Well Steve, you do bring up a good point. The story here keeps changing from a 35 MPH T-Bone to now what looks like a sideswipe form a merge where the truck did not yield right of way. The part not being talked about is what Nates wife did or didn't do in the situation. Did she apply her brakes or even sound her horn to try and avoid the accident? I would suspect that one of the reasons why the officer did not issue a summons is that if he did, he might have to issue one to Nates wife as well for as Max defines it, careless driving. If she saw what was happening, which according to Nate, she did and did nothing to attempt to avoid it, then she did not take complete control of her vehicle and again, by the Max definition, could be sited for careless driving. Without any tickets issued, it is still clearly the fault of the other driver but if tickets were issued and the ones being summoned choose to fight them, a whole new world of hurt could begin for both sides and since he did not witness the accident or the events leading up to it, he played it safe.