In around September to October of last year, some yahoo driving in an older model Volvo nearly knocked my old CR-V out of my lane while I was driving to work. I got written up for failure to yield or something like that because while the cop believed me, he didn't have enough evidence to back up my story. Obviously I was quite pissed because I got four points added to my license that I didn't in any way deserve, since I was almost entirely in the lane when this jerk decided to change lanes.
Today on the way to Harrisonburg, I actually saw the same thing happen to someone else, and was able to actually tell the state trooper that I not only saw the van drive the victim out of her lane, but saw the van drive off down the highway, fleeing the scene of the crime. I would assume that she's not going to get a ticket because of what I and another guy who saw it were able to tell the state trooper who showed up.
Were you able to provide a solid description / license plate to the cop? We need to get jerks like that van driver off the road...
I didn't even think about that until I had already pulled over because the girl was bouncing around the road like a ping pong ball because of what the other driver did to her. I was expecting her to be pretty messed up, but fortunately, the only damage was to her car.
Well done.
You the man!
I got written up for failure to yield or something like that because while the cop believed me, he didn't have enough evidence to back up my story...
And he can't just report that there is insufficient evidence to know what really happened? It would seem to me that the prper course when you don't have evidence is to not take sides in the dispute, or in his case, to not issue a citation at all.
I hit a group of latinos from behind because of this. Minor damage to their SUV, and the driver believed me when I told him what happened. So the cop had to write up someone as being at fault for something so he charged me with failing to yield properly rather than say I was guilty of causing an accident.