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Re: Am I screwed?

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From: viksning
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 16:17
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Judy, it is my opinion that you are completely in the clear for a 
number of reasons.  1) As soon as you are completely in the lane and 
in front of the other car, you have right-of-way.  2) Your actions did 
not precipitate the accident; his did.  3) Your car was not involved 
in the accident, the cops couldn't charge you with anything, 
especially since they weren't there at the time of the accident.  
Chances are, if they had been there and your car had gotten hit, they 
would have charged the delivery driver with failure to reduce speed to 
avoid a collision.  Also, most pizza delivery places are kind of 
borderline as far as insurance goes; they make the drivers provide 
their own insurance, but ninety-nine times out of a hundred, the 
delivery driver has not let his insurance company know that he is 
using the car for work.  You know, "I just drive the car back and 
forth to work where I make pizza."  Now, all of the above info is not 
ex cathedra, just the opinion of a guy that's been driving a tow truck 
for ten years and seen a couple of accidents (and unfortunately been 
rear-ended a couple of times.)  As far as I'm concerned, you have 
nothing to fear.
Pete
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From: viksning@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu
Newsgroups: dc.driving
Subject: Re: Am I screwed?
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Date: 15 Jul 94 11:17:11 -0500
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