YarnMaster
A friend of mine was driving to work a while back, he got to the end of the street wanting to turn left onto the main road. He pulled up behind a woman of Indonesian descent who was also turning left. Instead, the woman of Indonesian dissent (not a typo) selected reverse and backed into the front of my friend's car.
The first thing she does is gets out and says "You hit me".
Who is at fault? The process has gone on for ages now, my friend doesn't give a crap about his car as it is worth $400 but the Indonesian woman is demanding justice and retribution (as well as remuneration, probably the whole reason she pulled this farce off.)
Can you help?
Wizard
This happened to me recently except the person drove off and no damage was done (I was in a friends vehicle).
I would immediately say it's the driver in front. BUT I wonder if someone is not sitting the required distance away from the rear then it becomes their fault? I have no idea what is the "required" distance but I assume it's 1 metre.
Mind you these things always drag on if people make them. Legal crap is so easy just to keep dragging on.
Xavier
If he wasn't moving then its her fault...
Witnesses would obviously help
Had the same done to me.... I had a witness...
Went to court... I won
Moderator
I wouldn't back into a $400 car if I was looking for a payout.
Did they call the police?
Did either have insurance?
Cheers
Simon
Wizard
He's in the wrong.
It happened to a co-worker of mine a well, they bloke who backed into him even admitted he stuffed up, but when it went through insurance it still came out that the car behind was in the wrong.
My advice to young driver is to pull up so you can see the rear wheels of the car in front touching the road, thats usually enough oops room.
ForumSage
Your frind needs to have the car inspected if she is trying this on. If there is decent damage then they can show if he was stationary.
The woman is at fault in this instance.
Swaggie
If a vehicle hits a car in front it is the vehicle that hit the one in front that is always at fault, no matter what the vehicle in front does, this sounds stupid but its up to the driver behind to keep a safe distance and stay alert. In your friends case its the womans fault, she was stopped waiting to turn left and reversed backwards, she wasnt parking and your friend just pulled up to close she just reversed back. I am suprised there is any arguement, unless she sat there until there were no witnesses so she could do it deliberately.
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YarnMaster
He was stationery, the usual accepted normal distance.
They both have insurance, her insurance co. says that he ran into the back of her so its his fault. He says she reversed into him.
She admitted during negotiations that she inadvertently selected reverse. But she's changed her story a few times
The police weren't called, they just exchanged details and left.
Master
Any vehicle in reverse must give way to all tarffic, if she engaged reverse as apossed to rolling back and hit him she is in the wrong.
If you are parked to close to vehicle and they run into you from the front --- you are at fault. The person in front of you has the right to reverse backwards. If you are hit and have a witness- that the person in front of you reversed backwards -- I dont know -- may be you were parked to close.. If the paint work on the old work vehicle is bad maybe that is a new sting to get the car paid for or a new paint job. If you reverse into a police car or hit them to hard the airbag goes off and you can get away while the officer is trying to get the airbag under control so I have heard. No i have never tried it.
Redback
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