Los Angeles, CA asked in Consumer Law, Traffic Tickets and Car Accidents for California

Q: Hello I’m a commercial class a with endorcements today at 10:30am I was in lane 1 right to left traffic

Traffic came to complete stop I had my truck in neutral and left about one car space in front off me so wen traffic started to roll I put it in second gear to take off as I let go off the clutch about 2-3 miles per houre I felt like I pushed something so I stoped from going forward I don’t know if the car was in front off me all this time or it merged in front off me wen traffic started moving chp got there no ticket issue he just made a report can I do something about this or automatically my fault and would I get a point in my license even no ticket issue my fault or not he said he won’t issue it I had no dammage to my truck his had dammage about 5-6gs please let me know.

1 Lawyer Answer
Dale S. Gribow
Dale S. Gribow
Answered
  • Criminal Law Lawyer
  • Palm Desert, CA
  • Licensed in California

A: you are likely to be presumed to have a duty to not move forward until you know that no one is in front of you. If you hit someone in front of you, you will be presumed to be at fault.

there are lawyers who specialize in tickets that I have worked with.............it would be worth the money to retain one.

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