I just wrecked my car last night. Update with PICs

[Colt45]

fail

 

[cmv]

Originally posted by: Casawi
It was snowing like crazy here last night. I came around a corner going down hill at about 10-15mph the car slid and hit a sign, then onto a telephone pole.... it really sucked... the car was smashed.
Then cop gave me a ticket for driving too fast for the conditions??? he wasn't even there.
I need to schedule a hearing now to hopefully have them give me a break... seriously he looked at the car and he was like you must of been going fast ??

Well you wouldn't have a totaled car if you had been driving at a speed that fit the conditions, right? It is annoying but typical for a ticket in such circumstances. There is a good chance the officer won't show up in court. Before you go to court though, talk to the clerk of courts to see if you can bargain it down to a minor fine with no points. You need to make the initiative though.

 

[Wreckem]

The good ole failure to control speed ticket.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: umbrella39
I'm sure all these people deserve tickets, too.

Uh, yes. All of those accidents were caused by driver error. Every one was caused by attempts to drive on the road after the driver clearly knew the conditions.

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: Casawi

Originally posted by: BlackTigers91

Originally posted by: Casawi

Originally posted by: Deeko

Originally posted by: Engraver
It find it hard to believe you skid into a sign and telephone pole at that speed too.

Have you ever driven in the snow before? Sometimes you just keep sliding, even after you bounce off of something.

And clearly he was "going to fast", but come on, if you're going 10 and you can't stop, it's not like you were being reckless and deserve a ticket.

That said, OP, if your car was actually "smashed" I do find it hard to believe that you were only going 10-15. Maybe you WERE going to 10-15, got to the hill and didn't slow down to maintain those speeds?

Yeah true. When I tried slowing down around the corner .... the car slid and hit a pole. Absolutely nothing I could of done.... I HAD ABOUT 5 seconds to think before I hit the pole.

Wouldn't it have been better to use those five seconds to apply the brakes before you turned? l ol

Get out of here man... I had my foot on the break the whole time I was turning ... I keep repeating as soon as I pushed more on the brake paddle my car started going faster onto a telephone pole.

You were braking through a turn....in the snow?

That was smart.

 

[Casawi]

Update 4.

 

[summit]

request driving school for 1 of the points to get marked off? its usually 1 point accident 1 point speeding, and i'm sure you could get traffic school... also you live in cold weather... i don't think civic do well i cold weather, i had a integra and it sucked in cold weather two wheel drive needed chains and stuff... just bad ... hopefully it works out for you bud