Q: Should I appeal a citation under 21-309(b) where I signalled to change lanes and a driver hit the side of my car?
A: Your post presumes that you were found "guilty" and not granted a probation before judgment - which would avoid a 3 pt assessment. Filing an appeal results in additional time and expense, including an appeal fee and your (or an attorney's) reappearance before a Circuit Court judge. Your post does not provide enough information concerning the circumstances to provide more specific guidance. Regardless, just because you signaled to change lanes, this does not relieve you of acting reasonably and yielding the right of way to another vehicle already present in an adjacent lane - if that lane is where the impact occurred. You should speak with a qualified traffic attorney to address the specific facts, your past driving record, and other factors that likely bear on the answer to your question.
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