I'm not saying take the lesser charge. It is your right to fight any charge. There is case law out there about careless driving charges being laid, when they shouldn't be, when the weather was obviously to blame, such as a bad winter storm. (not sure if a light drizzel would count) Careless driving...

It is very common for the cops to charge careless at an accident, no matter how the accident actually happened. Once in court, there is room to deal down the charge to something lesser, such as drive left of centre, fail to drive in marked lane, drive off roadway and such. If they laid one of those...

Hi, I can't wait until this is all behind me. Looking to get some points from people with experience. I had a recent accident where my car slid across the road and was struck by an oncoming vehicle. It was the first day of rain after a month of heat wave. I had been driving for 45+ minutes going hom...