Can I really get a ticket for this?
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GraveDigger wrote:
No he's not. They should be called if the damage is 1,000 or more. You were following to closely, and not prepared. Learn how to drive, or get better brakes and ABS.
i dont think knowing how to drive is the problem, thats the only accident i ever had. and i gave myself enough time to stop i thought, it just happened. not bad driving, not following too closley it just happened and it was my fault. the ticket still isn't justified in my opinion but oh well, im sure the cop feels better about himself or something. -
In all honesty you have a snowballs chance in hell in trying to overturn the ticket.
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cops should only be called if the vehicular damage is 300$ dollars or more and if property damage is 1000$ or more. I have had extensive dealings with this.AHHH Camaro's and Light Poles....
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Yeah, they can issue that ticket to you, I've gotten the same thing. BUT, under the circumstances there's a good chance of you getting it dropped in court... atleast reduced.
FYI... they gave it to me for not being in my lane on a right hand turn. Bullshit.
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[email protected] wrote:
cops should only be called if the vehicular damage is 300$ dollars or more and if property damage is 1000$ or more. I have had extensive dealings with this.AHHH Camaro's and Light Poles....My bad, the cops didnt get called when i t-boned the f150. he was the one that didnt care to call the cops. Thats prolly cause it was his dads construction companies truck and didnt care. But that helps me alot, no ticket for running a red, and i didnt go through insurance for it.
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GraveDigger wrote:
get better brakes and ABS.ABS DOES NOT MAKE YOU STOP FASTER ON ICE. ABS does however allow you to steer while on ice. If you want to stop faster you need to pump the brakes, I know your owners manual tells you not to, but trust me on this one. I pull my ABS fuse every winter (actually, I just have a toggle switch to cut power to my ABS) for this very reason, I did some testing to prove to myself that my ABS is junk...I stopped on average 25' sooner w/o abs using my foot to modulate the brakes than abs did.
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Just pay the ticket and forget about it.... a guy at work backed his work van into another car did zero dmg but had to call the cops because its company policy. The cop wrote him a ticket for Improper Backing and it cost him $30.
The pigs will try and squeeze money out of you any way they can.
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tjamz wrote:
ABS DOES NOT MAKE YOU STOP FASTER ON ICE. ABS does however allow you to steer while on ice. If you want to stop faster you need to pump the brakes, I know your owners manual tells you not to, but trust me on this one. I pull my ABS fuse every winter (actually, I just have a toggle switch to cut power to my ABS) for this very reason, I did some testing to prove to myself that my ABS is junk...I stopped on average 25' sooner w/o abs using my foot to modulate the brakes than abs did.
thats why i love manual brake cars like mine there great u actually stop faster but depends on how well u can drive to contorl it -
The way the court explained it to us is this...
cops can issue the ticked for not having your vehicle under control "AT THE OFFICER'S DISCRETION." Translation: We can fuck you if we want to. How do you like the state of North Dakota now? -
tjamz wrote:
ABS DOES NOT MAKE YOU STOP FASTER ON ICE. ABS does however allow you to steer while on ice. If you want to stop faster you need to pump the brakes, I know your owners manual tells you not to, but trust me on this one. I pull my ABS fuse every winter (actually, I just have a toggle switch to cut power to my ABS) for this very reason, I did some testing to prove to myself that my ABS is junk...I stopped on average 25' sooner w/o abs using my foot to modulate the brakes than abs did.And ive found that every car ive ridden in stops sooner WITH ABS than mine which has none....thats odd. Although cars without ABS seem to stop better than mine as well, so maybe my cars just f'd up.
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StangerBanger96 wrote:
And ive found that every car ive ridden in stops sooner WITH ABS than mine which has none....thats odd. Although cars without ABS seem to stop better than mine as well, so maybe my cars just f'd up.from what ive experienced.. i have to agree. my moms camry stops a whole lot better on ice than my talon does or my olds did without abs. i think it really depends on what car it is though. im sure each manufacturer has its own abs system.. so maybe some dont work as well as others.
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From what I have been taught ABS was not designed to make you stop faster, it was designed to enable the driver to maintain control while braking. The driver can steer while braking hard versus locking all four wheels up and sliding out of control. Anyone with a classroom setting education wanna back that up?
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the only way i see you getting out of the ticket is if she didn't use her turn signal
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good point, i would take it to court anyway, chances are the cop will let it be reduced, i got pulled over for street racing, and i actually was just acelerating to fast next to a wrx haha and the cop had no problem with reducig it to exhibition 216 doller less fine and 7 points less, so you have nothing to loose
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tjamz wrote:
ABS DOES NOT MAKE YOU STOP FASTER ON ICE. ABS does however allow you to steer while on ice. If you want to stop faster you need to pump the brakes, I know your owners manual tells you not to, but trust me on this one. I pull my ABS fuse every winter (actually, I just have a toggle switch to cut power to my ABS) for this very reason, I did some testing to prove to myself that my ABS is junk...I stopped on average 25' sooner w/o abs using my foot to modulate the brakes than abs did.or shift into neutral. Thats what my dad taught me.
My car has abs cant really say its a plus or minus. It wieghs 6200lbs and its awd. To me a heavy awd car stops better. Alot better then my 1g fwd dsm.
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Tad218 wrote:
about an hour ago, i got into this little accident. the girl ahead of me slowed down to turn and i couldn't stop and i tried turning into the snowbank but i couldnt and i scraped the side of her back bumper barley. there is no marks on my car and she had a little white scrape. so the cops shouldnt of even been called but whatever. anyway i was nice to the cop, i apologized to the girl and the cop gave me a ticket for "failure to have a vehicle under control"!! when he gave it to me i said "you cant be serious, its icy as hell" and he said its icy everywhere. the tickets for $60 and im fucking pissed!!! how can i get a ticket for ice??? i wasnt speeding and i dont think he thought i was and i was driving my winter car which is a topaz so he couldnt of thought i was showing off or whatever. this is defintley goin to fuckin court but i dont know who to say besides that it was icy!! :mad: FUCK!!I dont think you stand a chance in court. You will learn from this. Dont follow so close next time. It's winter you have to be extra careful while driving. I think Two cars lengths is good enuff stopping distance maybe three!
If you left 2-3 car lengths between you and the car infront. You would've had enuff time to stop.
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gunmaster wrote:
I dont think you stand a chance in court. You will learn from this. Dont follow so close next time. It's winter you have to be extra careful while driving. I think Two cars lengths is good enuff stopping distance maybe three!If you left 2-3 car lengths between you and the car infront. You would've had enuff time to stop.
baaaah..i've made myself a good case. i have court beginning of march and i'm takin home a trophy
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