Parked car opened their door in to my moving car as I drove past. Who's at fault?

arcon5

Car_54 wrote: »

And perhaps the OP is lucky that it was a door opening rather than a child running out.

We don't know, we've only got one side of a story.

It is the imaginary child that is lucky, not op. It is lucky that the imaginary child didn't run in to a moving object.

I'd love to live in your world where being side swiped can always be avoided and all accidents seem to be preventable. Because sadly in the real world there is always a point of no return for accidents and most of the time for one party was unpreventable.

warehouse

So then what is the point of knowing the make and model of the car behind?

[Deleted User]

warehouse wrote: »

So then what is the point of knowing the make and model of the car behind?

Awareness?
or did that slip past you?

Possible specifics a blue light vehicle which you should be aware of and let them pass when safe

Car_54

So if the car behind is 12" from your bumper it's not your problem? You may be right when it comes to apportioning blame, but that's not much help if you're dead.

shaun_from_Africa

warehouse wrote: »

So then what is the point of knowing the make and model of the car behind?

treboeth wrote: »

Awareness?
or did that slip past you?

Possible specifics a blue light vehicle which you should be aware of and let them pass when safe

Being aware that there is a vehicle behind you is fair enough, but I agree with the point made by warehouse.
Why does it matter if you don't know whether it's a Ford Focus or a BMW 525 as long as you know if it's a car, motorbike, ambulance, lorry etc?

[Deleted User]

My point is awareness not necessarily knowing the exact vehicle, many people adhere to the rule of what is in front and forget awareness of what is going on around them and Londontiger states this very thing in his post.

pendragon_arther

warehouse wrote: »

So then what is the point of knowing the make and model of the car behind?

They're probably head-hunting for MI5.

rich13348

Presumably to check you are aware of your surroundings. When I was taught to drive (not IAM) I was told it was best practice to check your mirrors every 10 seconds. You are also meant to check your mirrors before making any changes to your speed such as braking or turning right just in case some idiot decides to overtake you. You may think well !!!!'em they can crash in to me if they want but you have a duty mitigate accidents as much as the other driver.

Drivers get fined when passengers dont wear seatbelts,

This too is bull !!!!. If the passenger is over 14 it is the passenger who is responsible and will be fined, hence the reason it is a non-endorsable fine of £100.

PasturesNew

There are many aspects to this that could be questioned.

You say you came round a corner, what sort of corner? Were they (illegally) parking 'too close to a corner' as defined in the highway code?
Were you paying attention when you turned that corner, was it a junction, were you looking right/pulling out and didn't even think about parked car danger.

The starting point, I feel, is that it's their fault as they've not checked it's OK to open their door.... but, upon inspection, other factors could be questioned, making it a tougher 'fight'.

vikingaero

samphe wrote: »

As I was driving along slowly as I had just come around a corner, a passenger in a parked car opened their door in to my car door. The only damage is to the door.

To me, this cannot be my fault? At the time the driver said she would prefer not to go through the insurance companies. I got a quote and the other driver has asked me to pay half. I've said no.

She has said it will have to go through insurance company then.

Her argument is that it was my car that was moving and her's was stationary! How does that make her in the right? She's admitted in a text to us that the passenger opened the car door in to me.

Am I missing something?

Wow! The MSE Motoring Polis are out in force dissecting everything that doesn't need to be examined.

Simple. The other car owner is a scamming retard. Either claim on your own insurance and get them to claim off her or get it repaired yourself and issue her with an invoice/LBA/Summons.