This asshat comes out of this with nothing more than a "Failure to Yield" ticket, and instead of feeling lucky that he's not getting blasted for reckless driving, he actually has the gall to plead not guilty? Is he trying to fight this so he can get out of the insurance claim?

Sheesh. Sometimes you have to man up and admit when you make a mistake. Whipping around stopped cars to blast through an intersection and hitting somebody is a pretty big screw up.