My question involves a ticket that was issued in the state of New Jersey.

This is my first time posting here. Thanks in advance, for your time.

The car in front of me was stopped by a red light. I started braking a sufficient distance behind him. The problem was that I had no traction, because the roads were slippery/icy. I don't remember how fast I was going but it couldn't have been too fast because I remember clearly that I had time to try pumping the breaks, holding down the breaks and to look to both sides of me to see if there was any room to go to the side(not that I would have been able to, judging by the sliding). I rear-ended the car in front of me. Other driver doesn't get out of his car, he just sits there holding his neck. I call 911 and an officer arrived a minute later. He instructed us to move to a nearby parking lot. After taking my statement, the officer writes me out a ticket for "Following too closely" 39:4-89. I most definitely was not following too closely.

A friend of mine spoke to an officer that he knows and the officer told him that the officer was not legally allowed to issue a ticket to only one party, being that he was not present at the time of the accident. The only time an officer can issue a ticket to only one party, is if the other party requests it. In such a case though, the officer has to let one receiving the ticket, know that it came from the other party's request and allow the one receiving the ticket to reciprocate.

I was wondering if anyone else heard of such a law.
Also, The driver of the other car filed a claim against the insurance company. What, if any, consequences will the outcome of this court case have on the insurance claim?

Thanks,
Ledz88