Seriously what the ?! I'm a $*** magnet !

[RickC]

It does seem odd that you've had an accident that you don't know about and no one is chasing you for a repair bill, I would be tempted to go to court and represent myself, it would irk me if I didn't know why I was getting hassled.

[VladTepes]

Long story short _ I paid the fine. Fucking shiots me to tears to do so but was also giving me huge anxiety.  Lawyer quotes were $4k-$6K which is clearly ridiculous.

Even to represent myself would have ended up costing me a lot more than the fine as well as time off work to do it.

If it was thrown out I'd still be in the hole because they NEVER award costs against the police prosecutors I'm told

If the ticket was upheld (i.e. if I lost) then I'd be up for 'an offenders fee' (which i heard described as a "wasting the court's time fee").

Justice. Shuit no.  Just law. 

[GSXKING]

Now you've paid the fine I expect the insurance company to be after you for restitution Vlad 

[VladTepes]

Wouldn't fucking surprise me at all.

[VladTepes]

Ok well, it took a while - got a letter from the other clown's insurance yesterday - no idea why it took so long ?!

But yeah I'm gonna be $500 out of pocket for an accident I wasn't in now; plus a claim on the insurance... What bullshit.

Merry fucken' Christmas eh.

[grog]

Just fuckers Vlad. Nothing more i can say. Blood boils. Xmas will be fine. It always gets better.

[Sweaty]

Arsehole's Mike.
At least you have a nice car to keep your mind off it now

[GSXKING]

there is a legal system Mike but no justice 

[DP1400]

Surely the only way this could have gone against you is if the accuser had an indipendent witness at the scene?? Otherwise its just his word against yours. In the absence of any CCTV or a willing eye-witness there wasn`t even a case to answer. It would be interesting to confirm whether the alleged damage could have been caused by your bike, ie. matching marks etc.

Really sorry to hear that you are out of pocket due to some d1ckheads, in this case the accuser, and the local plod.