My son was recently in a minor car accident due to a pedestrian and his 2 friends,one of which was walking onto the road swinging a bottle in the air. The car in front saw what was going on and happened to slow down and my son was driving the car behind. He turned to see what the pedestrian was about to do and he drove into the back of the car in front of him. Behind my son were 2 motorcyclists who had to swerve so as to not hit my son and one of the motorcyclists drove over what happened to be the thrown bottle.
While this happened, the pedestrians were filming on their phone from the start to the finish of the accident. Both drivers were happy no one was hurt and the car in front had not been marked, but my son's car was quite smashed up, but nothing he couldn't fix, both motorcyclist were also ok. All parties were happy to leave and found there was no cause to call police.
Exactly a week later, the pedestrians took their footage to the police and now they have charged my son with negligent driving, has lost 3 points and charged him $433 fine. The police are also wanting to charge the other driver also.
The police are stating my son was charged because he didn't call it in to the station. I know of 2 incidents just in the past 6 months where the people involved didn't inform the police.
Can I take this to court? My son has made a statement but they would not allow him to see the footage.
While this happened, the pedestrians were filming on their phone from the start to the finish of the accident. Both drivers were happy no one was hurt and the car in front had not been marked, but my son's car was quite smashed up, but nothing he couldn't fix, both motorcyclist were also ok. All parties were happy to leave and found there was no cause to call police.
Exactly a week later, the pedestrians took their footage to the police and now they have charged my son with negligent driving, has lost 3 points and charged him $433 fine. The police are also wanting to charge the other driver also.
The police are stating my son was charged because he didn't call it in to the station. I know of 2 incidents just in the past 6 months where the people involved didn't inform the police.
Can I take this to court? My son has made a statement but they would not allow him to see the footage.