Marco_Rodriguez
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Around 2 months ago I turning on an on-ramp onto the Turnpike, it was raining that day so the road was slippery and the turn was pretty tight (270 degrees). As I was turning my tires lost their grip on the road, I slammed the breaks and still hit the median (sp?). The impact cause my battery to crack and I had to call the non-emergency police. The officer who showed up (2 hours later) called a tow-truck and then gave me a speeding ticket. He said I was going too fast for conditions. How could he have known that?
While we were waiting (I had a friend with me who didn't think I was speeding) we saw about 10 other cars do the same thing, 2 of which all most hit us while we were standing off the side of the road in the grass. We saw one of them hit the median, but managed to drive away without serious damage. We witnessed one woman's car loose grip and she ended up doing a 180 (she was facing traffic). Even the tow truck driver who was very familiar with that on-ramp said that the turn we were making was very dangerous and said, "you could be going the speed limit and still have an accident".
The officer looked over the car and reported an estimated damage to the car of 3,000 dollars. The total damage was less than $300 for a new battery and wheel. I have already been to the court for a hearing/pre-trial and had a trial date set, what sort of evidence should I gather?
While we were waiting (I had a friend with me who didn't think I was speeding) we saw about 10 other cars do the same thing, 2 of which all most hit us while we were standing off the side of the road in the grass. We saw one of them hit the median, but managed to drive away without serious damage. We witnessed one woman's car loose grip and she ended up doing a 180 (she was facing traffic). Even the tow truck driver who was very familiar with that on-ramp said that the turn we were making was very dangerous and said, "you could be going the speed limit and still have an accident".
The officer looked over the car and reported an estimated damage to the car of 3,000 dollars. The total damage was less than $300 for a new battery and wheel. I have already been to the court for a hearing/pre-trial and had a trial date set, what sort of evidence should I gather?
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