Last year I rear-ended a car while on a freeway in stop and go traffic; he had slammed on his brakes and I wasnt able to stop in time. We hit bumper-to-bumper, and though the front of my car wasnt damaged and neither was the back of his car, the impact pushed the front of his car into a truck and banged up his front end. The police were called and an accident report was filed, and finally we all drove away. A few weeks later I received a letter in the mail from the State Patrol; in it was a traffic ticket for inattentive driving. Sure, I definitely shouldnt have hit the guy, but I wasnt distracted. I decided to fight it.
Fortunately, I learned that it wasnt particularly difficult to fight traffic tickets. In fact, the ticket gave me the option to sign admittance and pay my fee or to report to the specific county office to talk to a traffic officer to fight the ticket. I did a quick Google search and learned that lacking concentration driving was a strict liability offense, meaning that the trooper who cited me would have to prove that I was driving inattentively in order for the ticket to stick. Feeling pleased with myself, I went in to see the traffic officer but was...
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