Syria_edwing
Junior Member
Ohio-
As of every Monday I was heading to work at 6am. The wind had picked up and started drifting the snow so I had left early to give myself plenty of time to get to work. The main road wasn't too bad, could safely go the speed limit- 55. I turned onto a back road as I did every time. The begginning was ok I was going about 45-50, a few patches of snow left stuck to the roadway, up ahead I could see a snow drift so I tapped my brakes lightly to start slowing down and next thing I knew I was sliding sideways through a field and came to an abrupt stop hitting a telephone pole. At some point my car had turned 180 thankfully. My back of my car needs replace but other wise it's drivable and no damage to the pole. I wasn't stuck or anything. I called my mom and she said to call the cops for insurance mainly. This leads to my first question. If I didn't damage anything but my car, did I have to call the cops? When I was talking to the insurance she asked if they were there and I said yes and she responded "oh, really? Ok" as if I didn't need too.
Second to add insult to injury the cop gave me a ticket as stated above. He was very nice and explained "he didn't have a choice". This was after the first cops shift was up do he left. This second cop only glanced at pictures didn't look at the accident site or anything. There was nothing I could of done to avoid this accident. I feel I had reasonable control until the road conditions cause the snow to build up into my brakes and spin me out. The cop said to get it dropped in court depends on the judges mood, but what's every ones opinion here? And also remember - did I have to call the cops at all?
As of every Monday I was heading to work at 6am. The wind had picked up and started drifting the snow so I had left early to give myself plenty of time to get to work. The main road wasn't too bad, could safely go the speed limit- 55. I turned onto a back road as I did every time. The begginning was ok I was going about 45-50, a few patches of snow left stuck to the roadway, up ahead I could see a snow drift so I tapped my brakes lightly to start slowing down and next thing I knew I was sliding sideways through a field and came to an abrupt stop hitting a telephone pole. At some point my car had turned 180 thankfully. My back of my car needs replace but other wise it's drivable and no damage to the pole. I wasn't stuck or anything. I called my mom and she said to call the cops for insurance mainly. This leads to my first question. If I didn't damage anything but my car, did I have to call the cops? When I was talking to the insurance she asked if they were there and I said yes and she responded "oh, really? Ok" as if I didn't need too.
Second to add insult to injury the cop gave me a ticket as stated above. He was very nice and explained "he didn't have a choice". This was after the first cops shift was up do he left. This second cop only glanced at pictures didn't look at the accident site or anything. There was nothing I could of done to avoid this accident. I feel I had reasonable control until the road conditions cause the snow to build up into my brakes and spin me out. The cop said to get it dropped in court depends on the judges mood, but what's every ones opinion here? And also remember - did I have to call the cops at all?