I was recently involved in an collison on June 4, 2007. The incident went as follows. I was traveling in the left lane, doing a little under the correct speed (about 33 in a 35), it was the first rain after a very hot week. In the area I was traveling, I was coming up over a slight slope with a curve, in this area, the stop light is visible before the first car or two.
So, I'm coming up over the slope and curve, and the light is green, but as I get closer I see a car at the light stopped, so I try to stop but I slide. Now that I'm seeing that I'm getting closer and not stopping I try to move as to not to cause too much damage to the car, and I see the car is stopped for a cop with his lights flashing (no siren) making a left turn. I hit the driver side bumper of the car in front of me. My car suffered minor damage (parking lamp needs to be replaced).
After the officer got me to calm down he informed me that he didn't know if I would be ticketed or not because of the cop upholding traffic. About a week later a ticket shows up in the mail, I was charged with violation 46.61.400: Failure to control vehicle speed to avoid a collision. and because of the circumstances leading up to the accident I'm faced with the option to contest or mitigate the ticket. I'm torn on which way to go.
I would love to have the ticket removed from my record, but because I hit the rear of another car it could be almost impossible to do so, I just want to pick the best option for my circumstance, I just graduated from college, applying for grad school, and I simply cannot afford the ticket or the increase in my insurance (i have no other tickets on my record) What do I do?
So, I'm coming up over the slope and curve, and the light is green, but as I get closer I see a car at the light stopped, so I try to stop but I slide. Now that I'm seeing that I'm getting closer and not stopping I try to move as to not to cause too much damage to the car, and I see the car is stopped for a cop with his lights flashing (no siren) making a left turn. I hit the driver side bumper of the car in front of me. My car suffered minor damage (parking lamp needs to be replaced).
After the officer got me to calm down he informed me that he didn't know if I would be ticketed or not because of the cop upholding traffic. About a week later a ticket shows up in the mail, I was charged with violation 46.61.400: Failure to control vehicle speed to avoid a collision. and because of the circumstances leading up to the accident I'm faced with the option to contest or mitigate the ticket. I'm torn on which way to go.
I would love to have the ticket removed from my record, but because I hit the rear of another car it could be almost impossible to do so, I just want to pick the best option for my circumstance, I just graduated from college, applying for grad school, and I simply cannot afford the ticket or the increase in my insurance (i have no other tickets on my record) What do I do?
