What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Connecticut
I was heading home from an appointment last week, and as I was driving up a hill on a back road, a truck crossed over the double yellow line while speeding down the hill after he went around a sharp bend and took off my driver's side mirror. I didn't consider it a "car accident" then because I didn't feel any impact. One lane of traffic each side, and this road is very dangerous to pull over on. I found a driveway to turn around in since I was hoping to find the truck, pulled into a small dirt pit, then turned back around (in a condo complex) after the truck had clearly left. I stopped for a few minutes behind a service vehicle from Frontier, waiting for traffic from the other side to pass and thinking somebody would get out of the Frontier truck and start putting cones down, since he was parked. Usually Comcast, Frontier, etc. only park on that road.
Anyways, I drove home- roughly 20 seconds away- and relieved my dad from watching my baby, told him I "think I may have" had a collision, he said call insurance before police and I did. The police have been harassing me since January over my boyfriend, even in public. Seconds later, an officer pulls into my driveway. My dad stayed. I was prepared to be interrogated about my boyfriend, but he just said he was called to go over and that the Frontier truck claimed I hit him. Since my insurance was on the phone he asked my permission to talk to them while I go I side and get the information. Then a second officer arrives- I recognized him- and he said "oh, I know you!", started to remind me that he is looking for my boyfriend still (as if I didn't know). He snatched my phone from the first officer, yelled at him saying "never call her insurance company" and asked for my license, reg and ins card. Pointed to an envelope with my registration and old insurance card and said that would do. He didn't want to wait for me to go inside and get my actual updated card that I took from the glove compartment to make a call but I was parked so I didn't think too much of it then. He issued me an infraction ticket with statute 14-13 (failure to carry insurance card and registration while driving on a public highway), unless I could tell him where my boyfriend was.
I noticed later he put the nearby street as to where he issued me the ticket, and the time was filled in as if he issued it 30 minutes before he truly did. The accident report also states that we interacted on that street, and that he did not pull up in my driveway... Which is where it was done. I have 2 witnesses, my fTher and my next door neighbor as well as the other officer. As far as the accident- I'm not concerned with advice, my insurance knows and said I am not at fault mostly based on the photos. The adjuster is still trying to get the other party to at least respond to them. And my boyfriend is no longer "my boyfriend" now. Once he abandoned baby and I, I moved on. (Just in case that comes up in anybody's mind.
My question is how can I prove this in court? It seems like a he said/ she said type of situation, but my goal is to prove to the judge that I was parked in my driveway when I was issued THAT ticket. Are witnesses good enough, or is there a way to track the patrol cars at a certain time location? Sorry if I posted in the wrong forum, this is mainly a "traffic issue". Anything would help.
I was heading home from an appointment last week, and as I was driving up a hill on a back road, a truck crossed over the double yellow line while speeding down the hill after he went around a sharp bend and took off my driver's side mirror. I didn't consider it a "car accident" then because I didn't feel any impact. One lane of traffic each side, and this road is very dangerous to pull over on. I found a driveway to turn around in since I was hoping to find the truck, pulled into a small dirt pit, then turned back around (in a condo complex) after the truck had clearly left. I stopped for a few minutes behind a service vehicle from Frontier, waiting for traffic from the other side to pass and thinking somebody would get out of the Frontier truck and start putting cones down, since he was parked. Usually Comcast, Frontier, etc. only park on that road.
Anyways, I drove home- roughly 20 seconds away- and relieved my dad from watching my baby, told him I "think I may have" had a collision, he said call insurance before police and I did. The police have been harassing me since January over my boyfriend, even in public. Seconds later, an officer pulls into my driveway. My dad stayed. I was prepared to be interrogated about my boyfriend, but he just said he was called to go over and that the Frontier truck claimed I hit him. Since my insurance was on the phone he asked my permission to talk to them while I go I side and get the information. Then a second officer arrives- I recognized him- and he said "oh, I know you!", started to remind me that he is looking for my boyfriend still (as if I didn't know). He snatched my phone from the first officer, yelled at him saying "never call her insurance company" and asked for my license, reg and ins card. Pointed to an envelope with my registration and old insurance card and said that would do. He didn't want to wait for me to go inside and get my actual updated card that I took from the glove compartment to make a call but I was parked so I didn't think too much of it then. He issued me an infraction ticket with statute 14-13 (failure to carry insurance card and registration while driving on a public highway), unless I could tell him where my boyfriend was.
I noticed later he put the nearby street as to where he issued me the ticket, and the time was filled in as if he issued it 30 minutes before he truly did. The accident report also states that we interacted on that street, and that he did not pull up in my driveway... Which is where it was done. I have 2 witnesses, my fTher and my next door neighbor as well as the other officer. As far as the accident- I'm not concerned with advice, my insurance knows and said I am not at fault mostly based on the photos. The adjuster is still trying to get the other party to at least respond to them. And my boyfriend is no longer "my boyfriend" now. Once he abandoned baby and I, I moved on. (Just in case that comes up in anybody's mind.
My question is how can I prove this in court? It seems like a he said/ she said type of situation, but my goal is to prove to the judge that I was parked in my driveway when I was issued THAT ticket. Are witnesses good enough, or is there a way to track the patrol cars at a certain time location? Sorry if I posted in the wrong forum, this is mainly a "traffic issue". Anything would help.
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