Charged With Careless
I have been driving for 33 years never had any accidents. I was recently charged with careless driving. I was going north at a intersection turning left<west>, I had waited for oncoming traffic to pass that was going south. There was a pick up truck turning east and a car behind that. I proceeded to make my left hand turn the car behind the pick up sped out around the truck and entered the intersection and hit my rear passenger door. The intersection has no marked turning lane. I had a puppy in a crate that was possibly injured and so I exchanged information with the driver that hit me and took the pup to a vet. The driver of the car has a witness stating I turned in front of her. I am sure the witness saw the impact however as there are no marked lanes I feel the driver that hit my crv should not have passed that truck on the right side...
I will be pleading not guilty to careless and hope they will offer a lesser charge. . Does anyone have any advice of suggestions that might help my case?