RIP Lean2: 10/88-12/20/2010 "You were well loved"

[10Toes]

KennyT, you need to learn how to read.

[KennyT]

I didn't see that he had signaled left. He moved right then turned left, without a blinker I would have passed the OP on the left. With a blinker I would have slowed down and tried to figure out what the hell was going on. OP still sounds like one of the drivers I always watch out for on the road.

[delatlanta1281]

Listen to Brian.
Sorry bout your car, now you know, the only person you can count on while driving is yourself.

[Beach Bum]

Nothing I didn't already know,that R3v has a lot of well meaning folks who weren't there. No hard feelings at all, gents. There were things I could have done, but the end result is that there is no reason I should have gotten hit, much less anywhere near that hard.

Had the first nap, and good god does everything hurt.

I think you should have told the officer exactly what happened. You could have gotten out of that ticket, as you didn't do anything illegal. You did not fail to yield to anyone.

Maybe you can still fight it in court.

So who was at fault? Whose insurance is forking out the dough?

I would have told him what happened, no problem, I just old myself to never get myself into trouble like I did before. I've learned that in the heat of the moment, you can never really be sure, that you need time to process things. It wasn't anything personal against LEO or the officer himself, it was something for me.

Also; yielding to traffic behind you? Really? You let me know how that works out if you rear end someone. "He didn't yield to the traffic behind him, it's his fault!"

Last I checked, FL was a no fault state, and for insurance purposes it's irrelevant. I'm just trying to avoid black marks on my record.

[Chaos Theory]

I don't know how they do it in America but if OP was turning right, shouldn't he have been in the right lane?

[Beach Bum]

I don't know how they do it in America but if OP was turning right, shouldn't he have been in the right lane?

That's what I said! If I'd been turning right I'd have left the lane. As it was, my tires never touched the right side of the lane whatsoever.

[dkbmxer002]

sorry to see that done to your car... :( but damn these cars are very well built for their age and size!