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He's been truck driver for 30 years with a perfect record if that helps anything.
Dad is truck driver. Car in front pulls out in front of him and hits my father. Driver claims my dad was trying to "pass" them. Complete bull . Dad was trying to get to the side of the road because if he hits them head on he kills them. To make matters worse some guy that "supposedly" saw everything is also blaming my father. Small hick town in the panhandle. Everyone knows each other. Racist and all that mess. State trooper also arrived and harassed and threatened my father. What can we do? Hire a lawyer?
He's been truck driver for 30 years with a perfect record if that helps anything.
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Depends on what you are wanting to accomplish. Did your dad get cited for the wreck? He just has to give his insurance his side of the story and let their lawyers battle it out, and he can take his citation to court. Going to be tough though if he doesn't have witnesses too. If he was driving behind them then the passing story makes sense. If he was driving on the opposite side coming toward them, then the avoiding a head on makes sense. Where was he and where were they?
Or is he just pissed because of how he was treated? He can file a complaint with the State Troopers. I suppose he can hire a lawyer but unless he wants to stick around that town and the lawyer is sure there is a case there he'll probably be wasting his time (and money).
Nothing can be done unless you want to go medieval on them mofos.
Similar thing happened to me in the middle of nowhere in Puerto Rico. Was running biz for the cartel. Kids pulled their car in front of me. They tried to come out and fight but I was wearing a tank top, they stopped in their tracks
still cops came by they knew the kids so pretty much ignored me. Was thinking of firebombing their car cause I knew where they lived. but just went on my biz tbh
oh and Puerto Rico is a hole. no wonder them s are running to the NYC
Were there any real injuries, or just the mysterious neck/back pain? Also, as UB said the cop probably has a dash cam, so i doubt he'd get hostile for no reason. Your pops was probably frustrated and vented to the wrong guy
Thank you for replying. And when I say head on I mean he would hit them on the side with the "front" of his truck. He was behind them, they pulled over to the shoulder, so naturally my father was of course going to go around and pass them, for some reason they attempted a u turn and pulled out right in front of him. My father of course not wanting to hit them full speed on the side tried to pull over to the shoulder as fast as he could.
He just wants to fight the ticket because we both believe that he wasn't at fault. The state trooper thing is pretty much whatever. I doubt we could do anything about that.
My dad is a very easy target. Not to sound like a but he's sort of a high functioning re . He is very awkward and is terrible around people. As in very quiet and doesn't know how to speak well.
Nothing can be done unless you want to go medieval on them mofos.
Similar thing happened to me in the middle of nowhere in Puerto Rico. Was running biz for the cartel. Kids pulled their car in front of me. They tried to come out and fight but I was wearing a tank top, they stopped in their tracks
still cops came by they knew the kids so pretty much ignored me. Was thinking of firebombing their car cause I knew where they lived. but just went on my biz tbh
oh and Puerto Rico is a hole. no wonder them s are running to the NYCsend me a hit squad el padrino.
I don't see much point in fighting this. Just take the ticket and move on.
this explains so much, rob.
you said your dad is borderline re . his story is that someone pulled in front of him then tried to make a U-turn back into him.
the other people with witnesses say that your dad tried to pass them and hit them.
you don't need the rely on the combined legal a en of Spurstalk to tell you it's a losing battle.
He's not really re ed bro. Just an awkward person. And I'm sure a good lawyer can successfully defend him.
without witnesses not sure he can do anything. His word against their's and he is the one who ended up hitting them. Sorry scro.
Well then you answered your own question. If you're sure a good lawyer can defend him, and it's important that he doesn't eat the ticket, then take it to court.
Seems like a financial question tbh. Is the cost of the lawyer greater than the consequences of him getting the ticket.
Guess I'm going to find out if it's worth it.
pay the ticket and move on
lots of headache for nothing
Best outcome is if the other side of the story does not enter in a pain in the neck BS story... entering with an action could give them ideas... that would be the worst
You're probably right. Seems like a lot of hassle.
lol I love Dwight Yoakum!
no doubt. perfect for that movie. I guess the downside for Spurstalk is that I now know how to quickly make gifs.
This is one of the loopholes of the law. It's a he said she said with no evidence to support either claim. From this point on invest in a dash cam so that no matter what happens you will have evidence as opposed to random unreliable people coming out of the woodwork telling their side of the story.
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