check_engine_1
Junior Member
My wife was driving in the middle lane on a three lane highway. She turned the right turn signal on, after letting some cars through and noting that the remaining car in the right lane is far enough, turned into the right lane. The distance between the turning on the signal and the turn was more than 100feet. She then proceeded to turn into the driveway of a store. At that moment the car behind her crashed into the side of the road and the driver claimed that he was cut off. After the police officer arrived, my wife explained that she gave ample notice, and merged into the lane carefully. The police officer said that it doesn't matter how long the turn signal was on and gave her a ticket for unsafe change of lane; this seems wrong as in New Jersey, the other driver was supposed to slow down and give way to overtaking vehicle. The police officer refused to take a photograph of the scene and said that he has determined what happened (even though he was not witness to the accident and all the information came from the other driver) and he will not take a picture or draw a diagram. My wife's car was undamaged. Police officer seemed to not be that inquisitive since he didn't even ask my wife if she was speeding or using a cell phone (no and no).
We would like to dispute the ticket in court (the date is in two weeks). Any idea how much would the lawyer fees be? My wife took careful notes in the evening of the accident and she also drew the diagrams (she couldn't draw them to the police officer as he didn't care and wanted just yes/no answers not maybe).
We would like to dispute the ticket in court (the date is in two weeks). Any idea how much would the lawyer fees be? My wife took careful notes in the evening of the accident and she also drew the diagrams (she couldn't draw them to the police officer as he didn't care and wanted just yes/no answers not maybe).