I was given a "Failure To Yield Ticket" but I was not at fault, how do I fight it?
I was recently in a small car accident which I received a failure to yield ticket. I was at 2-way stop, I had been stopped for quite a while, (with my blinker on to turn left,) waiting on my turn as well as traffic to go by.
When it was my turn, a car had just pulled up to the other side waiting to go as well. When I decided it was clear, and I could proceed, the other car decided it could go shortly after I did which caused her to T-bone me.
The cop wrote me a ticket for "Failure to Yield", he said he was doing this because he was not aware of the exact rules at a stop sign, and he had to give somebody a violation. He said he would more than likely drop the ticket once he got to the office.
Turns out he did not drop the ticket, so I will be taking it to court. Do you have any suggestions on how to fight this or should I just pay the ticket and go on?
My pick-up has about $5,000 dollars worth of damage, and, this is my first ticket, so I'm not real sure what to expect or do!