Legal Question in Criminal Law in South Carolina
Careless Driving defenses
My story begins the day before my traffic ticket. I hurt my back and was perscribed an anti-inflamatory and a mild muscle relaxer. The incident begins with the car in front of me stopping short on this access road the road was wet and i have abs brakes so when I tried to avoid the car for safety sake I veered to the right. I ended on the grass with my front bumper in line with their back door (I avoided an accident). Not wanting to be on the grass any longer I proceeded on the grass 10-15 feet and reentered the road at which time I was pulled over and given a careless driving ticket. I was polite. My question is do I have any reasonable defense to remove this violation for my records the court date is Jan. 6, 1998
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Careless driving ticket in SC
Call Ticket Defense Services at 1-800-444-4424. Ask for Clyde McClintick. Tell him I told you to call. He should be able to take care of you.
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"Keep Off The Grass" does not apply to emergency
There is something called the "Defense ofNecessity" or the "Emergency Exception" whichessentially says that if you had to do (whatever)to prevent a greater harm, then it isn't a crime.This would depend upon whether you were following too close in the first place or not.
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