Q: Is it worth it to fight a citation for failure to yield at a yield sign?
I was recently in a car accident where I was charged with failure to yield at a yield sign. I was in the right land did have a stop sign, which I was completely stopped at and I had my turn signal on to go left. I was absolutely certain that I had clearance to turn (and I told the police officer this), but when as I was making my turn and in between the two lanes, another car came flying down the right lane and managed to total my car after crashing into my driver’s side door. I was wondering if the citation I’m going to receive from this is worth fighting? I don’t feel like I deserve the possible three points I may get on my license when I was the one who was hit and there were no witnesses around to say that I should’ve had enough room to turn and that this other driver was speeding when she hit me.
A:
I think so. Usually if you do fight it, either the officer or the magisterial district judge will voluntarily reduce the charge to something that carries no points -- and that's a good thing. Just let them know that is what your goal is: no points.
You'll probably have to pay the entire ticket in advance and then request a trial. If you win, or if the charge is reduced to something with lower (or no) points *and* a lesser fine, then you'll get some money back in the mail.
Best of luck to you.
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