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Originally Posted by 101lifts2
Negating the threat portion and greedy mom, you are 100% responsible for your vehicle control. Granted there is maybe nothing you could have done, but nontheless. I'm assuming no witnesses? And what is opposite the crosswalk? Ran into the street, but sort of perpendicular to the crosswalk?
I think there is more to this story..like you were distracted or something, but don't know. They don't ticket you for careless driving if you are not doing anything illegal (well..not supposed to anyway..lol).
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You're wrong. I even got a ticket for going through a yellow (which was later dropped, as there is no such thing), and one for careless driving (based on fucking what, I'd love to know).
I had a witness come in that had been at the intersection, that was going to testify that the light was red on his side (where the boy ran from), and that the boy RAN AT FULL SPEED as he crossed on the opposite side of the intersection (where there was no crosswalk)
without looking onto the highway. I also had an extensive computer aided reconstruction of the accident which was to be presented at trial, performed and presented by a former Policeman of Middletown NJ, which completely absolved me.
The policeman at the scene told the Asbury Park Press newspaper that the boy would receive two citations for crossing against the light, and where there was no crosswalk. I have a copy of the paper. He stood on my front porch, and with a straight face said this to my 11 year old daughter and myself.
The officer later changed his story in court, as it turns out the boy was never issued any summonses, and the whole thing was then instead rammed up my ass.
It was on a divided highway (Route 35) and the boy struck THE SIDE of the front of my car. He ran ME over, in other words. The is NO damage to the front of my car. The side marker just ahead of the left front wheel clearly shows where he ran up on ME.
I was in the far left lane, against the jersey barrier. The boy ran onto the road from the left. I had NOWHERE TO GO to prevent him from literally running onto my hood.
It doesn't matter what the truth is, or who's really at fault.
They do what they please with you, and unless you can find the sympathy of someone in the press to defend you, you're fucked.
And oh, one more thing. No one comes to the defense of someone who hits a child. Even when it's not at all your fault, and he actually "hit" you.