Can anyone tell me if a car hits me in the state of Tennessee from the back door to bumper, is it my fault?

Question

I was involved in a accident, The police officer said i failed to yeild the other driver. There was no car insight when i turned. I was told it would not be my fault if the driver hit my car anywhere from the back to to the bumper. Is this right? I did not get a ticket, but he put in report i failed to yeild. I strongly feel it was not my fault.

Answer 1

Where you get hit isn't the issue. It's the conditions and circumstances that caused you to get hit. Fail to Yield ROW usually means pulling out in front of another car, i.e.from a private drive, or disregarding a traffic control device, i.e. yield sign.

Not enough info.

Answer 2

If the police officer was not an eye witness, and did not do an accident reconstruction, he has no valid basis for offering an opinion.
A proper accident investigation should consist of statements from both drivers, examine the accident scene, examine the damage to both vehicles. If done by a person with ability and experience, a determination of fault can then be made.

A year ago I was involved in a collision. The other driver lied about what happened. His insurance company never looked at my vehicle. About a year after the accident and after forcing the insurance company to go to Arbitration, I recovered 100% of my damages. Doing a complete and proper investigation is vitally important.

Answer 3

Not knowing the full details on where the accident occured I cannot give a good answer for ya. At night? Day? Were you merging? Or turning from one road to another? What has the other driver said about the accident? More details are really needed.

Answer 4

If you failed to yield, you failed to yield. Thus, it is your fault for failing to yield to the driver who had the right-of-way, whether you saw them or not.