California has a 3-1-1 service (Non-Emergency Police) that is perfect for these types of situations. Simply record the licence plate, color, make, and model of the vehicle and file a Police Report. The Police will either ask you to sign the report (making you a "Police Officer") or fill out some more paperwork to issue a non-moving violation.
It depends if the illegally parked car is a danger or interuption to the normal flow of traffic. For instance if someone is parked in a handicap spot illegally, and you hit them, obviously it is your fault. You need to be able to prove that due to the other persons actions of illegally parking, it inevitably led to you hitting their vehicle. Just remember, you are the one moving, and you are the one who hit the "non-moving" object.
Yes, a person with a handicap card can be towed if they are parked illegally. They can not be towed for parking in a handicap parking spot as long as they have the sign.
The person's who parked it there, (its parked illegally.)Not your fault.
It would be the car who had parked illegally because he was not parked in a legal spot.
The fact the person was illegally parked in the zone is irrevelant with respect to the incident. If you found you couldn't make the corner or questioned it beforehand, you should have utilized other maneuvers in order to avoid the parked vehicle.
The owner of the illegally parked vehicle may be ticketed, but the "at fault" driver is responsible for the damages to the parked vehicle.
You've crashed into an illegally parked car.... You can be sued...
Of course it is your fault. The fact that the car was illegally parked is of no consequence. You didn't look where you were backing or you would not have hit the parked car. Would you have hit this car if you had been looking? Perhaps the illegally parked car is a Mini Cooper, parked illegally 1 foot behind a Hummer and therefore not visable when the driver looks before backing up...
Yes. Being illegally parked does not affect fault. If you strike a parked vehicle, it is ALWAYS your fault because you have a duty to ensure the way was clear before moving.
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A parked car almost never crashes into others or does anything else that prevents other drivers on private property from stopping in time to avoid hitting it. Therefore, the fact that it may be "illegally parked" usually has nothing to do with why someone negligently crashed into it.
As long as the parked vehicle is parked properly and not illegally parked in any manner, then the vehicle that rear-ended the parked car is at fault. Now if the parked car is sitting illegally (such as double parked or parked in a no parking zone, etc.) then the parked car is at fault or even both the parked car AND the car that hits it are BOTH at fault.