Should I oppose this traffic violation?
Hi
Please give me your opinions. I was on my way to work it was approximately 6:50 AM between dark and dawn. Sunrise officially that day was 7:24 AM. I was going to turn left waited for oncoming traffic to pass then I turned right into a truck with no headlights on. I never saw him coming.Neither did the witness behind me who stopped. When the police arrived they stated the time on the ticket as 7:04 AM which was not the time of the accident by this time the sun was coming up. I was cited with failure to yield right of way. No where in the police report is the fact that he did not have his headlights on, according to the police officer in the state of SC you have to have your headlights on until 30 minutes before sunrise(which I guess is dawn) which would mean if it were before 6:54 am(which it was) he would have contributed to the accident. Should I fight this? The witness said she never saw the truck either until the accident occurred . It is not noted anywhere on the police report that his headlights were not on. Thanks tammy