need advice (accident)

[Letterman]

B.S.

My wife rear-ended another Explorer on a rainy night on a downhill when the other driver (stupid @$#%&*!) on her phone missed her turn and slammed on her brakes at a green light. You are not responsible for the stupidity of others. If your state says you are, fight to change it.

The Judge agreed with my wife.

You wife got really lucky, or maybe the other driver was a really BIG idiot. In the state of CA it falls under the same "Basic Speed Law" and the rain and downhill are all bad for your wife case. She should have been going slower for the road and weather conditions leaving more room to break if the car in front of her stops. Yeah there might be a few caces that the person that ran into the back of someone is not at falt, like slaming on the breaks because someone is tailgating you etc etc etc. The CVC 22350 is not that hard to figure out.

If the other driver that hit your wife had a "good" reason to stop, it would be your wifes falt, or maybe a "no falt" but Ins. Co. hate that and will try there best to point a finger at someone. A simple "good" reason could have been "a cat ran out in front of my car" simple enough, a good reason to SLAM on the breaks! Now stoping at a green because you "missed your turn" that person is a idiot.

Also a "Stupid Did You Know" CA law. If you hit a dog in the road you must stop deal with the dog and at least try to contact an owner. If you hit a cat in the road you can keep on driving! :gag:

 

[BruteXJ]

God, the Lawmakers, and the Lottery Commision love stupid people. It's up to the rest of us to fend for ourselves.

 

[Darky]

The cat I assume would be because unlike dogs, they're not likely to have a collar with tags and an address and such on them...

 

[cal]

It is Just like the speed limit ticket, anyone 5 miles over or under the posted speed is guilty of an infraction if road, weather, visibility and trafic are all in good conditions.

California has a minimum (but not posted) speedlimit on the highways of 45mph. You -CANNOT- be given an infraction traveling on ANY california road for driving under the limit, as long as you maintain the minimum speed of 45, even on a 75mph highway.

I used to drive a delivery truck with a 218ci v8, no overdrive, geared 5.91:1. As it did not have 44's on it, maximum speed was about 50mph. I drove it from San Francisco to LA and back several times, and am intimatly familiar with that law.

 

[Kejtar]

ok, so I heard from the guy The estimate is $2100 to $2500. New doors and the body needs to be pulled. Well, I guess tomorrow I'll be making an official call to my insurance agent.