Bad news for my festy please help!:(

[Larry Hampton]

I thought you're supposed to yield to a person signaling into your lane if they're in front of you. Which is what sounds like happened.

[bravekozak]

That's where the phrase "only if the way is clear" comes in. Just because he signalled does not mean he is automatically entitled to change lanes. He must ensure the other person has yielded or he will be at fault.

[muleskinner]

An accident could have been avoided. It just takes one person to yield or avoid the person who has the blind spot.
My saying is: Becareful out there and watchout for the other guy!

I have had other drivers turn into me before and I had to get out of the way to avoid an accident. Just saying!

body work is fixable.

[Speed_bro]

im a girl picture on my profile and all of you guys were proved wrong, they found the gentlemen at fault because he failed to maintain speed, as well as continue to accelerate when he should have pulled over my car is getting fixed sometime next week(:, thanks anyways guys

[Speed_bro]

looks like he might have other problems aswell because he offered money to keep quiet about the accident.

[muleskinner]

I'm glad to hear it worked out in your favor.

[Speed_bro]

yea they saw the points of impact as well as the size of my vehicle aviously they saw the fact my car was relativily small compared to his etc!, so yea glad things worked out aswell!

[GenevaDirt]

[QUOTE=bravekozak;646057]

In my experience it is the car from behinds fault./QUOTE]

Right of way is determined if you were together in the same lane. Look at it as maintenance of way, like a railway train on the tracks. A streetcar or trolley can't change lanes. So, if it gets hit from the side, guess who's fault it is?

The person who hits another directly from behind is always at fault. No control of their vwhicle.

I should be a judge.

That's where the phrase "only if the way is clear" comes in. Just because he signalled does not mean he is automatically entitled to change lanes. He must ensure the other person has yielded or he will be at fault.

Guess the judge is wrong and I was right.....BOOM!

im a girl picture on my profile and all of you guys were proved wrong, they found the gentlemen at fault because he failed to maintain speed, as well as continue to accelerate when he should have pulled over my car is getting fixed sometime next week(:, thanks anyways guys

Glad it was determined to be his fault....good luck with the fix.

[Speed_bro]

Thanks!(: , yea everything's working out then I'll go ahead and install my stereo and speakers after and also proceed to put the rest of my decals in

[jdm19942]

I would tell him isn't it funny how it would have been bad for me to call the police but now you want me to keep quiet.


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[lessersivad]

I'm glad things worked out in your favor. Sometimes the system DOES work.

[drddan]

looks like he might have other problems as well because he offered money to keep quiet about the accident.

:highly_amused: Glad it worked out and it was determined to be his fault....good luck with the fix.

Guess the judge is wrong and I was right.....BOOM!

:laughing3: :laughing3: :laughing3: Hoo hoo! Now, thats funny!!

[Speed_bro]

Yea at first I was put at fault just by the accident reports, at which point they sent an adjuster then by points of impact that it was then decided that the gentleman failed to stop when he should have aswell as over sped, for some reason they didn't declare my car a total loss because the car was running etc. so yup lol

[Spike]

^Probably because you could show them $350 to repair damage. Otherwise, they would have sent out a report, realized they can't buy new fenders, ect. Then a total loss would have been declared.

Just be glad you were proactive! Congrats.

[Speed_bro]

Thanks! Yea I did everything in my power to get this settled, I mean that gentlemens vehicle was relativaly larger than mine the whole thing was just redicioulous /.-