My daughter received a summons for a rear end accident

[backscatter712]

35. In some jurisdictions, the hip thing is to require a court appearance for any auto collision.

Simple low-speed rear-end accident due to bad reflexes? The common sense thing to do is simply exchange insurance info, file a claim, and be done with it.

But now, police are under orders to write a more serious ticket at any time two vehicles bump each other. Had that happen to me - the cop was required to write me a summons that required a court appearance, but I pled it down to a 2-point moving violation, so I didn't actually have to make the appearance.

Seems to me that's a waste of the court's time.