tempuserus
Junior Member
I had a minor unfortunate incident driving in Oklahoma City. I am a non resident and am here temporarilly. I was driving a rental car rented by my company when someone hit me. It was only a minor incident but there was some damage and so my company told me I had to report it. I tried to call rental location and see if they could send someone out to assess the damage and avoid making the lady face a summons and citations for a small mistake. Unfortunately, they were not able to come. I told the officer we would have to file a report and he said that he would have to cite the individual responsible.
It turns out the lady driving was driving on a suspended license. She probably got charged with that, as well as the improper driving. She was not arrested.
It seemed to me to be a Hispanic woman, probably struggling to go forward in life.
I only reported this because I was told I needed to and also because of the way rental car companies take advantage of any possible way they can to exaggerate damage claims.
I feel bad that this lady will now and up going to court over this minor incident and suffering more when it's highly possible that the reason for suspension could have been due to inability to pay a fine because of financial hardship in the first place. I also really don't want to find myself getting subpoenaed to appear in court because such would mean a long trip and a long flight.
in the event that I am subpoenaed because the person chooses to plead not guilty what rights do i have to notify the court in writing that I do not wish to testify against an individual and are they required to accept such a request?
It turns out the lady driving was driving on a suspended license. She probably got charged with that, as well as the improper driving. She was not arrested.
It seemed to me to be a Hispanic woman, probably struggling to go forward in life.
I only reported this because I was told I needed to and also because of the way rental car companies take advantage of any possible way they can to exaggerate damage claims.
I feel bad that this lady will now and up going to court over this minor incident and suffering more when it's highly possible that the reason for suspension could have been due to inability to pay a fine because of financial hardship in the first place. I also really don't want to find myself getting subpoenaed to appear in court because such would mean a long trip and a long flight.
in the event that I am subpoenaed because the person chooses to plead not guilty what rights do i have to notify the court in writing that I do not wish to testify against an individual and are they required to accept such a request?