Originally posted by: Cattlegod
they will never win in court. just because you took it off road does not mean the stick jammed in the car off the road. there could have been a tree branch in the road. you didn't get it toed from the beach did you? it was towed from the road right? if that is the case, just say it didn't happen on the beach but on the road. the burden of proof is on the prosecutors. unless they can prove that it happened off the road (do a tree dna sample of all the trees on the beach and the one that was in the trans) you shouldn't have to pay anything.