Cops, lawyers: i need legal help in PA

[fatryan 5,000+ posts]

nothing major. my gf just got into a car accident this morning. it was just a fender bender but it was her fault, she rear ended some old lady. anyways, the cop that came to the scene wrote her a ticket for following too closely. he said its manditory for all rear end accidents. that sounds like a load of bullshit to me. anyone know whether or not this claim is valid? as if being in an accident and having your insurance get jacked up isnt punishment enough, this ******* cop decides to write her a fvcking ticket.

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[speedfreak28 10+ year member]

nothing major. my gf just got into a car accident this morning. it was just a fender bender but it was her fault, she rear ended some old lady. anyways, the cop that came to the scene wrote her a ticket for following too closely. he said its manditory for all rear end accidents. that sounds like a load of bullshit to me. anyone know whether or not this claim is valid? as if being in an accident and having your insurance get jacked up isnt punishment enough, this ******* cop decides to write her a fvcking ticket.

ive heard that in PA too, your state blows...

 

[biker911 10+ year member]

sounds about right she followed to closely and got a ticket...

 

[fatryan 5,000+ posts]

ive heard that in PA too, your state blows...

tell me about it.

but still ive never heard of this before. theres no way the cop could know if she was tailgating without having been there. she could have simply been looking in her mirror at the time or have just dazed out.

 

[fatryan 5,000+ posts]

sounds about right she followed to closely and got a ticket...

you can get into a rear end accident without following closely

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

contact = "too closely"

 

[speedfreak28 10+ year member]

tell me about it.
but still ive never heard of this before. theres no way the cop could know if she was tailgating without having been there. she could have simply been looking in her mirror at the time or have just dazed out.

everything you just said makes her guilty lol

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

everything you just said makes her guilty lol

not of following too closely unless they say "too closely" includes contact

 

[speedfreak28 10+ year member]

not of following too closely unless they say "too closely" includes contact

you can get a ticket for tailgating, if you hit someone from behind then obviously you were too close or not paying attention.

 

[Call_it_done 10+ year member]

Yeah PA laws **** but I don't know about that one. I don't think you have to be following too closely for there to be an accident. So many other things to consider.

 

[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

Many states (including mine) have this law, teach your bitch how to drive correctly so she quits ramming into people from behind //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

Did she run into the car with her gigantic nose or with the cars bumper itself? If it was her nose you may have a case //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[speedfreak28 10+ year member]

Many states (including mine) have this law, teach your bitch how to drive correctly so she quits ramming into people from behind //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

truf

 

[Bigbear 10+ year member]

im in nj and the cop said the same thing, and that i wudnt have crashed if i wasnt too close, luckily he was nice and told me if i showed up to court hed drop the ticket

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

you can get a ticket for tailgating, if you hit someone from behind then obviously you were too close or not paying attention.

yes but there is an or in your statement. she may not have been paying attention which means she may have had plenty of space between her and the other car.

To me that means she was not following too closely. she just wasn't paying attention.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif