I slid through a 4 way intersection on icy roads and hit a vehicle, how do i confess my innocence?

Rock Firestorm

You can't. If it was icy and you slid, you were driving unsafely. You have no case. Drive safer next time.

Russ B

First of all, its not wreckless its reckless driving. Second, it is your fault. You can't use ice as an excuse, because when driving conditions change you HAVE TO ADJUST your driving to the conditions. Its no news to cops that when its icy it will take you longer to stop. That is why you have to start braking early for the stop sign. So he was right to give you the ticket. And you don't have to convince the judge that it was due to ice. The judge will know that. You had to drive according to road conditions. So tough ****. My friend rear ended a car because that driver brake checked him at the speed of 75 mph. Court's answer: "You should keep a sufficient following distance, which will allow you to safely come to a stop no matter what happens." So it's not your lucky day, sorry dude.

Kelly

Even though it was icy conditions, it is your responsibility to drive slow enough that you can stop.

You will still be charged, but maybe a lesser offense.
You can't go in and say you are not guilty. They hate that.
You can't say it isn't your fault. They hate that too.

Where I live, you can plead "Guitly with an explanation"

You have to do this.
APOLOGISE. It IS your fault, and you need to admit it.
EXPLAIN. The conditions were icy, you were driving below the speed limit, and you thought you were going slow enough. You tried to stop well before the stop sign, you were slowed down significantly before you hit the patch of ice, you tried to pump your breaks, you tried to steer to avoid a collision.
ADMIT. I know I was the cause of the accident, and I misjudged the speed I should have been traveling at. I was not being reckless, I just made a poor decision. I tried to correct the problem, and I tried to avoid the accident. I'm sorry I caused the accident,
CORRECT. I will be more cautious in the future.

You will still have to pay the court fees, but you may be given a warning or a lesser charge. This will only work, if you have a clean driving history. They will look up your merits, they will look up your accidents, speeding offenses, everything. If you have speeding tickets, it will look like you are a reckless driver, and chances are you won't win.

Good luck!

kenbgray

Just go in and tell them what happened and what the road conditions were and don't try to blow things out of proportion and hope for the best.

UCANTCME

You cant win this........you were driving to fast for the road condition sorry and have a nice day.

unforgetabledreamer1987

its still wreck-less driving but try to find the weather condition for that day and print out a paper from a web site with that forecast or call you local news station and tell them what you need they will probably help you out that's a start but be careful because the judge can always add more stuff to you and make it a whole lot worst it might be better to plead no contest and pay the fine.

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