Q: What can I do if I was not at fault and have witnesses involved ?
I was coming out of private drive onto 1-70 frontage road, I did yield for about 5 minutes before proceeding no cars were coming so I went for the left hand turn a car was coming but was back enough to have seen and did not break the speed limit was 35 and he was not going that speed the impact was so hard we did a full turn and was somehow pushed back in the direction we were coming out of. We were t-boned on drivers side my daughter was behind me and I had 2 other people in my vehicle he hit more of the back door behind me, I was given the ticket which I think is unfair as I did yield like I should have the other driver was obviously speeding way over 35 and was obviously distracted as he told us he didn’t see us when we were clearly more than half way in the road almost to our lane before he hit us what can I do?
A: Plead not guilty on the ticket. Contact a member of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Assn who handles injury cases. The problem you have is that you 1) pulled out 2) decided to make a left rather than go right and then execute a turn so that you can come out on a light. She will doubtless say you puilled out right in front. Do not give statements over the phone until you speak with an attorney--someone will read your "he was back enought to have seen...." as you saw him but insisted on coming out anyway. This is problematic as the duty of a person entering a road is not to do so unless it is safe. Likewise the duty of an individual entering iany lave of travel, and the duty of a person makeing a left.
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