I received a Failure to Yield ticket from an accident involving myself driving a CDL Vehicle. Should I fight the ticket?

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I was pulling out of a parking lot onto a 4 lane road, I checked to the left, to the right, and to the left again and all 3 times the roadway appeared clear for me to pull out. As soon as I started pulling into the road I heard a "scraping" noise and looked over to the right and saw a car with severe damage. Long story short the other driver called the Police and they came out and did their report, issued me a FTY and if I remember correctly they issued the other driver a No Proof of Insurance or No Insurance. Im just wondering if I have a fighting chance of getting this dismissed or at the very least reduced? I really dont want this ticket on my record for 10 years because it was CDL.

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Lauren Gotchy ·
You should definitely contest this ticket. Your livelihood as a CDL driver requires that you keep your driving record as clean as possible. You and your attorney may raise an argument that the driver of the other vehicle was driving negligently or recklessly because it seems like the person's car was already damaged prior to making contact with your vehicle. Good luck.
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