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Car accident... Who's fault?
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Bradden said:Whist reading through all the replies it seems it was your fault.. I can understand why you think some of the responsibility should be theirs for just pulling out! Sadly it seems the law is pretty black and white on this.
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KimJongUn88 said:Duckkyprime23 said:She wasn't approaching tho, she was parked at the side of my car. Whilst reversing she pulled out. Shouldn't she have checked her mirrors to see anything was coming down the road behind her?0
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Why would she check her mirrors for a cyclist about to pass her and cut in front of her? Surely she'd see the cyclist, erm, cutting in front of her whilst looking forward? Also, by checking her mirrors and seeing a cyclist it does not then follow that the cyclist will cut in front of her.0
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DoaM said:Why would she check her mirrors for a cyclist about to pass her and cut in front of her?
I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....
(except air quality and Medical Science)
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DoaM said:Why would she check her mirrors for a cyclist about to pass her and cut in front of her? Surely she'd see the cyclist, erm, cutting in front of her whilst looking forward? Also, by checking her mirrors and seeing a cyclist it does not then follow that the cyclist will cut in front of her.1
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If you're going to be sarky, at least put some effort into it. Here's a facepalm emoji 🤦♂️0
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I was driving down a narrow road ,the sign said not suitable hgvs ,I came to a bend ,there was a cone to the side of the road I pulled into the side of the road well away from the bend to allow an hgv to come around the bend .The hgv came around too fast and clipped my car ,he stopped further down the road ,I took all photographs of my car position the road and signs ,a witness was on the scene two seconds later having heard the crash but he could only see the wagon I was on the other side .All parties knew I was stationary at the time ,but ,now the other party is trying to blame me saying I drove into the truck and wont accept the witness account who has told them that in no way was I at fault as I was stationary but they will not accept this as he did not see the impact .
I feel very stressed being blamed for an accident which clearly was not my fault ,and now with my no claims bonus has pushed up my insurance renewal by £135.Can anyone give me any advice ,or similar happened to them .0 -
He said, she said. The independent witness is on your side, but didn't actually see anything happen, and just assumed.
I presume insurance have decided it's split liability?
"Not suitable for HGVs" does not mean HGVs are illegal there. A weight or height or length restriction would be required - and, even then, would normally come with an "except for access" caveat. And, even if it wasn't meant to be there, that doesn't mean liability is changed.0 -
neilmcl said:Duckkyprime23 said:
So here's kind of what went down.. Not the best diagram but it's the best I could do atm lol. I'm the green, her the orange
I need to think of something new here...1 -
ellie14 said:I was driving down a narrow road ,the sign said not suitable hgvs ,I came to a bend ,there was a cone to the side of the road I pulled into the side of the road well away from the bend to allow an hgv to come around the bend .The hgv came around too fast and clipped my car ,he stopped further down the road ,I took all photographs of my car position the road and signs ,a witness was on the scene two seconds later having heard the crash but he could only see the wagon I was on the other side .All parties knew I was stationary at the time ,but ,now the other party is trying to blame me saying I drove into the truck and wont accept the witness account who has told them that in no way was I at fault as I was stationary but they will not accept this as he did not see the impact .
I feel very stressed being blamed for an accident which clearly was not my fault ,and now with my no claims bonus has pushed up my insurance renewal by £135.Can anyone give me any advice ,or similar happened to them .0
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