Accident - Need Help!
Discussion
Hi guys,
My sister was sadly involved in an accident today, she’s not to bad besides some bruises.
Who is at fault though?
She was driving along a road, baring in mind only been driving for a week with a new car.
She was slowing down for a bump and stalled.
As she stalled, a friend from work (the irony, lol) ended up going into the back of her.
Now my understanding would be even though she’s stalled, her friend hasn’t give enough space and driving with attention to be able to stop safety without crashing.
Is her friend at fault, at my sister? She’s in quite a state so some advice would go a long way whether it’s good or bad, she’d like to know.
Anyone being involved in something similar?
Thanks.
My sister was sadly involved in an accident today, she’s not to bad besides some bruises.
Who is at fault though?
She was driving along a road, baring in mind only been driving for a week with a new car.
She was slowing down for a bump and stalled.
As she stalled, a friend from work (the irony, lol) ended up going into the back of her.
Now my understanding would be even though she’s stalled, her friend hasn’t give enough space and driving with attention to be able to stop safety without crashing.
Is her friend at fault, at my sister? She’s in quite a state so some advice would go a long way whether it’s good or bad, she’d like to know.
Anyone being involved in something similar?
Thanks.
Your sister's friend is at fault, he/she ran into the back of her, it doesn't matter if she stalled, same as if she had to do an emergency stop to miss a child. if a car goes into the back of another it's said car's fault...be warned though that insurance companies love settling for a 50/50 blame, some even have agreements to this. As long as your sister's friend doesn't make up some cock and ball story that she hit him/her then she should be ok....hope it gets sorted in her favour soon..
Pete
Pete
totally get why in 'most' cases its the person in the rear who is liable but what about incompetent drivers (yes, the OP's sister) for stalling a car on the main road - you dont expect a car to all of a sudden come to a halt and depending on the speed involved in most cases a rear shunt would be involved anyway, even if the driver at the back was keeping distance.
50/50 i would call it.
50/50 i would call it.
Thanks for your opinions guys, please keep them coming. I can understand that inexperienced/OAP comment however referring to the previous, instead of stalling what happens if there was a child in the road and you had to break quickly? Theroteticaly, At the end of the day, if the car behind has left enough room, they shouldn’t be hitting into the backsides
Of you and from an insurance perspective, I could understand it not being her fault and worse case scenario being 50/50
Of you and from an insurance perspective, I could understand it not being her fault and worse case scenario being 50/50
ericmcn said:
totally get why in 'most' cases its the person in the rear who is liable but what about incompetent drivers (yes, the OP's sister) for stalling a car on the main road - you dont expect a car to all of a sudden come to a halt and depending on the speed involved in most cases a rear shunt would be involved anyway, even if the driver at the back was keeping distance.
50/50 i would call it.
Are you such a poor driver that you'd hit a car in front that stopped suddenly??? 50/50 i would call it.
The car behind is clearly at fault. I'm sure they should have covered paying attention and keeping a safe distance in your driving lessons.
ericmcn said:
totally get why in 'most' cases its the person in the rear who is liable but what about incompetent drivers (yes, the OP's sister) for stalling a car on the main road - you dont expect a car to all of a sudden come to a halt and depending on the speed involved in most cases a rear shunt would be involved anyway, even if the driver at the back was keeping distance.
50/50 i would call it.
Well that's quite an insurmountable amount of pish.50/50 i would call it.
bennettse2025 said:
ericmcn said:
totally get why in 'most' cases its the person in the rear who is liable but what about incompetent drivers (yes, the OP's sister) for stalling a car on the main road - you dont expect a car to all of a sudden come to a halt and depending on the speed involved in most cases a rear shunt would be involved anyway, even if the driver at the back was keeping distance.
50/50 i would call it.
Well that's quite an insurmountable amount of pish.50/50 i would call it.
Do yourself a favour son, try moderating your keyboard behaviour – that way, you might make it to two.
ericmcn said:
totally get why in 'most' cases its the person in the rear who is liable but what about incompetent drivers (yes, the OP's sister) for stalling a car on the main road - you dont expect a car to all of a sudden come to a halt and depending on the speed involved in most cases a rear shunt would be involved anyway, even if the driver at the back was keeping distance.
50/50 i would call it.
A car could cut out anywhere, running into the back of another vehicle is always avoidable. Only a fool breaks the two second rule, only a t50/50 i would call it.
t does less than that. ericmcn said:
totally get why in 'most' cases its the person in the rear who is liable but what about incompetent drivers (yes, the OP's sister) for stalling a car on the main road - you dont expect a car to all of a sudden come to a halt and depending on the speed involved in most cases a rear shunt would be involved anyway, even if the driver at the back was keeping distance.
50/50 i would call it.
Not really.50/50 i would call it.
If she stopped because a car, child, dog, cat etc shot out in front of her then the person behind is to blame because they did not leave a sufficient gap for such an eventuality.
She stops because of something else, perhaps she braked too hard to avoid a pot hole and suddenly you are not so much to blame because you were able to foresee that she was only ever going to stop suddenly because of an error and therefore you were justified to travel so close because you knew that then you wouldn't be blamed 100%.
I am not so sure that ability to foresee would be accepted as a reason for not leaving sufficient space.
Edited by Tigger2050 on Wednesday 4th April 23:28
ericmcn said:
totally get why in 'most' cases its the person in the rear who is liable but what about incompetent drivers (yes, the OP's sister) for stalling a car on the main road - you dont expect a car to all of a sudden come to a halt and depending on the speed involved in most cases a rear shunt would be involved anyway, even if the driver at the back was keeping distance.
50/50 i would call it.
You need driving lessons.50/50 i would call it.
tumble dryer said:
bennettse2025 said:
ericmcn said:
totally get why in 'most' cases its the person in the rear who is liable but what about incompetent drivers (yes, the OP's sister) for stalling a car on the main road - you dont expect a car to all of a sudden come to a halt and depending on the speed involved in most cases a rear shunt would be involved anyway, even if the driver at the back was keeping distance.
50/50 i would call it.
Well that's quite an insurmountable amount of pish.50/50 i would call it.
Do yourself a favour son, try moderating your keyboard behaviour – that way, you might make it to two.
Flumpo said:
tumble dryer said:
bennettse2025 said:
ericmcn said:
totally get why in 'most' cases its the person in the rear who is liable but what about incompetent drivers (yes, the OP's sister) for stalling a car on the main road - you dont expect a car to all of a sudden come to a halt and depending on the speed involved in most cases a rear shunt would be involved anyway, even if the driver at the back was keeping distance.
50/50 i would call it.
Well that's quite an insurmountable amount of pish.50/50 i would call it.
Do yourself a favour son, try moderating your keyboard behaviour – that way, you might make it to two.
(Has there been a supernova explosion of idiots recently released upon us?)
bennettse2025 said:
tumble dryer said:
I see you've had the privilege of being a member for almost a whole month.
Do yourself a favour son, try moderating your keyboard behaviour – that way, you might make it to two.
That's superb Do yourself a favour son, try moderating your keyboard behaviour – that way, you might make it to two.
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