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Article #21241Re: Am I screwed?
From: viksning
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 16:17
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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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,8ce396680abff4a3 X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-07-15 09:06:44 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!redstone.interpath.net!ddsw1!news.kei.com!eff!news.umbc.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!darwin.sura.net!guvax.acc.georgetown.edu!viksning From: viksning@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu Newsgroups: dc.driving Subject: Re: Am I screwed? Message-ID: <1994Jul15.111712.11276@guvax> Date: 15 Jul 94 11:17:11 -0500 Distribution: dc Organization: Georgetown University Lines: 19