Car accident - who's fault is it?

mymatebob

Not the "huge crowd of idiots" fault - you can be sure of that

chab1990

yeh but these are pedestrians not an object. its like in zebra crossings. even when they pass you, you cant drive on can you. you have to wait. he just decided that he couldnt be bothered to stop.

mymatebob

just like you couldn't be bothered to wait to see if the road was clear

tinkerbell84

chab1990 wrote: »

yeh but these are pedestrians not an object. its like in zebra crossings. even when they pass you, you cant drive on can you. you have to wait. he just decided that he couldnt be bothered to stop.

and you couldn't be bothered to wait for your friend before turning around

or bothering to stop where there were no double yellow lines (which sound like they were there for a reason) - why don't they apply to you?

or to turn in a suitable place where you have good visibility

you can't sue the pedestrians, so forget about that!

hewhoisnotintheknow

so if the group of yobs was a parked lorry you would of just sat there until it moved?

chab1990

tinkerbell84 wrote: »

if the "huge crowd of idiots" was blocking your view, you shouldn't have moved off!

yeh but they were behind me, there was no car at all, why would i have moved off. he was actually in fact still behind the pedestrians as i was looking. cos he was drivin so fast he got around them as i was pulling out.

btw he was driving a sports car. and im sure he sped around them. i was only going at five to ten mph he was at bout 25 to thirty but it was the impact of the collision that slowed him down. also effectively he hit me as his car wasnt damaged.

mymatebob

Aha - so he was a speeding motorist in a fast fancy car - that makes all the difference - his fault no doubt about it!;)

tinkerbell84

chab1990 wrote: »

yeh but they were behind me, there was no car at all, why would i have moved off. he was actually in fact still behind the pedestrians as i was looking. cos he was drivin so fast he got around them as i was pulling out.

btw he was driving a sports car. and im sure he sped around them. i was only going at five to ten mph he was at bout 25 to thirty but it was the impact of the collision that slowed him down. also effectively he hit me as his car wasnt damaged.

doesn't matter what he was driving, nor how fast as speed wasn't the cause of this accident.

you should have a) heard him, b) seen his lights, c) waited for the obstruction to move out of your way before moving.

are you insured third party by any chance?

chab1990

thats the worst part. yep im insured third party fire adn theft. and there was no obstruction.

this was happening behind me, do you understand, there was nothing in front of me. NOTHING.....

Inactive

This thread isn't going to prove anything whatsoever, it seems the OP just wants to try to convince others that he was in the right, which seems highly doubtful to me anyway.