If im driving north on a four lane road (2 outside turn lanes) at a big intersection and right b4 i get in the intersection it turns yellow. A Man going south was trying to take a left turn. There wasnt much way for me to stop unless i slammed on my breaks. On the other side of the intersection there are also 4 lanes (2 turn lanes each side) i was about a full car length in the intersection when it turned red. he was in the intersection left turn lane as it turned red. he started pulling out and tried 2 go b4 i went as i was going straight. now if the light was red, dont i have the right away since im going straight? and he hit my car maybe driver headlight to the door handle, so it was basically a t-bone. his car was mainly messed up on the front corner driver side. Wasnt he more at fault than me?
2007-10-01 09:42:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Insurance & Registration
Fault: For this wreck you are 100% at fault. You had plenty of time to stop unless you were speeding.
Right-of-way: At big or very busy intersections they typically have protected lefts which means the other guy had the right-of-way. If you know for an absolute fact that all left turns are unprotected lefts then you did have the right-of-way.
2007-10-02 04:25:53 · answer #1 · answered by ModelFlyerChick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are both in the intersection when the light is yellow and it turns red, then yes you have the right of way as you are traveling straight.
However.
If he was waiting in the intersection on the yellow and proceeds to turn while the light turns red, and you enter the intersection as the light is red, then you are at fault for running the red light. Although in this case the other driver does carry some negligence as well
Was there a police report filed? Did anyone receive a ticket? Are there any witnesses to confirm the facts of the accident?
Let your insurance company decide the liability. Also too, What state did this happen in? Some states are "no fault" states so it wouldnt matter who was in the wrong
2007-10-01 09:48:32 · answer #2 · answered by ♥ Uwish ♥ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Contrary to popular belief - a yellow light does not mean "speed up and go faster " nor does it mean "quick enter the intersection so that when it turns red you are already in it and have to continue on".
A yellow light is a warning to you that the light is going to be turning red -very soon. In general, it means enter with caution. If you were only 1 car length into the intersection when the light turned red - that tells me that you should have slowed and stopped and not entered the intersection. As you approached that intersection, you should have had reasonable notice that the light had been yellow for a while and was probably getting ready to turn.
In essence, you tried to beat the light.
You are negligent and you bear some fault for causing the accident. Best you can hope for is that the officer blamed you both - but I would not be shocked if you got the ticket.
2007-10-01 15:18:21 · answer #3 · answered by Boots 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have driven millions of miles too and got struck only once left turning on green when a truck ran the red and ran over my VW bug. Entering a intersection while the light is yellow means to me you were not paying attention or you were in a hurry or speeding. The police report and your insurance company will have to work this one out Whitnesses are of little good. Each person at the crash site will have a different perspective. I bet your a lot more carefull now!
2007-10-01 10:47:50 · answer #4 · answered by John Paul 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So.. your basically saying you ran a red light right? Whos to say that by the time you made it to the intersection it hadnt already turned red and he had a green turn arrow? How the heck do you know what his light was?
You sound 100% at fault here if im understanding the facts of loss correctly. No one has the "right of way" through a red light lol
2007-10-01 11:31:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
First thing, if you were only a car length into the intersection when it turned red, you had plenty of time to stop safely if you were doing the speed limit. If it would have required slamming on the brakes, you were speeding. I have been driving for 42 years, seen pretty much everything in a million and a half miles of driving, I know exactly what you were doing. You have no right-of-way on red, he was in the intersection first, based on what you say, waiting to clear the intersection in safety. He should have seen you coming, but you shouldn't have been coming. I would assign it 75% you, 25% him.
2007-10-01 10:32:09 · answer #6 · answered by Fred C 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
50-50.
You were both wrong.
I personally feel that others should have allowed you to clear the intersection before they BEGAN their movement.
But most drivers are such idiots and in such a big hurry anymore. One MUST ALWAYS assume that the intersection is not clear just because signals change.
So I rule judgment at 50-50.
2007-10-01 11:05:35 · answer #7 · answered by HowFuzzyWuzee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think of you have got been at fault. perhaps he basically had his blinker on as a results of fact he had it directly to alter right into a left lane. that happens lots. Plus you could no longer coach he had his blinker on when you get into an accident. anybody would desire to declare, "that they had their blinker on, i did no longer understand, blah blah". i'm no longer asserting it would completely be your fault, yet that's how insurance firms, etc, might view it.
2016-10-10 03:05:00 · answer #8 · answered by hussaini 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋