Car accident
 

Yesterday sadly my mom got into a car accident, someone crashed into her. Her license has been expired for over a year and she is scheduled to go to court on jan 30 2012. Has this every happened to anyone and what was the result?i am just sad that they might try to deport her :(

Re: Car accident
 

Is this the first time she's been ticketed for driving without a license? What state are you guys in?

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yes this is the first time the last time she was pulled over her license was not expired and we live in georgia 30mins from atlanta

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My parents had Georgia licenses many years ago and got into an accident in NY. Someone crashed into them and so when the police came they just made a police report.

In your mom's case....the accident wasn't her fault, but now that Georgia has gotten pretty strict with everything. They probably want to know why your mom has an expired license so that is what the court date for.

Its best if your mom avoids driving for a while....it would be pretty bad if she got pulled over before the court date.

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is it possible to make it out of this situation in court

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i think she got her car impounded i havnt talked to her since yesterday.....if it did how will she be able to get it back?

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Jeez ... what a bunch of jerks. accident not her fault and they tow her car! unbelievable ...

I suggest a lawyer - unfortunately - try a free legal clinic.

Also, unfortunately I found this: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/us...pagewanted=all

I really suggest a lawyer - right away.

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I'll tell you what happened to my mother. Last year she was pulled over, written a ticket for driving without a license. We had a family friend come and drive her car back so it wasn't impounded by the officer. She went to court, paid the $750.00 and was released after she was finger printed, etc. She was at the county jail for about an hour after court.

Our county is not apart of 287g. So, our lawyer said that she didn't have anything to worry about. He told her to disclose nothing, but if asked anything DO NOT lie.

Check your inbox. I sent you info on a lawyer.

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Does she has insurance?

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A good friend of mine - dreamer was picked up for possession (I know totally not the same as accident / driving - simply relating what happened) . The cops wrote a ticket for him - no fingerprints. The problem was that apparently after you go to court they "book" you. He hired a lawyer - $2K - the lawyer at the very first court appt filed several motions and the prosecutor gave him diversion which meant he had to go to several dozen - about 50 Narcotics Anonymous meetings and write an essay about his experience. Then the entire thing was dismissed - no booking, no fingerprints - but $2K in the hole. His fault though ... and he understands that.