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The vehicle backing up is the one that caused that accident by not looking so they get 99% of the blame. However the other gets1% as they were nOt stopping. BTW did this happen to u?

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Q: If a vehicle is going down a one-way street backs up and hits a vehicle backing out of a parking space- who is at fault?
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