Originally Posted by vbgsx
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....
"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
Not etirely true. So ill go back to my previous arguement!! This means that if someone runs thru a red light.. I have permission to sideswipe them. Yes, it is a matter of timeing. If she hit him in the side this means he was well on his way to the intersection before she pulled out. But of course she was probably A) talking on the cell phone B) Brushing her hair, messing with makup, looking in the mirror C) fiddling with the radio..D) late for her manicure and was not paying attention. She failed to look for oncoming traffic.
When your making a turn onto a main road you yield to oncoming traffic. Your light could be green and so could oncoming traffic at the same time. So it is the law no matter what color the light is to yield before you make a turn onto a main road.. unless of course its a large intersections with two main roads crossing each other. You will usually have a green arrow that will allow you to proceed thru the intersection without yielding (on green). Even then 90% of the time you get stoped by the light at the intersection before you make the turn.
Based on the facts so far
She admited going 45 around a turn (even if it was 25 or 30).. she did not yield.. and it was probably a secoundary road because at most major intersections you wont be able to make a turn at 45-30-20mph unless your the first in line at the light.. (And I dont know anyone who accelerates to that speed from a stop thru a turn after the light turns green) or your trying to beat a yellow light.. So this is my conclusion..
If it was a secoundary road she probably ran a red light or did not yield to oncoming traffic on the main road
If this was two main roads.. she ran a red ligh or was trying to beat a red light and lost.