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Are you at fault if you are backing out and someone pulls out behind you from a blind spot?
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∙ 17y ago
And hits you? Yes, unless that someone was speeding or otherwise careless (ran a red-light etc).
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Who is at fault when someone who is backing out of a parking lot space hits your side?
The person backing out. If you were in the lane/road behind them they needed to use caution when backing out.
If you are backing into a parking space and you are hit by the drivers side door to the rear wheel who is at fault?
Well if you were backing in and hit someone then it is your fault. But if they hit you, then it is their fault.
Who is at fault when you are backing out and a car pulls up behind you after you have looked?
it is ALWAYS the fault of the backing driver. They bear the responsibility to make sure they can back with safety.
Who is at fault when a car is hit from behind?
If you are hit from behind it is usually always the guy that hit you that is at fault unless you were in reverse backing up
Who is at fault if backing out of a parking lot space and another vehicle behind you is also backing out?
both of you for not looking back
Who is at fault if you are backing out of a parking space and an oncoming vehicle to your rightjust pulled in the adjacent right parking space directly behind you and suddenly back out and hit you?
Backing up--it is your fault.
If it is a clear day and you are hit from behind with your flashers going who is at fault?
Unless you are backing up, a rear-end collision is almost always the fault of the person who hits you from behind.
Who is at fault when someone is backing out of a driveway and hits a car semi blocking that driveway?
The car that is moving is normally the one at fault. No matter how someone is positioned you should not drive into them (going forward or in reverse). It therefore seems to me that the car backing out of the driveway is at fault.
If you were backing out of a parking spot in Washington state and suddenly seen a car approaching from behind you stopped but were hit from behind by the other car who's at fault?
Hard to say. Possibly equal fault by both parties but most likely the person backing out.
If a car is backing into a parking space and collides with the car that behind it that is motionless and has nowhere to go who is at fault?
The car that is in motion is ALWAYS at fault.
Do it depend on where you hit someone when backing up to determine who's at fault?
Yes i think that if you are hit in the foot its their fault if you are hit in the stomach, its your fault.
If you get rear ended in a parking lot who is responsible?
You if you were backing up. If you were waiting at a stop sign or stoplight or even an entrance and someone else hit you, it would be the person behind's fault.
