Got in a car accident today

Turkey · September 28, 2016, 05:10:44 PM

Turning left at a yellow light (was already in the intersection), oncoming car hits me either at the tail end of the yellow (as I waited for the rest to stop) or while it was red. They have a witness saying it was green, though I have footage from a gas station that, while not showing the lights, indicates it was either red or yellow because another oncoming car stopped at the light immediately after the car hit me. Regardless, I know for certain it was not green, and I have no idea why this person is saying otherwise.

Both cars are probably totaled. The other driver never had a driver's license in her life, though the car does seem to be insured. I'll probably be out my deductible but I'm planning on contesting the citation in court.

Anyways, fuck.

Mattie G Indahouse · September 28, 2016, 05:17:56 PM

You should sue her for billions, if not trillions of dollars!

Naru · September 28, 2016, 05:24:48 PM

it shouldnt be your fault, right?

DAS B00T x2 · September 28, 2016, 05:25:25 PM

Damn bro... I almost got nailed on the bike turning left the other day by a jackass who tried to beat the red light. People are so impatient on the road.

MyNameIsCharlie · September 28, 2016, 05:26:58 PM

You're alright?

Turkey · September 28, 2016, 05:27:10 PM

Quote from: Naru on September 28, 2016, 05:24:48 PM

it shouldnt be your fault, right?

I received a citation for failure to yield, since lefts always have to yield. I did yield, but thought the car was stopping since the light was yellow for several seconds.

Quote from: MyNameIsCharlie on September 28, 2016, 05:26:58 PM

You're alright?

Yeah, no injuries even though the car that hit me had two kids and a pregnant woman. Kind of tense and finding it hard to concentrate on work right now though.

Hahahaha very funny Zonda · September 28, 2016, 05:36:07 PM

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Naru · September 28, 2016, 05:40:45 PM

youll be good man, youll win on your side. accidents always have people shaken up for a while

Aether · September 28, 2016, 05:43:07 PM

Sounds like the type of situation that happens at a light near my house.

Fuckin hate that light.

Naru · September 28, 2016, 05:50:14 PM

this reminds me of that red light citation i got from those cameras at intersections taking pics of whatever. the light was yellow when i crossed the pedestrian crosswalk and it was yellow for a while. went the speed limit exactly too, but nothing happened after that. never got sent a bill lol

challengerX · September 28, 2016, 06:24:19 PM

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Turkey · September 28, 2016, 07:14:09 PM

Quote from: Naru on September 28, 2016, 05:40:45 PM

youll be good man, youll win on your side. accidents always have people shaken up for a while

I'm not sure there's really any way to win. The conditions for the oncoming driver's fault are that they were speeding, they drove through a red light, or that it was reasonably safe for me to turn. I can't prove they were speeding, I can't prove for certain that the light was red, and I don't know how to justify why I believed my turn was safe.