Haynesworth indicted on two traffic charges.

[Zerohero]

Originally Posted by gibbsisgod

This is nuts. From my point of viiew AH did every thing right. He never came in contact with the other car, stayed at the scene and was NOT cited by the officers at the time of the accident. Now here it is almost 4 months later and he is being charged with 2 misdemeanor driving offenses. I wasn't there but this whole situation seems fishy to me.

I'll bet the charges get dropped. In fact, i'm so sure i'll bet a sig on it.....any takers?

I've caused a few accidents in my lifetime, one with an expired license. Yet i never had to turn myself in. Did i miss something, if he wasnt cited at the scene why is this all coming out now??

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Zerohero

I've caused a few accidents in my lifetime, one with an expired license. Yet i never had to turn myself in. Did i miss something, if he wasnt cited at the scene why is this all coming out now??

Different states have different laws. There is a good chance that because someone was injured that the state requires that the police investigate the accident and right up a report. There is also a good chance that the state requires that the police ticket the person that they find at fault in the accident. If he was found to have run the person off the road (even by accident) that could be considered reckless driving in that state. That's a major violation so he would have to come to the station and receive the ticket because the violation could result in jail time. Most of the time the ticket is giving on the scene and its very very rare that anyone does time for reckless driving ticket. I'd bet that its reduce to something like carless driving. The only reason this is news is because we have thousands of people reporting on anything so they have a job.