Originally Posted by
john lennon
Hello all:
I have a question about the driving record section of the Delta app and would like some advice. To make a long story short, I recently totaled my car while driving on the interstate. It had just started to rain, cars were slowing down ahead of me, and I reached up and hit the brakes. The car hydroplaned, and spun out of control and hit the sidewall of an elevated expressway. I was lucky for 2 reasons, one - I was not hurt, and two - I did not hit anyone else. Just had a damaged car and ego. I ended up calling the police and when they arrived they basically said I could either get a ticket for careless driving (or something like that) or sign a piece of paper which said I did not need a police report and I can go on my merry way with no ticket, since no other vehicles were involved. I chose the second option.
My question is how do I report this on the app? I want to make it clear that I do not want to hide anything. I am having trouble coming up with what to put down for this accident, and how much detail should be entered.
Thank you in advance.
JL
As others have said, there was no infraction/violation, so you're probably fine not including it. However if it would give you peace of mind to do so, then go ahead and do so (no sense letting it keep you up at night).
If you do decide to list it, then I suggest explicitly stating that it was an accident and not a violation. For example, in the App under the violation column, just state "accident", list the date, city, county; and under the description simply/briefly say what you explained above - you were in an accident, no one was injured and no ticket/violation was issued. This will clear your conscience if you're worried about it and will show that there really isn't an issue. That said, this is just my $0.02; I'm not a traffic attorney, however I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express once
