girlfriends accident

[djjdnap 78]

So i get to her appartment and she's about to goto work at about 4am...

As im bout to goto sleep she calls me screamin that she got in an accident

So i run out the door, one sock on and all get there to find this.

Hers is the silver grand am

She escaped wt some blisters on her arm from the air bag and a sore neck...Still went to the ER though..

The asshole that hit her says that his light was green as well so insurance says they will take care of it,

but the car is worth 6k or so, and she still has 7k or so to pay on it so even if they total it she still owes 1000 and is out of a car,

and if they do 50/50 liability she won't even get that much...THis is a fucked up situation

anyone got any ideas?

[Godsmack 361]

Easy fight the guy on the light shit. They keep records of when lights turn. and it looks like a busy street so a camera might have caught it. Glad to know she is not seriously hurt tho. That IS the most important thing.

Also what did the cops say? was he drunk or any alcohol in his system?

And were there any marks to show anyone tried to avoid it?

J

[djjdnap 78]

well i guess i left this out, but her car was goin southbound and when she got hit it spun around goin eastbound..

Police just took the info from both of them and there statements, but they didn't care.

The guy that hit her was fine and didn't even want to goto the hospital, he said some BS about bein on his way to a help center...at 4AM? GTFOH

She was turning at the light. the guy ran the light and hit her....and even if he did have a green light how why the hell woulnd't u slow down if u saw a car making a turn

[Godsmack 361]

Hence my thoughts of alcohol or drugs.

Dude...........I would be calling a lawyer

[Acidburn 10]

well i guess i left this out, but her car was goin southbound and when she got hit it spun around goin eastbound..

Police just took the info from both of them and there statements, but they didn't care.

The guy that hit her was fine and didn't even want to goto the hospital, he said some BS about bein on his way to a help center...at 4AM? GTFOH

She was turning at the light. the guy ran the light and hit her....and even if he did have a green light how why the hell woulnd't u slow down if u saw a car making a turn

If his light was green, and she was turning, it'll be considered her fault. People going straight always have the right of way over turners.

[jonbearsmt 919]

well i guess i left this out, but her car was goin southbound and when she got hit it spun around goin eastbound..

Police just took the info from both of them and there statements, but they didn't care.

The guy that hit her was fine and didn't even want to goto the hospital, he said some BS about bein on his way to a help center...at 4AM? GTFOH

She was turning at the light. the guy ran the light and hit her....and even if he did have a green light how why the hell woulnd't u slow down if u saw a car making a turn

If his light was green, and she was turning, it'll be considered her fault. People going straight always have the right of way over turners.

this is true

[djjdnap 78]

well like i said both of them said they had a green light...

but he hit her, so he is more than 50% liable in my eyes, no brake marks or anything on the ground, so he didnt even try to stop

[Acidburn 10]

but he hit her, so he is more than 50% liable in my eyes, no brake marks or anything on the ground, so he didnt even try to stop

If she turned out in front of him, that doesn't make any difference at all.

[Philanthro 0]

well like i said both of them said they had a green light...

but he hit her, so he is more than 50% liable in my eyes, no brake marks or anything on the ground, so he didnt even try to stop

Hmmmm..... If she was turning left, and had a green light, but not a green arrow, then technically it is her fault because she has to yeild to oncoming traffic. Think about it. If you are going straight though a green light (your not turning) you aren't concerned about people turning in front of you, you have the right of way. If you pull up to an intersection to turn left, you have to wait until the oncoming traffic is clear to turn, even on a green light.

However, if she was sitting in the intersection waiting to make the turn and the light turned red, then she is required to make the turn to clear the intersection, and the other guy should have stopped at his red light.

If she was making a right hand turn, and her light was green then I think it has to be the other guys fault. She would have had the right of way.

Either way, it really sucks. Just be glad she is safe.

I think it is bigjon on here who has posted some crazy stories about accidents he has towed. Just be glad it wasn't like one of those.

[djjdnap 78]

lol, okay

it was a turn arrow that she had...i guess i either left things out or didn't explain too well

the way the street is set up its a a 4 way intersection, and the turn lane that she was in has a doube arrow that works on its on, there is a median dividing the turn lane and through street.

it wasn't just a green light.. there are arrows there as well.

but its not 50/50 that is bull...we'll see what her insurance has to say though they still havn;t called back prolly cuz of the weekend