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I am asking this question for a friend. A young man that works with me on a temporary night job. He is only 18 years old and very scared because he recently got into what could be a very serious problem.
He was driving his car(state of Massacusetts)and trying to adjust his manuel shifter on the floor(a loose screw)he was not paying attention(young and irresponsible)however he was driving at a slow rate of speed and had his foot on the brake. He looked up and there is a girl in the pedestrian cross walk in front of him. He stops his car(so he says)looks at her(she does not appear hurt)apparently he nervously laughs(driving with a passenger)as he realizes that he has stopped short of hitting her. He thinks she is unharmed so he keeps on going. At this point(pulling away from her) he apparently makes contact(he is not aware of this at the time)with her arm as he hits her arm with his side view mirror(so she claims)The girl contacts police after the incident(she got his license number)Police call him at home and tell him to go to police station. He goes
to police station with the passenger that was in his car. He
tells his story to police. The girl made a statement to police that she was not serious injured and was ok. Police charge the boy with the following. Failure to stop at an occupied pedistrian crosswalk-Driving to endanger and leaving the scene of an accident. The boy has no prior record of any kind not even a parking ticket. What is likely to happen to him in court? If he is fined for each violation how much would one expect the fines to be? Does he need a lawyer to represent him in court? Do you think his license will be suspended? He is a college student and needs his car to get to school. He is a good kid just young. He is afraid to get his parents involved. He asked me for advice and I told him I would advise him to get a lawyer and to tell his parents!I also told him I would ask on this format. Thanks for any advice you can give that I may pass on to him.
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He was driving his car(state of Massacusetts)and trying to adjust his manuel shifter on the floor(a loose screw)he was not paying attention(young and irresponsible)however he was driving at a slow rate of speed and had his foot on the brake. He looked up and there is a girl in the pedestrian cross walk in front of him. He stops his car(so he says)looks at her(she does not appear hurt)apparently he nervously laughs(driving with a passenger)as he realizes that he has stopped short of hitting her. He thinks she is unharmed so he keeps on going. At this point(pulling away from her) he apparently makes contact(he is not aware of this at the time)with her arm as he hits her arm with his side view mirror(so she claims)The girl contacts police after the incident(she got his license number)Police call him at home and tell him to go to police station. He goes
to police station with the passenger that was in his car. He
tells his story to police. The girl made a statement to police that she was not serious injured and was ok. Police charge the boy with the following. Failure to stop at an occupied pedistrian crosswalk-Driving to endanger and leaving the scene of an accident. The boy has no prior record of any kind not even a parking ticket. What is likely to happen to him in court? If he is fined for each violation how much would one expect the fines to be? Does he need a lawyer to represent him in court? Do you think his license will be suspended? He is a college student and needs his car to get to school. He is a good kid just young. He is afraid to get his parents involved. He asked me for advice and I told him I would advise him to get a lawyer and to tell his parents!I also told him I would ask on this format. Thanks for any advice you can give that I may pass on to him.
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