I won't write them if they actually hit the deer. Mostly because we get a lot of deer committing suicide on the interstate by running into traffic. Now if they swerve and don't hit it and hit a tree instead....well then I have no proof there was actually a deer in the road. You get a ticket.
I have been to a few single car accidents that weren't the driver's fault, namely during rain/wind storms when a tree literally falls on a car driving by... "Acts of God" so to speak.
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Not to sound stupid (im sure it will to some of you) If you can drive the car away from the scene and you are the only one involved, why in the heck would you wait around to get a ticket? If I ever get in an accident involving just myself, I am getting the heck out before some prick gives me a ticket and adds insult to injury. If I put one in a ditch Id get some buddies together and get it out before I give some leo the chance to stick me in the rear.
To you leo's, if someone just causes damage to their own personal property why do you feel the need to make their day even worse by giving them a ticket?
ok so last week i got in a wreck, and it was just me.. dont ask how but it was just one of those freak things where everything was right for it to happen.. anyways, no one was around when it happened so when the cop gets there he gives me a ticket for "operating a vehicle at a speed greater than reasonable" i wasnt speeding or anything and it was dry outside and hadnt snowed or rained in idk how long. is he allowed to give me a ticket for literally no reason?
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ok so last week i got in a wreck, and it was just me.. dont ask how but it was just one of those freak things where everything was right for it to happen.. anyways, no one was around when it happened so when the cop gets there he gives me a ticket for "operating a vehicle at a speed greater than reasonable" i wasnt speeding or anything and it was dry outside and hadnt snowed or rained in idk how long. is he allowed to give me a ticket for literally no reason?
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40. I'm not sure exactly what speed I was going, but it was after the the S turn, it would be like coming out of a corner and right when u get back on the throttle after exiting a turn you hit something in the road and spin out.. I've taken the on ramp many times, and yes to be honest I have gone around it a little to fast once or twice, and never had a problem. I've even been behind a big van that took the turn/on ramp at about 65 and did just fine. The best way for y'all to really tell would be to see the road where it happened. I'll see if I can't get a pic like the guy did earlier
So if you are not sure exactly what speed you were doing, how do you know you were not speeding?
Not to sound stupid (im sure it will to some of you) If you can drive the car away from the scene and you are the only one involved, why in the heck would you wait around to get a ticket? If I ever get in an accident involving just myself, I am getting the heck out before some prick gives me a ticket and adds insult to injury. If I put one in a ditch Id get some buddies together and get it out before I give some leo the chance to stick me in the rear.
To you leo's, if someone just causes damage to their own personal property why do you feel the need to make their day even worse by giving them a ticket?
your attitude is the reason why you might receive a ticket
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What attitude am I suppose to have when something unfortunate happens and instead of recieving help or some kind of positive comfort or motivation, I get a ticket. As if the day wasnt bad enough? I can totally understand if I were to hit someone else or damage property, give me a ticket.
What attitude am I suppose to have when something unfortunate happens and instead of recieving help or some kind of positive comfort or motivation, I get a ticket. As if the day wasnt bad enough? I can totally understand if I were to hit someone else or damage property, give me a ticket.
what do you want the cop to do, hold your hand and hug you while you cry it out? jesus are you a man or what? what the **** was he supposed to say .. oh man I am really sorry you wrecked your car let me hug the pain away. Bwhahahahaha I have never heard anything so dumb in my life.
shit I got hit by a car when I was walking across the street. The cop haded me a jaywalking ticket while I was IN the ambulance waiting to be hauled to the Hosp. and I was nice as hell to him. Had I known I would have insisted on a hug and some "positive comfort" before I ever signed.
what do you want the cop to do, hold your hand and hug you while you cry it out? jesus are you a man or what? what the **** was he supposed to say .. oh man I am really sorry you wrecked your car let me hug the pain away. Bwhahahahaha I have never heard anything so dumb in my life.
shit I got hit by a car when I was walking across the street. The cop haded me a jaywalking ticket while I was IN the ambulance waiting to be hauled to the Hosp. and I was nice as hell to him. Had I known I would have insisted on a hug and some "positive comfort" before I ever signed the ticket.
and perhaps you should spend some time reading the rules before one of the mods gives you a SVTP sponsored vacation
what do you want the cop to do, hold your hand and hug you while you cry it out? jesus are you a man or what? what the **** was he supposed to say .. oh man I am really sorry you wrecked your car let me hug the pain away. Bwhahahahaha I have never heard anything so dumb in my life.
shit I got hit by a car when I was walking across the street. The cop haded me a jaywalking ticket while I was IN the ambulance waiting to be hauled to the Hosp. and I was nice as hell to him. Had I known I would have insisted on a hug and some "positive comfort" before I ever signed the ticket.
and perhaps you should spend some time reading the rules before one of the mods gives you a SVTP sponsored vacation
He gave you a ticket because you were speedwalking and hit a car.
Not to sound stupid (im sure it will to some of you) If you can drive the car away from the scene and you are the only one involved, why in the heck would you wait around to get a ticket? If I ever get in an accident involving just myself, I am getting the heck out before some prick gives me a ticket and adds insult to injury. If I put one in a ditch Id get some buddies together and get it out before I give some leo the chance to stick me in the rear.
To you leo's, if someone just causes damage to their own personal property why do you feel the need to make their day even worse by giving them a ticket?
Well, most insurance companies won't pay out if you leave the scene and haven't talked to an LEO to get a report or not. Not to mention, most states (VA included) consider in a hit-and-run if you leave the scene, single vehicle crash or not.
Well, most insurance companies won't pay out if you leave the scene and haven't talked to an LEO to get a report or not. Not to mention, most states (VA included) consider in a hit-and-run if you leave the scene, single vehicle crash or not.
now now ... you need to be shoin sum positive comfort yo. wonder if there is a wiki article on this. and since you ARE an LEO, do y'all get classes in "positive comfort" ?
now now ... you need to be shoin sum positive comfort yo. wonder if there is a wiki article on this. and since you ARE an LEO, do y'all get classes in "positive comfort" ?
We do occasionally have "Hug a Thug" days... Just because they say we need to have community sensitivity.
All I wanted was a hug! Hah is that so much to ask for? I guess im the dumbest person you know and your the dumbest person I know to get hit by a car for jaywalking!
All I wanted was a hug! Hah is that so much to ask for? I guess im the dumbest person you know and your the dumbest person I know to get hit by a car for jaywalking!
. The difference is that I am not the one bitching about not getting the "positive comfort" for being distracted and stupid. I have told the story before on here look it up if you want.
I won't write them if they actually hit the deer. Mostly because we get a lot of deer committing suicide on the interstate by running into traffic. Now if they swerve and don't hit it and hit a tree instead....well then I have no proof there was actually a deer in the road. You get a ticket.
Woah woah woah wait a second...
So I could be doing the speed limit (lets say 60 mph to make the math easy) and a deer could dart across the road and if I swerve to avoid it and hit a tree I get a ticket? What ticket would I get? What would the elements be to said charge and how on Earth could anyone prove them?
60 mph = 90ft per second. Lets say there is 30 feet between the road's edge and the tree line. A deer can run at 20 mph = 30 feet per second. it would take a deer 1 second to cover the distance from the trees to the road. in that time I would have traveled 3 times the distance and be carrying wayyy more momentum (making it harder to turn or stop) so how is it my fault if I hit a deer?
I once hit a hispanic trash truck driver when he stepped out in front of me. He thought he was taking me to the bank, until the cop wrote him a ticket, and let me go.
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I once hit a hispanic trash truck driver when he stepped out in front of me. He thought he was taking me to the bank, until the cop wrote him a ticket, and let me go.
hispanic trash?
or hispanic truck driver?
either way, what's the "hispanic" part matter at all to this story?
So I could be doing the speed limit (lets say 60 mph to make the math easy) and a deer could dart across the road and if I swerve to avoid it and hit a tree I get a ticket? What ticket would I get? What would the elements be to said charge and how on Earth could anyone prove them?
60 mph = 90ft per second. Lets say there is 30 feet between the road's edge and the tree line. A deer can run at 20 mph = 30 feet per second. it would take a deer 1 second to cover the distance from the trees to the road. in that time I would have traveled 3 times the distance and be carrying wayyy more momentum (making it harder to turn or stop) so how is it my fault if I hit a deer?
Well in VA, you could be written under 46.2-853 - Failure to Maintain PROPER Control of a Motor Vehicle. And in VA, it is a Reckless Driving charge, Class 1 Misdemeanor too.
But let's look at it this way....if you swerve to miss and animal and wreck, wouldn't it be better to wreck INTO the animal so when the LEO shows up you have PROOF that there was a animal there? You swerve, hit a tree to avoid hitting an animal, animal leaves because he's a thug and knows he caused you to wreck. I can't find the animal and charge him with being a pedestrian in the roadway or jaywalking. So I roll up to your crash, see skidmarks from (a) swerve (b) braking (c) or both, I can esaily PROVE by that alone that you Failed to Maintain Proper Control.
AND I never said it was your fault for hitting the deer, nor that I'd write you if you hit the deer. I said if you SWERVE to miss the deer and wreck.
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