thus making me lunge into the back of the car in front,would the damage to that car be my responsibility or the one behind who slammed into me?..( sorry about the use of words,couldnt think of any other way to put it)
2007-02-22 04:21:50 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Insurance & Registration
The rear car would be responsible for all damages. Dont listen to people who say otherwise.. they obviously dont work for car insurance.
Now.. if you rearended the vehicle in front of you prior to being rearended.. that would be a different story.
2007-02-22 04:25:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think that it would all depend on how fast they were going. If they were going so fast that it pushed you real far into it. I was always told that you are always suppose to be at least a car length to a half a car length when you stop or drive behind someone. If you don't which most people don't and you are already so close to them and you were hit from behind then you were responsible. I might be wrong but that is what I was told. You know if the insurance can work it's ways they will always try to blame it on someone else through all their little loopholes that they won't be responsible.
2007-02-22 04:31:42 · answer #2 · answered by Mrs. Know It All 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You are responsible for the car you hit in front - not leaving enough gap. The car that hit you from behind is responsible. But insuerance companies will agrue it out how fast and hard the car that hit from behind.
2007-02-22 17:41:28 · answer #3 · answered by WelshLad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recently had this very thing happen I was rear ended and pushed into the car in front of me. My insurance found the driver who hit me at fault for both my car and the car in front of me.
2007-02-22 04:30:29 · answer #4 · answered by dpanic27 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As above - the one at the back is resonsible for all the ones in front that hit as a result of the impact.
Smoothie, you are not too close to the one in front if someone behind you makes you hit it.
The question implies that everyone is stationary at the point of impact.
2007-02-22 04:27:55 · answer #5 · answered by spiegy2000 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It happened to a friend of mine in 1990. He went in to the back of one car, which hit another, which hit another. So his insurance paid for damage to both the other vehicles + his own.
2007-02-22 04:29:11 · answer #6 · answered by Narky 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
its always the car at rear who is at fault. about 2 years ago a woman smashed into the back of me while i was waiting to turn right when the police arrived she tried to get out of it by saying i was not indicating (lying) the copper said it was irrelevant anyway and said no matter what she was in the wrong. she got pretty stroppy but her insurance paid out immediatley.
2007-02-22 04:40:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
both you and the vehicle in front of you would need to claim from the vehicle that hit you whether your vehicle was moving or stationary once the vehicles collided it forcibly pushed you onto the other vehicle - if you have received any paperwork from the insurance company of the vehicle that you hit forward it to your own insurance company to be dealt with
2007-02-22 09:12:15 · answer #8 · answered by suki doo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you hit a car in front of you, that means you were following too close. I think the original car's insurance is responsible, but you would probably be cited for assured clear distance.
2007-02-22 04:26:49 · answer #9 · answered by smoothie 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
it depends for example if you stopped in the middle of a motorway and got hit it would b your fault but if you were at a traffic light and someone hit you from the rear it would be their fault
2007-02-22 06:05:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋