, you're welcome here!
Announcement
Welcome back to ImportAtlanta. We are currently undergoing many changes, so please report any issues you encounter with the site using the 'Contact Us' button below. Thank you!