What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Ohio
I was involved in a one vehicle accident today on I-70 in Ohio, travelling eastbound. It was drizzling and I was travelling between 60 and 65 mph (no more than the 65 mph posted speed limit). An 18 wheeler was travelling in the middle lane and I was travelling behind it, but getting water from the roadway thrown up at my windshield. I moved to the left lane to pass the vehicle and when I was alongside the 18 wheeler, my left front tire hit a slick spot and sent me toward the guardrail in the median of the road. I knew better not to overcompensate and steer right, especially with a tractor trailer traveling at the same speed, so I hit the guardrail with my drivers side rear, then again with the front drivers side. I was a mile from the exit and was going to try to drive off the interstate but found as a tried to cross the highway that my alignment was off and it was not safe to do so. So I ended up stopping on the right hand side of the road and calling Highway Patrol.
Highway Patrol arrived on the scene, took pictures of the damage to my car, had me fill out a report, and then presented me with a $200 ticket for failure to control my vehicle while telling me it is standard procedure for any accident they respond to when a medical emergency or animal in the roadway isn't involved.
I personally think that the failure to control my vehicle was caused by the failure by the salt trucks to maintain a safe roadway and that I shouldn't have been ticketed. Should I fight the ticket or just send in the check and be thankful I wasn't hurt?
I was involved in a one vehicle accident today on I-70 in Ohio, travelling eastbound. It was drizzling and I was travelling between 60 and 65 mph (no more than the 65 mph posted speed limit). An 18 wheeler was travelling in the middle lane and I was travelling behind it, but getting water from the roadway thrown up at my windshield. I moved to the left lane to pass the vehicle and when I was alongside the 18 wheeler, my left front tire hit a slick spot and sent me toward the guardrail in the median of the road. I knew better not to overcompensate and steer right, especially with a tractor trailer traveling at the same speed, so I hit the guardrail with my drivers side rear, then again with the front drivers side. I was a mile from the exit and was going to try to drive off the interstate but found as a tried to cross the highway that my alignment was off and it was not safe to do so. So I ended up stopping on the right hand side of the road and calling Highway Patrol.
Highway Patrol arrived on the scene, took pictures of the damage to my car, had me fill out a report, and then presented me with a $200 ticket for failure to control my vehicle while telling me it is standard procedure for any accident they respond to when a medical emergency or animal in the roadway isn't involved.
I personally think that the failure to control my vehicle was caused by the failure by the salt trucks to maintain a safe roadway and that I shouldn't have been ticketed. Should I fight the ticket or just send in the check and be thankful I wasn't hurt?