Careless Driving - Testing The Arguments
I rear-ended a car on the spadina exit ramp on the EB gardiner and was charged with careless. The collision caused a chain reaction involving 4 cars. The car in front of me very suddenly and aggressively slammed its breaks, presumably in response to an accordion effect on the exit ramp (which steeps down from the gardiner onto Spadina Ave). I did not have enough time to react and hit him. My car was totalled, thanks to his trailer hitch.
A few questions:
Does it matter that this is a very common area for accidents of this nature?
Does it matter that the officer asserted my guilt before ever asking me what happened?
Is the best option to try to plea down to following too closely or is there an even better plea to be had?
Will the prosecutor need all of the other witnesses (from the 3 other cars) to prove his/her case?
Will the prosecutor tell me if the other witnesses are there if I ask him/her?