A car accident - Page 5

On November 19 2008 10:01 CharlieMurphy wrote:

I actually saw that exact scenario on one of those daytime court shows. Lady drove into intersection on green, cars didn't make it across (due to traffic congestion). Some dumb ass got his green and just rammed into her. Both of them were at fault. She shouldn't have entered the intersection if she couldn't make it through and the other crasher obviously shouldn't have driven into the clogged intersection even if they have the right-of-way.

PS- CA Law, I think it used to be illegal to pass in an intersection but now its now its legal, just bad manner/not very safe to do.

On November 19 2008 07:01 niteReloaded wrote:
It's a 2 way road, 1 lane for each direction (the cars are kind of small in my original picture), we are both heading north. I AM at the wrong side of the road in the moment of the impact.

The line goes like this - - - - - before intersection, but I'm not sure if it's full once you enter it, I should check that out.

I was thinking exactly the same as you guys BEFORE this guy from my insurance contacted me saying that she's been carelessly performing the most dangerous (legal) maneuver in traffic - the left turn.

If it wasn't for her mistake, I wouldn't have made mine. And when I did make mine, she still had a chance to avoid clash, but failed to take it.

And to the people who are saying what were you thinking... phew, I'm lucky this happened on this occasions; I've done stuff more retarded than this... (like passing people thru the bus stops - those small expansions of the road that are intended for buses to stop and drop people off)

She was just driving slowly, and me and my friend were discussing something so I didn't really think while driving, I was impulsively doing stuff.

I still feel like it's more my fault, but if the law says she's more to blame, I shouldn't really feel bad to take money.

On November 19 2008 06:10 Chill wrote:
You passed her through an intersection?
ROFL
I'm all for aggressive driving, but you majorly fucked up and should pay.

On November 19 2008 21:51 Starparty wrote:
ok, this is getting a bit anoying. He is asking for help and the witty "woman drivers suck" repsonses are getting old. Furthermore its quite rare that insurance companies see black and white in accidents like these since they arent all that happy to pay up, thus "100% OP fault" are a quite hasty conclusion (yes, i even did it myself at first).

Bring some thoughtful input to the topic or atleast just read a couple of pages through to see that no one laughs at old jokes.

As i previously stated, there is still info OP havent revealed that might be crucial in determing the actuall perpetrator in the case. Again, was this in a closed community or on a country road. Those stop signs are most relevant here, because IF, and i say if the accident occured on a country road and the road was a primary road (as indicated by the stop signs), you might actually be able to swing this in favor of OP.

On November 19 2008 10:22 vsrooks wrote:
Edit: She isn't obligated by law to use her blinker

On November 19 2008 15:45 Too_MuchZerg wrote:
So question is why you passed him from left side?

On November 19 2008 18:59 BloodyC0bbler wrote:
With canadian law, if its a broken line you are allowed to move into the uncoming traffic lane to pass provided no cars are there. IF you made to pass her via the uncoming traffic lane before the intersection you should be fine as a) she would have seen you in her rear view mirror as you changed lanes, and should have seen you approaching in her side mirror.

Next she didnt signal her fucking turn, which means she didnt check her mirrors nor even look out the window, and just turned into you, ie HER FUCKING Fault

You were retarded, dont pass someone through an intersection, but still, if its a broken line your allowed to pass, she didn't signal her turn, nor check her mirrors before starting her turn, which means shes retarded, this is an accident that had she driven properly would never have happened even with your retarded pass.

Do i think your partially to blame, yes, but her moreso as she didn't do alot of things she should have been doing while driving, and most of em were biggies

On November 19 2008 22:32 IrrasO wrote:
the way that he keeps tacking on new things to defend himself leads me to believe that he didn't really come here for advice, more that he came for validation in what he wants to do. while the OP may not be 100% guilty, his actions in overtaking the woman at an intersection were both illegal and the main cause of the accident. if he still feels like he's to blame but still wants to chance it and try to pin it on her, then by all means take this to court with her. in the end he could probably save himself a lot of money and grief by just manning up and settling with her outside of court.

On November 19 2008 22:40 Kong John wrote:
If you see a car breaking at an intersection you do not try to pass it. Actually you dont pass any cars whatsoever at an intersection according to law, so if were you idd try not to get this into court.