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Well, I was driving in my boss' truck in LA in rush to get back to work and got into a minor accident =(
I was at a 4 way interection where one road didn't have stop signs (both roads were 1 lane each dir) and I was stopped on the road that does have stop signs.
Well, I was planning on going straight but the traffic was too heavy, so my friend just said **** it turn right....
There was a car a little ways down so I started my turn right.....
Anyways, what caused the accident was that this hyundai elantra crept up next to me to turn right and the very tip of the rear bumper on the truck snagged the front bumper of the hyundai and ripped it out during my right turn.
Well my question is, in your opinions, is it LEGALLY completely my fault? If there's a one lane street, is he allowed to try to creep by to turn right? Another thing to keep in mind is that I started moving first.....
I thought it was my fault, but then my friends said that it was his.... they were saying, signal or no signal, he shoudn't have tried to creep by in a 1 lane street.
Another question, I didn't want my insurance to go up, so I asked him if he was willing to deal with it without insurance. In other words, I give him cash without calling insurance. Fixing his car involves his front bumper and his driver's side front headlight. It was a older 1995 hyundai elantra, but I'm thinking that he'll go an get an estimate for over 1000.... so i'm worried now cause i only have 600 to spare right now..... I'm thinking about just calling insurance.....
my plan right now is to wait for his estimate, if its over 600, then I'll ask to take it through insurance. Damn 1st accident on my record.....
will 1 accident make my insurance go up THAT much?
I was at a 4 way interection where one road didn't have stop signs (both roads were 1 lane each dir) and I was stopped on the road that does have stop signs.
Well, I was planning on going straight but the traffic was too heavy, so my friend just said **** it turn right....
There was a car a little ways down so I started my turn right.....
Anyways, what caused the accident was that this hyundai elantra crept up next to me to turn right and the very tip of the rear bumper on the truck snagged the front bumper of the hyundai and ripped it out during my right turn.
Well my question is, in your opinions, is it LEGALLY completely my fault? If there's a one lane street, is he allowed to try to creep by to turn right? Another thing to keep in mind is that I started moving first.....
I thought it was my fault, but then my friends said that it was his.... they were saying, signal or no signal, he shoudn't have tried to creep by in a 1 lane street.
Another question, I didn't want my insurance to go up, so I asked him if he was willing to deal with it without insurance. In other words, I give him cash without calling insurance. Fixing his car involves his front bumper and his driver's side front headlight. It was a older 1995 hyundai elantra, but I'm thinking that he'll go an get an estimate for over 1000.... so i'm worried now cause i only have 600 to spare right now..... I'm thinking about just calling insurance.....
my plan right now is to wait for his estimate, if its over 600, then I'll ask to take it through insurance. Damn 1st accident on my record.....
will 1 accident make my insurance go up THAT much?