I was the sole occupant of a vehicle involved in an accident and was cited for careless driving. How can they cite me for careless driving if they officer never saw me driving carelessly?
In many instances an officer will respond to the scene of an accident and conduct a traffic crash investigation. The officer will often spend hours investigating the crash, writing up reports, and sometimes visiting drivers in the hospital. Florida has a rule of law referred to as the “accident report privilege”. In a nutshell that means that anything you say to an officer during the course of his investigation is INADMISSIBLE against you in a civil traffic infraction hearing. The officer will still be required to prove that you were driving the vehicle and you were doing so in a careless manner under the statute. 4. I was involved in an accident and when I went to the hospital I was confronted by the trooper who asked me to take a blood sample because he believed I was DUI. Yet I was not arrested and I left the hospital with only a careless driving ticket. What was that all about? That is a fairly common scenario that happens on a daily basis. Following a traffic crash, the officer wi
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