OK, I'm sitting at a stop light ...
The cars coming in my direction are pretty
backed up at their light.
I notice a car trying to pass those backed up,
by dring across the solid double line, partially in the wrong lane,
in order to get to the turn lane, which has no one in it.
Then, I notice a car pulliing out of 7-11, which is alongside
the cars backed up at the light, between a couple cars that left sapce for
him.
Right then, I think to my self, "damn, they're gonna hit each other"
Sure enough, the next thing I hear is a loud SMACK ...
They ran right into each other, neither one seing the other.
No one even hit their brakes. Both cars' front ends were demolished.
Hoods bent up, radiatiors pushed back, enginges smoking.
Luckily, all passengers in both cars seemed OK, as they all got out right
away.
Just then, I got my green, and drove pass them.
From what I saw, I have no idea who was at fault, since it seemed
like they both messed up...
1st car for driving across the yellow,
2nd car for pulling into traffic (even though it was illegal traffic)
Since the first car shouldn't have been there, is the second car free of fault?
Or is it possible for both cars to be ticketed as "at fault" ?
Who do you think was at fault ?
Here's a diagram of the scene
The cars coming in my direction are pretty
backed up at their light.
I notice a car trying to pass those backed up,
by dring across the solid double line, partially in the wrong lane,
in order to get to the turn lane, which has no one in it.
Then, I notice a car pulliing out of 7-11, which is alongside
the cars backed up at the light, between a couple cars that left sapce for
him.
Right then, I think to my self, "damn, they're gonna hit each other"
Sure enough, the next thing I hear is a loud SMACK ...
They ran right into each other, neither one seing the other.
No one even hit their brakes. Both cars' front ends were demolished.
Hoods bent up, radiatiors pushed back, enginges smoking.
Luckily, all passengers in both cars seemed OK, as they all got out right
away.
Just then, I got my green, and drove pass them.
From what I saw, I have no idea who was at fault, since it seemed
like they both messed up...
1st car for driving across the yellow,
2nd car for pulling into traffic (even though it was illegal traffic)
Since the first car shouldn't have been there, is the second car free of fault?
Or is it possible for both cars to be ticketed as "at fault" ?
Who do you think was at fault ?
Here's a diagram of the scene