Accident in Kansas, any lawyers or cops out there that can help with advice?

Question

Ok, hubby and son were in a wreck, truck is total loss. Getting off major highway, slowing down, had been raining, and took off ramp. No posted signs, no gaurd rail, and the drop is 40 feet. they hit a slick spot in the road, rolled the truck. My son swears they were going only 40 mph, ( he is a stickler -learning to drive ). The cops wrote him a ticket for speed limitation. But the thing is, there is no posted signs for speed, no signs warning of turns ahead and no gaurd rail. Now we have to pay for ticket and increased insurance. Do we fight it? Cops admitted there were a total of 5 other accidents there in the last 2 weeks for the same problem, and one lady suffered serious injuries. Anyone on here a cop or lawyer from Kansas? If the cops do not know how fast he was going how can they write a ticket for speed violation especially when there is no posted signs for speed there?

Answer 1

Cristina, It's unfortunate to hear about your situation. I was injured once when a truck backed over my left foot at work. My employer attempted to settle with me quickly because they knew it wasn't my fault. I called a nearby personal injury lawyer in my city who gave me excellent advice and I was able to get a medium sized settlement to cover my medical bills that weren't covered by my primary insurance. I'd find a accident lawyer in Kansas. http://www.accidentlawyerlocator.com/Kan... My injury lawyer was willing to answer any and all questions I had because they stand to make some money at the same time. Try visiting a injury lawyer to see if they can help.



Sorry to hear about your situation.

Answer 2

If there has been already accidents in the spot I'd definitely fight it as that  demonstrates there's obviously something wrong with the road.

You can roll a truck doing 2 miles an hour. Your son should say they where doing 25mph since the cops are being so nice.

Btw the cops will be the first ones to say your son was right as soon as a lawyer will win him a case.

If you need a lawyer, these people are worth checking out, they'll only take the case if that's the area they are experts on http://legal.solutionsarticles.com/easie...

when you get to the site read their FAQ to know exactly how they work, good luck I hope you get some sort of damages back and remember don't take any advice from law enforcement people, they'll stick to one other like glue so as soon as you said they were ticketed they knew already what they were going to say, you just just need a good lawyer.

Answer 3

Speed laws are not just about posted signs. There are other speed laws too.

Unreasonable speed

Too fast for conditions

Failure to maintain control

Unsafe speed

etc.

The fact he lost control and left the road will be used as evidence he was going faster than he should have been.

Answer 4

In Missouri, at least, there is a law on driving "too fast for conditions."

If they were unable to maintain control of the truck, then it's a safe bet they were driving too fast, given the rain.  Even with no posted speed limit, that charge would stand (again, in Missouri).

Answer 5

Yes, I think you should fight it! Get yourself a lawyer. Fight this,  I recommend Henderson Law firm

Answer 6

He was driving faster than was safe for the conditions. This was illistrated by the fact he rolled the truck after loosing control.