If you were driving when the accident happened, and if you got a ticket for bad driving of any kind (speeding, careless driving, reckless driving, improper lane change, failure to yield, running a red light, etc.), do not pay it, and immediately tell your lawyer. If you got a ticket for bad driving, do not go to traffic court alone or pay the ticket without discussing the matter with your lawyer first. Your lawyer may go with you to traffic court to fight the ticket. Unless you are convicted of a crime (like D.U.I.), the other side is not allowed to tell a jury at trial about your conviction for bad driving. Florida Law # 318.14. Nevertheless, if you pay a ticket for bad driving, or plea (admit that you are) "guilty" in traffic court, the other side will claim during settlement discussions (not trial) that when you paid your ticket or when you pled "guilty", that payment or your "guilty" plea was an "admission" that you were at fault in the accident, and then use that argument to drive down the settlement value of your case in settlement discussions (not trial). But, if you were a passenger when the accident happened, do not tell the driver of the vehicle you were in to refrain from paying any ticket or pleading guilty in traffic court, even if the driver is a friend or relative (because this could also hurt your case).