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Denise Klein
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What is the name of your state? New Jersey- Ok, to make a longggg story short. Early in the morning on Dec. 8th, after working a double shift (waitressing). I stayed after work for a couple drinks. I left work. I have to go over Schooley`s Mountain(known for being terrible to drive in bad weather), I was approaching an incline and sharp turn, As I was making the turn, I noticed a huge patch of black ice, my car (92 Cadillac Eldorado, bought 3 weeks previously from a used car dealer) floated into the other lane. I over compensated the turn(accidentally) to gain control of the car and totally loss control over a few attemts of trying to regain the control. The car is totalled. I missed a telephone pole by 1 foot and I hit a tree on the passenger side. Fortunately, I am fine, not a scratch. The police were called, I was handcuffed and arrested on suspicion of DWI. I was clearly not intoxicated my breathalizer was .05 NJ law is .10. My question is, My husband and I went into a used car dealer after the car I was driving had a bad transmission, We gave the deposit on the Eldorado, there was a promisary note made, that 2 struts on the Eldorado needed replacing because of a "service ride control warning." The dealership said it would be done in a couple days. 2 weeks later the car was not repaired and they sold us the car, with one strut needing to be replaced.We have since then contacted them several times about replacing the strut. They kept telling us they ordered the wrong part. (twice over 5 weeks they ordered the wrong part), I have the car being looked at for mechanical malfunction, because there is no reason, I should not have been able to regain control of the car. Ok, now finally the question, I would like to know if you think I should see an attorney, and does the dealership have any fault in this case if, it should be that that the suspension was faulty?
I would appreciate any opinion that anyone has on this, Thank you so much for taking the time to read this also, I know it is lengthy.
I checked the message length and I have not gone over, I also have another problem if you would like to read on.
There was a bad snow storm the Thursday before. The mountain I was driving on is very windy and narrow at some points. I clearly saw the black ice as was I approaching the sharp turn. I had the accident and the police came. Before they asked me any questions, they approached me invading my personal space and sniffed my breath. Ok, No big deal. I did have a couple drinks and I worked 12 hours serving beer and wine all day. They didn`t treat me with any respect they gave me a half ass sobriety test, shining the flash light directly into my eyes and waving their fingers around like crazy. They handcuffed and arrested me. I knew I would pass the test because I didn`t drink that much. They didn`t take a statement from me. They were rude, arrogant, almost like they were getting enjoyment out of seeing me crying. I passed the breathalizer. They issued me a careless driving ticket. I asked the officer, why he was issuing me the ticket. He said, they investigated the scene, and that there wasn`t any black ice. When I told him that there was, he did not give me any reply. I am assuming a careless driving ticket means I am at fault. Sooo, My husband went back to the scene at about 9:30 the next morning, and took pictures of the sharp turn, that was completely covered with water. That early Sunday morning, when the accident happened the temperature was about 20 something, that Saturday it was 40, there was melting snow all over the road. My next question is, Should I get an attorney and fight the careless driving ticket? First, fighting it, because there was clearly black ice that evening, and secondly, if the car did have a faulty suspension? Is the accident still my fault???
Thanks again so much for taking the time to read this, any opinion you may have is greatly appreciated.
Denise :O)
I would appreciate any opinion that anyone has on this, Thank you so much for taking the time to read this also, I know it is lengthy.
I checked the message length and I have not gone over, I also have another problem if you would like to read on.
There was a bad snow storm the Thursday before. The mountain I was driving on is very windy and narrow at some points. I clearly saw the black ice as was I approaching the sharp turn. I had the accident and the police came. Before they asked me any questions, they approached me invading my personal space and sniffed my breath. Ok, No big deal. I did have a couple drinks and I worked 12 hours serving beer and wine all day. They didn`t treat me with any respect they gave me a half ass sobriety test, shining the flash light directly into my eyes and waving their fingers around like crazy. They handcuffed and arrested me. I knew I would pass the test because I didn`t drink that much. They didn`t take a statement from me. They were rude, arrogant, almost like they were getting enjoyment out of seeing me crying. I passed the breathalizer. They issued me a careless driving ticket. I asked the officer, why he was issuing me the ticket. He said, they investigated the scene, and that there wasn`t any black ice. When I told him that there was, he did not give me any reply. I am assuming a careless driving ticket means I am at fault. Sooo, My husband went back to the scene at about 9:30 the next morning, and took pictures of the sharp turn, that was completely covered with water. That early Sunday morning, when the accident happened the temperature was about 20 something, that Saturday it was 40, there was melting snow all over the road. My next question is, Should I get an attorney and fight the careless driving ticket? First, fighting it, because there was clearly black ice that evening, and secondly, if the car did have a faulty suspension? Is the accident still my fault???
Thanks again so much for taking the time to read this, any opinion you may have is greatly appreciated.
Denise :O)