If you are driving down a street and someone pulls out of their driveway and you hit them who will be blamed?
That just happened to me and I reported everything to my insurance. I was driving down my street at the appropriate speed limit and suddenly some car pulls out of their driveway and the collision happened. Granted I wasn't going too fast so I only managed to scratch her passenger side tire rim but my car got huge cosmetic damages from the front (huge peels in the paint) and my liscence plate got bended.
Not sure if she was distracted or something but her ford f 150 is pretty big and she definitely should be able to see over the parked cars in the street…
Added (1). This was my first ever car incident so I'm not sure If I handled it the right way. I didn't call the police since no one was hurt and we simply exchanged all our info and she chose not to really talk about what happened.
The person backing into the street is at fault no questions. Call you insurance agent with the details so they can be informed if things go south.
Pulling out in front of oncoming traffic generally puts the other driver in the wrong.
Only exception would be if they pulled out (with enough space) and stalled. Then you ran into a stationary vehicle that you should have seen and avoided. But if they pull out without giving you space to reasonably stop, they are in the wrong.
Turn the whole mess over to your insurance company and they will arrange to get your car fixed. That's one of the reasons you pay them.
You are not at fault.
People in driveways can't pull out unless the road is clear, hinting someone of being hit shows the way wasn't clear, which makes it their fault. You have nothing to worry about.
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