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Car accident - who's fault is it?
try and follow me here its really complicated:
I had stopped to drop a friend of at the shops. i stopped in a marked bay on the left hand side. the friend got out, went to the shop. i then pulled out so that i could turn the car around somewhere (this is on a normal road with a few shops).
There were these big groups of young teenagers messing around on the other side of the road on the pavement and in parking areas and i couldnt turn in. i got annoyed an i pulled over onto the kerb on double yellow lines about 15 metres before a bend to the left.
after thirty seconds or so, i saw a road ahead on the right and i decided to pull out again in order to turn in there. i signalled right and i looked behind me, no one was there and the big group of teenagers were crossing the road and therefore blocking the left hand side.
i started to pull out and as i did, suddenly this nissan sports car turns up from nowhere and we collided into each other sideways. he came up to me and said sorry and that he was "trying to swerve aroudn those f*cking idiots (the teenagers). he had gone onto the other side of the road and back round again and for that i could not see him in my mirror or behind me.
also the friend and her sister saw the whole thing and they sayt that he swerved around the group of teens which he shouldnt have done. he should have waited.
who's fault do you think it is. please help me out here i am going out of my mind!!!
I had stopped to drop a friend of at the shops. i stopped in a marked bay on the left hand side. the friend got out, went to the shop. i then pulled out so that i could turn the car around somewhere (this is on a normal road with a few shops).
There were these big groups of young teenagers messing around on the other side of the road on the pavement and in parking areas and i couldnt turn in. i got annoyed an i pulled over onto the kerb on double yellow lines about 15 metres before a bend to the left.
after thirty seconds or so, i saw a road ahead on the right and i decided to pull out again in order to turn in there. i signalled right and i looked behind me, no one was there and the big group of teenagers were crossing the road and therefore blocking the left hand side.
i started to pull out and as i did, suddenly this nissan sports car turns up from nowhere and we collided into each other sideways. he came up to me and said sorry and that he was "trying to swerve aroudn those f*cking idiots (the teenagers). he had gone onto the other side of the road and back round again and for that i could not see him in my mirror or behind me.
also the friend and her sister saw the whole thing and they sayt that he swerved around the group of teens which he shouldnt have done. he should have waited.
who's fault do you think it is. please help me out here i am going out of my mind!!!
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I'd say both of your faults and an unhappy coincidence that he crossed lanes as you pulled out. You were both in the wrong.
Was this day or night time?0 -
That's for your insurance companies to decide. Doesn't matter what you or other people think the only people who will decide are the insurers.
PS don't admit to being annoyed as you could be accused of road rage etc.
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yours as you were manoeuvring (in my opinion)
I would imagine the rule book would say you should of anticipated the other car potenitally coming. (in my opinion)0 -
it was at night. i mean surely he should have stopped for this group of children right? also this was a big group of people like at least ten or more and they were covering up at least half the road, my side of the road. he dosent deny this. he is just using the double lines thing as a defence0
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how come you didn't see his lights? how come he didn't see yours?0
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it was at night. i mean surely he should have stopped for this group of children right? also this was a big group of people like at least ten or more and they were covering up at least half the road, my side of the road. he dosent deny this. he is just using the double lines thing as a defence
Sorry,
Nobody on here is going to be able to give you an exact answer, as they were not present at the accident.0 -
deffo yours as you admit they were covering half of the road, he was on the road, you manoeuvred out into his path, you should of stayed still until you could see it was safe
Im sorry that you had a prang!0 -
it was at night. i mean surely he should have stopped for this group of children right? also this was a big group of people like at least ten or more and they were covering up at least half the road, my side of the road. he dosent deny this. he is just using the double lines thing as a defence
He may have been effectively overtaking them as they were an obstacle in his path and he drove round them.
I don't think that you need to stop for everything in a road you are allowed to manoeuvre around things.
Just an opinion but it might end up being your "fault" but only the insurers will decide not any of us on here - sorry0 -
it was the huge crowd of idiots. i couldnt see him cos he was on the wrong side of the road, therefore out of my entire eye sight and he couldn't see me cos he was to busy swerving sround the people and cusing at them. the next thing we know, we ramming along side each other.0
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if the "huge crowd of idiots" was blocking your view, you shouldn't have moved off!0
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