Athens, GA
A few days ago I was in an accident where I struck a bicyclist (thankfully there were no serious injuries, just some bruising and soreness). I was definitely at fault, I was in a hurry, the sun was in my eyes, and I didn't check clearly enough. I received a ticket for 40-6-91a, failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk. My question is this: as a cyclist myself, I know that in Georgia, bicycles are considered vehicles. The cyclist was crossing the street in the crosswalk when I struck him, and while he was cited for not dismounting his bike before crossing, I was cited for failure to yield to a pedestrian while to me it seems that I should have just been cited for failure to yield the right of way. I'm again not implying that this wasn't my fault, I just think that since he was on a bike he shouldn't have been considered a pedestrian. Is this worth arguing in court or should I just suck it up and pay the more expensive ticket that I received?
A few days ago I was in an accident where I struck a bicyclist (thankfully there were no serious injuries, just some bruising and soreness). I was definitely at fault, I was in a hurry, the sun was in my eyes, and I didn't check clearly enough. I received a ticket for 40-6-91a, failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk. My question is this: as a cyclist myself, I know that in Georgia, bicycles are considered vehicles. The cyclist was crossing the street in the crosswalk when I struck him, and while he was cited for not dismounting his bike before crossing, I was cited for failure to yield to a pedestrian while to me it seems that I should have just been cited for failure to yield the right of way. I'm again not implying that this wasn't my fault, I just think that since he was on a bike he shouldn't have been considered a pedestrian. Is this worth arguing in court or should I just suck it up and pay the more expensive ticket that I received?