What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? WI
I was cited with hit and run, reckless driving, and failure to notify police of an accident.
Here's what happened:
I was at my buddy's house and it was like 3:00 in the morning when I left. I was kind of parked in. I was backed into the driveway with a truck on my passenger side and another car in front of me, but a little room diagonally on the drivers side. I was backing up and going forward while turning the wheel to try to get out of there. I ended up in forward and thought I was in reverse and ended up hitting the car in front of me on my passenger side. I cracked my bumper, but bent their hood, cracked their front bumper, and cracked their headlight. I know I should have stayed, etc, but the reason I left in the first place was because I had dislocated my thumb wrestling around with my buddy and I thought I broke it; I was in excruciating pain. I didn't know the owner of the other car (she came home with my buddy's roommate). I did, however, contact my buddy and let him know that I was obviously going to pay for her car to get fixed and when I got her info, my insurance company contacted her. She had filed a police report right away though, and now I am being cited with these three tickets. I was wondering if this is worth hiring an attorney about or how I should go about this. I know I need to fix her car and maybe get a ticket, but this is 12 points worth of tickets (lose my license then) that I frankly don't think I deserve since I didn't really run, I had my insurance contact her and told her I'd pay for it. Oh yeah, there wasn't any alcohol involved and I was alone in the car (the police verified this with witnesses at the house). Sorry for the long post, and thanks in advance for your help!
I was cited with hit and run, reckless driving, and failure to notify police of an accident.
Here's what happened:
I was at my buddy's house and it was like 3:00 in the morning when I left. I was kind of parked in. I was backed into the driveway with a truck on my passenger side and another car in front of me, but a little room diagonally on the drivers side. I was backing up and going forward while turning the wheel to try to get out of there. I ended up in forward and thought I was in reverse and ended up hitting the car in front of me on my passenger side. I cracked my bumper, but bent their hood, cracked their front bumper, and cracked their headlight. I know I should have stayed, etc, but the reason I left in the first place was because I had dislocated my thumb wrestling around with my buddy and I thought I broke it; I was in excruciating pain. I didn't know the owner of the other car (she came home with my buddy's roommate). I did, however, contact my buddy and let him know that I was obviously going to pay for her car to get fixed and when I got her info, my insurance company contacted her. She had filed a police report right away though, and now I am being cited with these three tickets. I was wondering if this is worth hiring an attorney about or how I should go about this. I know I need to fix her car and maybe get a ticket, but this is 12 points worth of tickets (lose my license then) that I frankly don't think I deserve since I didn't really run, I had my insurance contact her and told her I'd pay for it. Oh yeah, there wasn't any alcohol involved and I was alone in the car (the police verified this with witnesses at the house). Sorry for the long post, and thanks in advance for your help!