I was hit in a traffic accident

[Schadenfreude]

Basically, I was hit during a left turn in an intersection by a truck in oncoming traffic, and apparently, it's automatically my fault, even though I checked for two full seconds before I made the turn, and the girl was gunning it down the road. I mean, I was hit on the front right corner of my car, I was barely starting to move, and she hit me so hard that my car was facing backwards by the time the car stopped.

I have no witnesses, and speaking to a friend of mine who handles these types of things for insurance, I practically have no chance of winning, even if I took it to court. I was cited for not giving the right of way, and she was scot free.

This basically means that I'll have to pay for all the damage, even though it's her fvcking fault she hit me.

Fvcking ridiculous.

EDIT: Oh, by the way, after we took all this, the police car came, towed it away, etc., the fvcking bitch starts complaining about neck and back pains too.

 

[pulse8]

Ummm...If you were making the left, she hit you and the light wasn't red, then I can't imagine how it wouldn't be your fault.

 

[theNEOone]

um, it's your fault dude. she's going straight, you're making a left. she has the right of way. it doesn't matter if she was going 600 mph. she'd get a speeding ticket, you'd get a ticket for causing the accident.

end of story. sucks to be you.


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[TuxDave]

Sorry to hear it, but I agree, you can't win this.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Jehovah
Basically, I was hit during a left turn in an intersection by a truck in oncoming traffic, and apparently, it's automatically my fault, even though I checked for two full seconds before I made the turn, and the girl was gunning it down the road. I mean, I was hit on the front right corner of my car, I was barely starting to move, and she hit me so hard that my car was facing backwards by the time the car stopped.

I have no witnesses, and speaking to a friend of mine who handles these types of things for insurance, I practically have no chance of winning, even if I took it to court. I was cited for not giving the right of way, and she was scot free.

This basically means that I'll have to pay for all the damage, even though it's her fvcking fault she hit me.

Fvcking ridiculous.

ummm no,
if you have a police report describing the skid marks and position of your car any good lawyer can argue that she was speeding.

 

[maddogchen]

yeah it is your fault. My friend was at one of these intersections and he saw the incoming car slow down to make a turn so he went and turned and the cop saw this and gave him a ticket because unless the incoming car actually signalled or until it made the turn, he had to pause and let it have the right of way first.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Originally posted by: pulse8
Ummm...If you were making the left, she hit you and the light wasn't red, then I can't imagine how it wouldn't be your fault.

Why?! I made sure the coast was clear, I had the green light, and the opposite lane was empty when I began the turn!

 

[TuxDave]

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: Jehovah
Basically, I was hit during a left turn in an intersection by a truck in oncoming traffic, and apparently, it's automatically my fault, even though I checked for two full seconds before I made the turn, and the girl was gunning it down the road. I mean, I was hit on the front right corner of my car, I was barely starting to move, and she hit me so hard that my car was facing backwards by the time the car stopped.

I have no witnesses, and speaking to a friend of mine who handles these types of things for insurance, I practically have no chance of winning, even if I took it to court. I was cited for not giving the right of way, and she was scot free.

This basically means that I'll have to pay for all the damage, even though it's her fvcking fault she hit me.

Fvcking ridiculous.

ummm no,
if you have a police report describing the skid marks and position of your car any good lawyer can argue that she was speeding.

Ok... I guess you can somehow prove that the accident was partially due to her negligence too. But I don't see how he can get out being at fault.

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: Jehovah

Originally posted by: pulse8
Ummm...If you were making the left, she hit you and the light wasn't red, then I can't imagine how it wouldn't be your fault.

Why?! I made sure the coast was clear, I had the green light, and the opposite lane was empty when I began the turn!

Because you obviously didn't make sure the coast was clear if you got into an accident. That or you didn't time it very well with the speed she was going and either way it's your fault.

 

[TuxDave]

Originally posted by: pulse8

Originally posted by: Jehovah

Originally posted by: pulse8
Ummm...If you were making the left, she hit you and the light wasn't red, then I can't imagine how it wouldn't be your fault.

Why?! I made sure the coast was clear, I had the green light, and the opposite lane was empty when I began the turn!

Because you obviously didn't make sure the coast was clear if you got into an accident.

The coast was clear as in... how far away was she when you began your turn. Unless she was REALLY gunning it.

 

[zixxer]

Originally posted by: TuxDave

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: Jehovah
Basically, I was hit during a left turn in an intersection by a truck in oncoming traffic, and apparently, it's automatically my fault, even though I checked for two full seconds before I made the turn, and the girl was gunning it down the road. I mean, I was hit on the front right corner of my car, I was barely starting to move, and she hit me so hard that my car was facing backwards by the time the car stopped.

I have no witnesses, and speaking to a friend of mine who handles these types of things for insurance, I practically have no chance of winning, even if I took it to court. I was cited for not giving the right of way, and she was scot free.

This basically means that I'll have to pay for all the damage, even though it's her fvcking fault she hit me.

Fvcking ridiculous.

ummm no,
if you have a police report describing the skid marks and position of your car any good lawyer can argue that she was speeding.

Ok... I guess you can somehow prove that the accident was partially due to her negligence too. But I don't see how he can get out being at fault.

I also fail to see how it wasn't your fault. You might be able to ARGUE your way out of it.. but imo it's still your fault even if you were able to get out of it.

 

[TheNinja]

Originally posted by: Jehovah

Originally posted by: pulse8
Ummm...If you were making the left, she hit you and the light wasn't red, then I can't imagine how it wouldn't be your fault.

Why?! I made sure the coast was clear, I had the green light, and the opposite lane was empty when I began the turn!

How much visibility is at this intersection if it was totally clear when you started your turn and you got hit in the front right side? Either:

a) she was HAULING a$$
b) visibility to oncoming traffic was HORRIBLE
c) you take left turns INSANELY slow
d) all of the above

 

[Rickten]

obviously the coast wasn't clear if she was there to hit you. You are at fault unless you were making a left turn on a green arrow, otherwise start praying she doesn't sue you because you will lose.

 

[theNEOone]

Originally posted by: Jehovah

Originally posted by: pulse8
Ummm...If you were making the left, she hit you and the light wasn't red, then I can't imagine how it wouldn't be your fault.

Why?! I made sure the coast was clear, I had the green light, and the opposite lane was empty when I began the turn!

omg then screw the lawyer, what you need is to call roswell because they lost one of their disappearing space craft! :roll:

you obviously missed something. is that not clear to you?!?!?! cars don't appear out of the blue (except, of course, if you're talking about those new cars imported from planet enteron 385)


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[Schadenfreude]

Originally posted by: TuxDave

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: Jehovah
Basically, I was hit during a left turn in an intersection by a truck in oncoming traffic, and apparently, it's automatically my fault, even though I checked for two full seconds before I made the turn, and the girl was gunning it down the road. I mean, I was hit on the front right corner of my car, I was barely starting to move, and she hit me so hard that my car was facing backwards by the time the car stopped.

I have no witnesses, and speaking to a friend of mine who handles these types of things for insurance, I practically have no chance of winning, even if I took it to court. I was cited for not giving the right of way, and she was scot free.

This basically means that I'll have to pay for all the damage, even though it's her fvcking fault she hit me.

Fvcking ridiculous.

ummm no,
if you have a police report describing the skid marks and position of your car any good lawyer can argue that she was speeding.

Ok... I guess you can somehow prove that the accident was partially due to her negligence too. But I don't see how he can get out being at fault.

That's what I've been hearing multiple times, that technically it's my fault, but it still pisses me off - if she wasn't speeding that fvcking fast or actually paying attention, then this wouldn't have happened!

Yeah, the guys I talked to handled thousands of cases like this - basically, the best case scenario is that she'd get a light slap on the wrist, but the majority of the fault would lie with me. Fvcking pisses me off.

 

[pulse8]

You still aren't getting that even if she was speeding, you didn't time the turn well and suck at driving.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Originally posted by: Staley8

Originally posted by: Jehovah

Originally posted by: pulse8
Ummm...If you were making the left, she hit you and the light wasn't red, then I can't imagine how it wouldn't be your fault.

Why?! I made sure the coast was clear, I had the green light, and the opposite lane was empty when I began the turn!

How much visibility is at this intersection if it was totally clear when you started your turn and you got hit in the front right side? Either:

a) she was HAULING a$$
b) visibility to oncoming traffic was HORRIBLE
c) you take left turns INSANELY slow
d) all of the above

d.: I stopped to make the left turn and was hit when I was beginning to make the turn, there were a few other cars in the middle lane on the opposite side, and there's a small hill about 100 yards ahead of me.

 

[kt]

I don't know.. sounds like you're taking your sweet time to make that turn. When I make a left turn like that, I usually haul ass out of the oncoming traffic.

 

[theNEOone]

Originally posted by: pulse8
You still aren't getting that even if she was speeding, you didn't time the turn well and suck at driving.

ding ding ding!


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[Schadenfreude]

Originally posted by: pulse8
You still aren't getting that even if she was speeding, you didn't time the turn well and suck at driving.

I was starting to make the turn and it was a two lane road, with a middle lane for left turns. How would I have fvcking have dodged it?

 

[kt]

Originally posted by: Jehovah

Originally posted by: pulse8
You still aren't getting that even if she was speeding, you didn't time the turn well and suck at driving.

I was starting to make the turn and it was a two lane road, with a middle lane for left turns. How would I have fvcking have dodged it?

Don't stick your nose out unless you know for sure you can complete the turn.

Btw, was there a middle lane?

 

[Rickten]

Originally posted by: kt

Originally posted by: Jehovah

Originally posted by: pulse8
You still aren't getting that even if she was speeding, you didn't time the turn well and suck at driving.

I was starting to make the turn and it was a two lane road, with a middle lane for left turns. How would I have fvcking have dodged it?

Don't stick your nose out unless you know for sure you can complete the turn.

I'm amazed this guy has his license since obviously he doesn't grasp the concept of yielding to oncoming traffic.

 

[theNEOone]

Originally posted by: kt

Originally posted by: Jehovah

Originally posted by: pulse8
You still aren't getting that even if she was speeding, you didn't time the turn well and suck at driving.

I was starting to make the turn and it was a two lane road, with a middle lane for left turns. How would I have fvcking have dodged it?

Don't stick your nose out unless you know for sure you can complete the turn.

he obviously doesn't get it, it'll probably take 3 more accidents for him to realize what his problem is. and btw, i had an idiot like you demolish my fvcking car when i was in high school. i was driving straight, he was making a left and "thought the coast was clear" and caused $3000 worth of damage to my car. of course my friend's body shop estimated the damage at $4500 and my car came back in better shape than ever, but i still think that guy was a complete idiot.

how old are you jehovah?


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[Schadenfreude]

Originally posted by: kt

Originally posted by: Jehovah

Originally posted by: pulse8
You still aren't getting that even if she was speeding, you didn't time the turn well and suck at driving.

I was starting to make the turn and it was a two lane road, with a middle lane for left turns. How would I have fvcking have dodged it?

Don't stick your nose out unless you know for sure you can complete the turn.

Btw, was there a middle lane?

Like I said, I waited two full seconds for the lane to be empty with a green light, and as I was beginnig the turn, I saw the chick on the top of the hill. What the fvck should I be doing, putting up cones around the path of my fvcking car?

 

[Tiamat]

Thats a tough one... I believe that a car already within the intersection has right of way over cars not within the intersection. Was there a traffic light? Or was it just an All-way stop sign thing.

Oh wait, you said oncoming traffic... Hmm... if you can proove she was speeding, you might be able to divide the damages, but straight has right of way over turn, so...