Originally Posted by Capster78
So i guess next time im out on the road and see someone about to run a red light ill just aim my car at the side of theirs.
Red.. Green.. purple.. i dont care what color the light is. You are resposable as a driver to look out for others as well. It's called defensive driving!! Pick up a Drivers Ed manuel and read about it.
yeah take your diver's ed book with you to court and win your case
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Defensive driving is a theory on the safest/best way to drive. It's not the Law.
Why don't you pick up a Va Code book and look up the Law. Then why don't you print off the section where it mentions "Defensive driving".
What I bet you will find is "Right of way". Let me put it simple for you. Person with green light has the right of way. The person that runs the red light is at fault. The judge and entire court room would laugh you out of court when you tell them.....yes your honor she had the green light and yes he ran the red light but it's her fault because she should have been a defensive driver and had seen him.
Your original post....
Originally Posted by Capster78
Originally Posted by Capster78
If she is turning onto a main road. She needs to yeild to traffic regaurdless!! If you had hit her in the side it would be different. It would mean she was already in the intersection. Which would make you at fautl if your light was red. Beeing that you were in the intersection and she ran into the side of your car she is at fault..
"Regaurdless!!" Regardless of what? Even if she had the green light and didn't see him...lol That makes it her fault if he ran the light? Yeah right.
Here's another simple consept that you need to grasp. It doesn't have anything to do with...if she hit him in the side or if he hit her in the side! Who hit who is a matter of "TIMING". If she had run the stop light a second earlier, he would of ran into her side/back/what ever. Lets say he ran the light. Well if he ran the light a second later, he would have hit her side/etc. Other things that can change the timing issue.....how big the intersection is, the delay on the light cycling between red one way and when the other direction turns green, the speed the vehicles are travelling, the list could go on and on. It's called "timing" not who's at fault.
On a side note, good luck orange_fly_by
When looking for witnesses, some people have actually put an ad in the paper. Fairly cheap and can't hurt