I was in a 4 car accident this morning

[nboy22]

Originally posted by: stan394

Originally posted by: Ronstang
You are responsible for the damage to the F150 because you hit him from the rear.

depends, i have heard stories that the mazda pays for both damages, although i have heard other stories where all parties are partially at fault too.

There's this part of driver's Education that I still remember, it says that if you hit someone in front of you, it's your fault. Mainly because you should have enough distance in between you and the car in front of you that you can stop in time. They never said it would be anyones fault but yours.

 

[stan394]

where in 101?

 

[SparkyJJO]

Originally posted by: nboy22

Originally posted by: stan394

Originally posted by: Ronstang
You are responsible for the damage to the F150 because you hit him from the rear.

depends, i have heard stories that the mazda pays for both damages, although i have heard other stories where all parties are partially at fault too.

There's this part of driver's Education that I still remember, it says that if you hit someone in front of you, it's your fault. Mainly because you should have enough distance in between you and the car in front of you that you can stop in time. They never said it would be anyones fault but yours.

QFT

They don't care. If you were at a complete stop, with a car's length between you and someone in front of you and you get hit hard enough that it shoves your car into the car in front of you, you get cited for failure to control. It's messed up :frown: you might be able to get out of it tho, but who knows. Guess we'll find out

 

[stan394]

Originally posted by: nboy22

Originally posted by: stan394

Originally posted by: Ronstang
You are responsible for the damage to the F150 because you hit him from the rear.

depends, i have heard stories that the mazda pays for both damages, although i have heard other stories where all parties are partially at fault too.

There's this part of driver's Education that I still remember, it says that if you hit someone in front of you, it's your fault. Mainly because you should have enough distance in between you and the car in front of you that you can stop in time. They never said it would be anyones fault but yours.

I am a strong believer of keeping the distance between the car in front of you too. so I agree with you/law that you should have left enough distance. but i also agree with someone up in the thread that there got to be a line drawn somewhere. if you can prove that you came to a complete stop 10 car lengths from the car in front and still got pushed into it (maybe a bit TOO far fetch 😛), should it still be considered your fault?

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: SparkyJJO

Originally posted by: nboy22

Originally posted by: stan394

Originally posted by: Ronstang
You are responsible for the damage to the F150 because you hit him from the rear.

depends, i have heard stories that the mazda pays for both damages, although i have heard other stories where all parties are partially at fault too.

There's this part of driver's Education that I still remember, it says that if you hit someone in front of you, it's your fault. Mainly because you should have enough distance in between you and the car in front of you that you can stop in time. They never said it would be anyones fault but yours.

QFT

They don't care. If you were at a complete stop, with a car's length between you and someone in front of you and you get hit hard enough that it shoves your car into the car in front of you, you get cited for failure to control. It's messed up :frown: you might be able to get out of it tho, but who knows. Guess we'll find out

And the people that would actually cite for that....I'd stand in front of them swinging a baseball bat and have someone come up behind them and push them hard forward. Not my fault right?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: neovan
So I was driving to work going north on the 101. The driver in front of me starts to break and so do I. Then I get hit from behind causing me to hit the guy in front of me (I did not come to a complete stop yet). Another car is involved which hit the car behind me.

toyota pickup --> mazda 3 --> my honda prelude --> ford f-150

the CHP came by and wrote the report and I also called my insurance company. Had to tow my car to a body shop and he told me that it looks like a complete loss.

i'm assuming it would be the toyota pickup's fault since I think he caused the chain reaction. what do you guys think?

No, it's the guy who rear ended you who is at fault. He was following too closely. Same with the guy who rear ended him. You might be partially at fault for not stopping far enough from the vehicle in front of you since you were pushed into him.

 

[arcenite]

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: SparkyJJO

Originally posted by: nboy22

Originally posted by: stan394

Originally posted by: Ronstang
You are responsible for the damage to the F150 because you hit him from the rear.

depends, i have heard stories that the mazda pays for both damages, although i have heard other stories where all parties are partially at fault too.

There's this part of driver's Education that I still remember, it says that if you hit someone in front of you, it's your fault. Mainly because you should have enough distance in between you and the car in front of you that you can stop in time. They never said it would be anyones fault but yours.

QFT

They don't care. If you were at a complete stop, with a car's length between you and someone in front of you and you get hit hard enough that it shoves your car into the car in front of you, you get cited for failure to control. It's messed up :frown: you might be able to get out of it tho, but who knows. Guess we'll find out

And the people that would actually cite for that....I'd stand in front of them swinging a baseball bat and have someone come up behind them and push them hard forward. Not my fault right?

I strongly believe that to be a load of ******. You were in enough control of your car to be able to start before ass ****** the guy in front of you, the guy who hit you should be ****** in the ass.

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: arcenite

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: SparkyJJO

Originally posted by: nboy22

Originally posted by: stan394

Originally posted by: Ronstang
You are responsible for the damage to the F150 because you hit him from the rear.

depends, i have heard stories that the mazda pays for both damages, although i have heard other stories where all parties are partially at fault too.

There's this part of driver's Education that I still remember, it says that if you hit someone in front of you, it's your fault. Mainly because you should have enough distance in between you and the car in front of you that you can stop in time. They never said it would be anyones fault but yours.

QFT

They don't care. If you were at a complete stop, with a car's length between you and someone in front of you and you get hit hard enough that it shoves your car into the car in front of you, you get cited for failure to control. It's messed up :frown: you might be able to get out of it tho, but who knows. Guess we'll find out

And the people that would actually cite for that....I'd stand in front of them swinging a baseball bat and have someone come up behind them and push them hard forward. Not my fault right?

I strongly believe that to be a load of ******. You were in enough control of your car to be able to start before ass ****** the guy in front of you, the guy who hit you should be ****** in the ass.

I really can't understand what the ****** ****** ****** you're ****** when ****** and ****** ****** and if ****** ****** in control of ****** then ****** if I cannot hold ****** for ****** ****** and then really now!

 

[arcenite]

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: arcenite

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: SparkyJJO

Originally posted by: nboy22

Originally posted by: stan394

Originally posted by: Ronstang
You are responsible for the damage to the F150 because you hit him from the rear.

depends, i have heard stories that the mazda pays for both damages, although i have heard other stories where all parties are partially at fault too.

There's this part of driver's Education that I still remember, it says that if you hit someone in front of you, it's your fault. Mainly because you should have enough distance in between you and the car in front of you that you can stop in time. They never said it would be anyones fault but yours.

QFT

They don't care. If you were at a complete stop, with a car's length between you and someone in front of you and you get hit hard enough that it shoves your car into the car in front of you, you get cited for failure to control. It's messed up :frown: you might be able to get out of it tho, but who knows. Guess we'll find out

And the people that would actually cite for that....I'd stand in front of them swinging a baseball bat and have someone come up behind them and push them hard forward. Not my fault right?

I strongly believe that to be a load of ******. You were in enough control of your car to be able to start before ass ****** the guy in front of you, the guy who hit you should be ****** in the ass.

I really can't understand what the ****** ****** ****** you're ****** when ****** and ****** ****** and if ****** ****** in control of ****** then ****** if I cannot hold ****** for ****** ****** and then really now!

I am so sorry, but this is hilarious! In any case, I was just trying to make my point (the censors took away the affect) my feeling towards this "law"

 

[EGGO]

Man that sucks OP. I remember before I got on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge to Philly, a car had to make a turn. He was 2 cars ahead of me. I'm one of those who follow the distance rules because it's just plain uncomfortable to be close to a car. The car ahead of me (behind the turning guy) made a quick halt, thankfully, I had enough room to make a good halt too (no tires screeched or anything) but I heard the car behind me move and braked so fast that he almost clipped me.

Hate to sound like a profiler, but by the way the driver and his passengers looked like, it didn't surprise me.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
You are responsible for the damage to the F150 because you hit him from the rear.

I was in the exact same situation, except with one less car and we did come to a complete stop before being hit. We were the car in the middle. It was 100% the fault of the vehicle behind us, 0% our fault.

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: EGGO
Man that sucks OP. I remember before I got on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge to Philly, a car had to make a turn. He was 2 cars ahead of me. I'm one of those who follow the distance rules because it's just plain uncomfortable to be close to a car. The car ahead of me (behind the turning guy) made a quick halt, thankfully, I had enough room to make a good halt too (no tires screeched or anything) but I heard the car behind me move and braked so fast that he almost clipped me.

Hate to sound like a profiler, but by the way the driver and his passengers looked like, it didn't surprise me.

I grew up in CA in the valley...bunch of farmland and stuff. I'm just used to driving closer than most people since we'd end up behind slow cotton trucks and tractors and things.

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: arcenite

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: arcenite

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: SparkyJJO

Originally posted by: nboy22

Originally posted by: stan394

Originally posted by: Ronstang
You are responsible for the damage to the F150 because you hit him from the rear.

depends, i have heard stories that the mazda pays for both damages, although i have heard other stories where all parties are partially at fault too.

There's this part of driver's Education that I still remember, it says that if you hit someone in front of you, it's your fault. Mainly because you should have enough distance in between you and the car in front of you that you can stop in time. They never said it would be anyones fault but yours.

QFT

They don't care. If you were at a complete stop, with a car's length between you and someone in front of you and you get hit hard enough that it shoves your car into the car in front of you, you get cited for failure to control. It's messed up :frown: you might be able to get out of it tho, but who knows. Guess we'll find out

And the people that would actually cite for that....I'd stand in front of them swinging a baseball bat and have someone come up behind them and push them hard forward. Not my fault right?

I strongly believe that to be a load of ******. You were in enough control of your car to be able to start before ass ****** the guy in front of you, the guy who hit you should be ****** in the ass.

I really can't understand what the ****** ****** ****** you're ****** when ****** and ****** ****** and if ****** ****** in control of ****** then ****** if I cannot hold ****** for ****** ****** and then really now!

I am so sorry, but this is hilarious! In any case, I was just trying to make my point (the censors took away the affect) my feeling towards this "law"

It was intended to be hilarious 😛

 

[w00t]

I thought it's the persons fault who hits you in the rear. If that is true all of you are responsible learn to brake 😀 so only the F-150 is in the clear.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: OdiN
You shouldn't be held at fault for anything IMO. But who knows how the insurance companies will fvck it all up.

I'm assuming you're okay if you are here posting. The 101 can be a bitch sometimes.

BTW...got pics of the car?

Yes he should. He was not following at a proper distance and hit the car in front of him.

You have to leave enough room in front of you to stop before you hit the car in front of you, not to stop a three car pileup from hitting the car in front of you.

It sounds like (according to his story) he would not have hit the car in front of him if he had not been hit from the rear.

 

[xrax]

Basically the other drivers' insurance companies are going to try to get out of any fault of the damage to the F150, they will try to pin it on you. It is up to you to prove that you were not negligant so that the insurance companies will be forced to reach the proper settlement of damages. Do you want to take the other parties to court to prove that you weren't at fault? You'll end up getting screwed but maybe your insurance company wont raise your rates because it really wasn't your fault. I'm no expert but ask your insurance company for help on this matter.

 

[BrokenVisage]

So the Neo Van is totalled? 🙁

 

[Nick5324]

Hopefully you aren't held responsible for any of the damage OP, but it wouldn't surprise me if you were considered partially responsible.