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  • Knight165
    *ll St*r
    • Feb 2003
    • 24964

    #31
    Re: Who is at fault in this auto accident.

    Driver 1 is at fault.
    When you cross into another vehicles lane of traffic,(ie. turning).....you must yield to ALL oncoming traffic.
    The only exception to this is when it's the BID RED TRUCK....making the turn .....then just get the heck out of my way, because I don't stop.

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    • Fresh Tendrils
      Strike Hard and Fade Away
      • Jul 2002
      • 36131

      #32
      Re: Who is at fault in this auto accident.

      I almost t-boned some dumb *** girl yesterday. Of course she was running a red light while making her turn, so it obviously would have been her fault.



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      • Champion8877
        MVP
        • Apr 2011
        • 1518

        #33
        Re: Who is at fault in this auto accident.

        Exact same things happened to one of my friends a few weeks ago. He was driver 1 and got cited for it as his fault. So technically it is driver 1's fault, although I personally view it as the fault of the guy who waved him on lol. If you have a green light and you're going straight, then keep going. Don't try to be the nice guy and let driver 1 turn, that just causes accidents.

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        • AUChase
          Hall Of Fame
          • Jul 2008
          • 19408

          #34
          Re: Who is at fault in this auto accident.

          Sometimes people get so caught up in trying to be courteous on the road, that they make the situation more difficult or dangerous.

          It's still Driver 1 fault. The car moving out to pass was in their means and I probably would have done the same, myself.
          Last edited by AUChase; 04-04-2012, 10:52 AM.

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          • roadman
            *ll St*r
            • Aug 2003
            • 26339

            #35
            Re: Who is at fault in this auto accident.

            I would say driver #1.

            In Wisconsin, though, everyone in a car accident is at fault, even though if someone rear-ended you, you are at fault for being on the road.

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            • SuperBowlNachos
              All Star
              • Jul 2004
              • 10218

              #36
              Re: Who is at fault in this auto accident.

              I almost had a situation today where it legally would have been my fault, but it was 100% the other driver. I was backing out of a spot trying to straighten up. The turn into the lot is probably 9 spaces down so plenty of time. There was no one coming as I start to go. I see a truck turn in and I am already 3/4 of the way out. I see the old guy coming towards me and he is looking straight down at a sandwich or something. Luckily he looked up and stopped.

              I wonder though if the person who is backing up that is always legally at fault. Especially since I couldn't prove he was distracted.

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              • Cusefan
                Earlwolfx on XBL
                • Oct 2003
                • 9820

                #37
                Re: Who is at fault in this auto accident.

                This is a really good example as to why your state should be a "no fault" state. Driver 1 did not yield, driver 2 passed on a solid line, but the driver who waved on Driver 1 is technically at fault. As soon as you wave a car through, you essentially take responsibility of what that driver does in a intersection. Good luck proving that though.
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                • TripleCrown9
                  Keep the Faith
                  • May 2010
                  • 23721

                  #38
                  Re: Who is at fault in this auto accident.

                  Originally posted by Acid
                  I was reading through the thread getting more and more excited to make the woman joke.

                  And then you ruin it.
                  Same here
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                  • NDAlum
                    ND
                    • Jun 2010
                    • 11453

                    #39
                    Re: Who is at fault in this auto accident.

                    Originally posted by Cusefan
                    This is a really good example as to why your state should be a "no fault" state. Driver 1 did not yield, driver 2 passed on a solid line, but the driver who waved on Driver 1 is technically at fault. As soon as you wave a car through, you essentially take responsibility of what that driver does in a intersection. Good luck proving that though.
                    Disagree! I've been rear ended twice stopped at red lights. No way on earth do I want to be partly responsible for their negligence.
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                    • slickdtc
                      Grayscale
                      • Aug 2004
                      • 17125

                      #40
                      Re: Who is at fault in this auto accident.

                      I must admit, it's a bit tough to balance between not being a dick (otherwise known as being nice, and waving people in) and still being safe. I've caught myself and said, "Damn, if someone was coming, this could have been bad."

                      I don't wave people at lights. It's just through this one stretch of town where people cross over both lanes, but there's a light right there so traffic gets backed up and they get trapped in the shopping centers.

                      The problem is, people don't use their ****ing signals. I can wave you on if you're going to turn into my lane, but I don't wave them on if they're crossing over my lane into the other... because then they block my lane and a lot of times are blind when turning into the other lane. Not to mention, there's a "suicide lane" there, where it's a left and right turning lane separated only by space (no median or island or anything). It's dangerous.
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                      • ImTellinTim
                        YNWA
                        • Sep 2006
                        • 33028

                        #41
                        Re: Who is at fault in this auto accident.

                        Originally posted by NDAlum
                        Disagree! I've been rear ended twice stopped at red lights. No way on earth do I want to be partly responsible for their negligence.
                        I got rear ended at a stop light and pushed into the car in front of me. Then the guy took off. The person in front of me made a claim on their insurance, so I ended up with an at-fault accident on my insurance. That ******* cost me thousands of dollars.

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                        • AUChase
                          Hall Of Fame
                          • Jul 2008
                          • 19408

                          #42
                          Re: Who is at fault in this auto accident.

                          Originally posted by ImTellinTim
                          I got rear ended at a stop light and pushed into the car in front of me. Then the guy took off. The person in front of me made a claim on their insurance, so I ended up with an at-fault accident on my insurance. That ******* cost me thousands of dollars.
                          Similar incident happened to my sister, a few years ago.. and they claimed she could have prevented being pushed into the car in front of her...

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                          • cjonesfan921
                            UGH, next year
                            • Jan 2005
                            • 20081

                            #43
                            Re: Who is at fault in this auto accident.

                            I got into an accident which I guess was partly my fault, due to trusting others on the road.

                            Long story short, a minivan in front of me hit the car in front of them, and then I hit the minivan.

                            By trusting, I meant, I braked when she braked, and obviously she braked late, causing me to brake late.

                            I suppose if I left a zillion car lengths then this wouldn't happen. Lesson learned.

                            I wasn't tailgating either, by any means. I could have switched lanes and caused a much larger accident.

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                            • ImTellinTim
                              YNWA
                              • Sep 2006
                              • 33028

                              #44
                              Re: Who is at fault in this auto accident.

                              Originally posted by AUChase89
                              Similar incident happened to my sister, a few years ago.. and they claimed she could have prevented being pushed into the car in front of her...
                              Ever since, I've stopped further away from the car in front of me. Screw that happening again.

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