ivysun99

I think in my case,

Fr_Chuck

The issue of speeding may make the other party partial at fault, but not to a very high percent. The driver who turned ( entered in front of moving traffic) has a responsiblity to do so in a manner that is safe, ** look for oncomming cars, even if speeding.

So the car that was making the turn will have the majority of total responsiblity. and the judge may award a partial responsiblity
would not try and guess at percentage, but driving making the turn would pay for most of the damages of both cars.

** also I think the damages will be alot more money than they are guessing at

Scleros

I don't believe anyone's numbers.


Huh? Are you serious?

5280 Feet = 1 Mile
60 Seconds = 1 Minute
60 Minutes = 1 Hour

25 mph = (25 x 5280) ft / hour
= (25 x 5280) ft / (60 x 60) s
= 36.7 feet per second (since we're being exact)


Perhaps 2.0-2.5 seconds. You can't tell me it takes a driver nearly half a minute (30 seconds) to decide to brake, even in New York.


Over a full minute from 25 mph. to zero, don't think so. 6.5 seconds I might buy.


8.5 seconds?


Even if numbers were correct, I have no idea where that number came from given you said 85 seconds just prior. 85/60 = 1.42 minutes low side, 1.5 minutes high.


Do insurance companies use the same math?

Fr_Chuck

well I used to investigate accidents every day, but at this point since it was not in the police report, he is not going to prove anything now, no accident scene left to reconstruct most likely.

And to be honest, if I had been sent to the scene, I would have wrote the person making the left turn the ticket and went on to lunch without a second thought

excon

Hello ivy:

Wadayya know about that? I'm just leavin.

excon