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noboost	Feb-06-08 12:09 PM
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#31412, "RE: If it wasn't for bad luck... (huge camera phone pics)"
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Originally posted by DR1665
the kid's told his insurance company that *I* ran a red light and that's why I hit him.

Doesn't matter in CA. I'm almost certain the same law applies in AZ. Our law specifically says you may not turn across lanes of traffic, enter an intersection, or block someone's right of way unless it is safe to do so. He made an unsafe turn in front of oncoming traffic, which always has the right of way. Doesn't matter what you did.

Originally posted by DR1665
if the light was red for a mile, he would have been running it too. The light turned yellow right as I entered the intersection.

Again, there is no law in CA that prohibits entering an intersection on a yellow light. There's not even a law that says you can't be in an intersection after the light turns red. Only that you may not enter *after* it turns red.

What if during gridlock, 3 cars get stuck in the intersection, and the light turns red while they're still out there, blocking traffic?

Would the crosstraffic with the green light have the legal right to plow right into them? No.

Would the people stuck in the intersection have the legal right to plow into the car in front of them so they could safely leave the intersection? No.

Originally posted by DR1665
There was absolutely no way ANYONE could have stopped short and missed him.

Speaking strictly in legal terms, and for your future benefit as a driver, that is not true. If you had been going 15mph, you could have stopped short.

One could make a very weak argument that you were going too fast for conditions because you were not able to stop in the 20 feet or so you were given due to the mistakes of this driver.

However since you have the right-of-way, regardless of intersections, lights, or conditions, he is required to yield right of way to you at all times. He simply has to wait for higher priority traffic to pass, and make his turn across the right-of-way when, and only when, it is safe to do so.

It's his insurance's job to attempt to transfer the blame (or at least create enough doubt for you to accept a percentage settlement) onto you, using either the "too fast for conditions" or "ran a red light" so "you were breaking the law too" arguments. They're in the insurance business to make money, not pay it out.

Just let your insurance handle everything, this happens every time there's an accident. Don't talk to the opposite side, give everything you can to your own agent (keep copies for yourself), don't sign anything until you're sure its fair and you're happy.

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