Okay, last Friday I got myself in to my first accident. I was driving down a road, and all of a sudden, a jeep is in front of me, which I didn't see before, and she jumps on her brakes right inside of an intersection. I didn't have enough time to stop and well; my front right went under her rear left. Now, the my car was not going faster than 10 mph, but because of the nature of the two vehicles (car, and SUV), the damage that happened occurred. Her car, the only damage that I saw was that the bumper got smashed in, which shouldnt be much to get repaired/replaced. On my car, well, imagine a car going under the bumper of an SUV, and thats your picture. The front right of the hood got folded at the crumple points, grill got smashed, quarter panel may need replacing (not sure yet), and light fixtures on the front passenger side need to be replaced.
Right after the accident, the first thing I did was call my mother. After that, I noticed some people standing there that said they saw the whole thing, and asked them to stay to tell the cop. Okay, so the women gets out of her car, and calls the cops. Fine. Now, when the cop comes on the scene, he asks me for the normal stuff, license and registration and proof of insurance. He gets the same from the other person. Now, he tells me that I am 100% at fault because I hit her rear end, no matter what. I told him I have witnesses who saw what happened, and he said that it doesn't mean anything. He then says "I will ask you what your side is anyway." I tell him that I was going straight on the road, and all of a sudden I see the jeep in front of me, and she jumped on her brakes, and I guess I didn't have enough time to stop. He then takes her statement, which I didn't hear. He did not take down the names of the witnesses, even though I asked him to.
Fast forward to the next day. I am sitting at the table, thinking about the accident, and it dawn on me. The only way the damage to both cars could have happened is if a) I was over the median line, in which case I would have gotten in to an accident long before hitting her, and b) that she was making a right on red, and then decided to stop short. I told my mom, and she asked me why I didn't tell the cop this, and I said that I didn't want to tell him something I wasn't sure of. So I left it at that for the night, trying to replay the incident in my head.
Fast forward to today. I was helping two of my friends study for an eco final we have tomorrow. One of the gets a call, and she says we are gonna go to someone else's and help him study too. So we go. This person is someone I saw drive by the accident, and make a face at the person I hit like a "you shouldn't of done that look." Now, this person and I were never friend's, in fact we used to get in fights when we were younger, but have since grown up. He told me he saw the whole thing happen, and that she did make a right on red, trying to go into an opening that just didn't exist for the amount of traffic that was there at the time (school just let out, and everyone drive's, that's how much traffic there was). He said she tried to jump in front of us, and the person in front of her stopped, and the person I hit stopped short while not even fully being in the lane, which is why I hit her the way I did.
My question is: Can I call up the police station, and have hist testimony taken, and added to the police report, or have a new report filed? I just can't imagine how an officer would not take any witness accounts in to the report he filed.
Now don't get me wrong, I do take some responsibility, but I am a responsible driver and never came close to an accident before. I just feel like if I wasn't truly at fault, which I don't think I was, then justice should be fairly served.
Cliff Notes:
- I got in an accident last friday - dame is to my front right and her rear left. Cop takes no witness testimony
- Next day, I think about accident, and conclude only way damage could occur is if she made a right on red.
- Today I find out she did make a right on red.
- Question - Can I call up the police station, and have hist testimony taken, and added to the police report, or have a new report filed? I just can't imagine how an officer would not take any witness accounts in to the report he filed.
- Please read the entire post before commenting, the cliff notes do not tell the whole story.
Right after the accident, the first thing I did was call my mother. After that, I noticed some people standing there that said they saw the whole thing, and asked them to stay to tell the cop. Okay, so the women gets out of her car, and calls the cops. Fine. Now, when the cop comes on the scene, he asks me for the normal stuff, license and registration and proof of insurance. He gets the same from the other person. Now, he tells me that I am 100% at fault because I hit her rear end, no matter what. I told him I have witnesses who saw what happened, and he said that it doesn't mean anything. He then says "I will ask you what your side is anyway." I tell him that I was going straight on the road, and all of a sudden I see the jeep in front of me, and she jumped on her brakes, and I guess I didn't have enough time to stop. He then takes her statement, which I didn't hear. He did not take down the names of the witnesses, even though I asked him to.
Fast forward to the next day. I am sitting at the table, thinking about the accident, and it dawn on me. The only way the damage to both cars could have happened is if a) I was over the median line, in which case I would have gotten in to an accident long before hitting her, and b) that she was making a right on red, and then decided to stop short. I told my mom, and she asked me why I didn't tell the cop this, and I said that I didn't want to tell him something I wasn't sure of. So I left it at that for the night, trying to replay the incident in my head.
Fast forward to today. I was helping two of my friends study for an eco final we have tomorrow. One of the gets a call, and she says we are gonna go to someone else's and help him study too. So we go. This person is someone I saw drive by the accident, and make a face at the person I hit like a "you shouldn't of done that look." Now, this person and I were never friend's, in fact we used to get in fights when we were younger, but have since grown up. He told me he saw the whole thing happen, and that she did make a right on red, trying to go into an opening that just didn't exist for the amount of traffic that was there at the time (school just let out, and everyone drive's, that's how much traffic there was). He said she tried to jump in front of us, and the person in front of her stopped, and the person I hit stopped short while not even fully being in the lane, which is why I hit her the way I did.
My question is: Can I call up the police station, and have hist testimony taken, and added to the police report, or have a new report filed? I just can't imagine how an officer would not take any witness accounts in to the report he filed.
Now don't get me wrong, I do take some responsibility, but I am a responsible driver and never came close to an accident before. I just feel like if I wasn't truly at fault, which I don't think I was, then justice should be fairly served.
Cliff Notes:
- I got in an accident last friday - dame is to my front right and her rear left. Cop takes no witness testimony
- Next day, I think about accident, and conclude only way damage could occur is if she made a right on red.
- Today I find out she did make a right on red.
- Question - Can I call up the police station, and have hist testimony taken, and added to the police report, or have a new report filed? I just can't imagine how an officer would not take any witness accounts in to the report he filed.
- Please read the entire post before commenting, the cliff notes do not tell the whole story.
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