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difficult child totalled her car!! Only 6 days!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 47399" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Sorry to hear about this. We had a similar accident happened to us, many years ago - husband was making the turn, had to stop suddenly halfway through the turn as a pedestrian ran across the road and while stopped, a car coming the other way slammed into us. husband moved forward as soon as the pedestrian was out of the way but not soon enough. Even though the pedestrian had begun to cross the road after the red man began blinking, WE were in the wrong. Ironically, the pedestrian was an official witness for the accident and also added, "We've had three other accidents like that, on this crossing, this week."</p><p>We felt like asking, "Have you only crossed the road three times this week?"</p><p></p><p>But it is true - in your country and ours, a turn in the same direction as the position of the driver in the car (right turn for RH drive; left turn for LH drive) has to be made safely. Unless another driver has to wait for you legally (such as if you're turning with a green arrow and the other driver is on the red; or the other driver is at a stop sign) then the driver making the dangerous turn is in the wrong automatically ini the event of an accident.</p><p></p><p>It's a nasty lesson to have to learn. At least difficult child has learned this without being too badly injured. It's a sham,e the other driver wasn't paying attention; sounds like she contributed. But legally, it's only difficult child in the wrong. Very sad.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 47399, member: 1991"] Sorry to hear about this. We had a similar accident happened to us, many years ago - husband was making the turn, had to stop suddenly halfway through the turn as a pedestrian ran across the road and while stopped, a car coming the other way slammed into us. husband moved forward as soon as the pedestrian was out of the way but not soon enough. Even though the pedestrian had begun to cross the road after the red man began blinking, WE were in the wrong. Ironically, the pedestrian was an official witness for the accident and also added, "We've had three other accidents like that, on this crossing, this week." We felt like asking, "Have you only crossed the road three times this week?" But it is true - in your country and ours, a turn in the same direction as the position of the driver in the car (right turn for RH drive; left turn for LH drive) has to be made safely. Unless another driver has to wait for you legally (such as if you're turning with a green arrow and the other driver is on the red; or the other driver is at a stop sign) then the driver making the dangerous turn is in the wrong automatically ini the event of an accident. It's a nasty lesson to have to learn. At least difficult child has learned this without being too badly injured. It's a sham,e the other driver wasn't paying attention; sounds like she contributed. But legally, it's only difficult child in the wrong. Very sad. Marg [/QUOTE]
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