Help - Citation for Following too Close -- but extenuating circumstances

[uheeter]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Georgia

My daughter was driving within the speed limit with plenty of space between her and the car in front of her. However, the car in front of her suddenly crashed into another car in front of it. My daughter did slam on the brakes, and being that she was NOT following too closely, only tapped the car in front of her causing no damage to the rear of that car and no damage to the front of her car. However, she was still cited for following too closely. Does she have a good defense for having this ticket dropped? How do you recommend going about doing that? She does have a court date. Also, she is a student, and the court date is in the morning of a school day. Can this be rescheduled to an afternoon time, and how would this affect her case?

 

[Zigner]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Georgia

My daughter was driving within the speed limit with plenty of space between her and the car in front of her. However, the car in front of her suddenly crashed into another car in front of it. My daughter did slam on the brakes, and being that she was NOT following too closely, only tapped the car in front of her causing no damage to the rear of that car and no damage to the front of her car. However, she was still cited for following too closely. Does she have a good defense for having this ticket dropped? How do you recommend going about doing that? She does have a court date. Also, she is a student, and the court date is in the morning of a school day. Can this be rescheduled to an afternoon time, and how would this affect her case?

If she hit (even "tapped") the vehicle in front of her, then she was, be definition, following too closely.

 

[LdiJ]

If she hit (even "tapped") the vehicle in front of her, then she was, be definition, following too closely.

Yep, there is no way around it. If you slam on your breaks and still touch the car in front of you, that automatically means that you were following too closely.

 

[HighwayMan]

My daughter was driving ... with plenty of space between her and the car in front of her.

No, obviously there was not plenty of space.

If she struck another vehicle in front of hers, even if there is little damage, the case against her is pretty much a slam dunk.