Many times in a bad accidents, the police officer may feel the situation warrants more than a traffic ticket.
The police believe they must charge the driver with the most serious charge of dangerous driving, so that the driver receives the maximum penalty.
Although what happened may have been a horrible situation, most accidents do not fall into the legal definition of dangerous driving.
The reason being, that most accidents are not planned or intended. In most accidents there was no intent for the accident to have occured.
Accidents are usually as a result of driver error, not intentional bad or dangerous driving. Should you or a loved one be charged with Dangerous Driving as a result of an accident, call and we’ll explain how we can get the charge dropped.