Question about liability and accidents..

Godslayer · 03-14-2001, 04:46 PM

Hey guys. I've been thinking lately and I've decided that I am SO sick of avoiding accidents because morons can't read signs, don't care about their vehicle and/or don't know how to drive. Seriously I have been delivering pizzas for almost 4 years and have been driving since I was 16 (I'm 23 now), and have had no accidents. But honestly I am tired of avoiding accidents that other people would have caused. At least once a night I have someone run a stop sign, or pull out in front of me at the last minute, or do something else just as dumb; forcing me to take evasive action like locking up my brakes, swerving, etc. Since I've been delivering pizzas I must have avoided, honestly something like 60 accidents. My question concerns liability and is connected to Quantum's post in SRC. Suppose someone did something dumb and instead of trying to avoid them I just hit them and it was completely obvious that they caused the accident. If you try to avoid someone doing something like pulling out in front of you and you hit the curb or something and damage your car it is not their fault right? So you want to avoid this even though it is the right thing to do. Because you'll just get screwed. The best thing is to actually hit them. So suppose I just hit them and it's totally their fault, am I liable at ALL? Or are they going to have to pay to fix my car? I've never been in an accident and only have basic liabilty so I have no idea how insurance works. I'm just tired of all the tools, maybe if I hit them and frag their car they will be off the road for a little while and not kill anyone with their stupidity. Everytime I avoid one I feel like I am just keeping a pathogen in the driving pool.

So anyone.. any insight would be cool. And BTW this is not my Stang so I could care less about it. Help me eliminate dumbasses from the streets of Albany

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03-14-2001, 04:46 PM	#1
Godslayer Registered Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Largo, FL USA Posts: 274	Question about liability and accidents.. Hey guys. I've been thinking lately and I've decided that I am SO sick of avoiding accidents because morons can't read signs, don't care about their vehicle and/or don't know how to drive. Seriously I have been delivering pizzas for almost 4 years and have been driving since I was 16 (I'm 23 now), and have had no accidents. But honestly I am tired of avoiding accidents that other people would have caused. At least once a night I have someone run a stop sign, or pull out in front of me at the last minute, or do something else just as dumb; forcing me to take evasive action like locking up my brakes, swerving, etc. Since I've been delivering pizzas I must have avoided, honestly something like 60 accidents. My question concerns liability and is connected to Quantum's post in SRC. Suppose someone did something dumb and instead of trying to avoid them I just hit them and it was completely obvious that they caused the accident. If you try to avoid someone doing something like pulling out in front of you and you hit the curb or something and damage your car it is not their fault right? So you want to avoid this even though it is the right thing to do. Because you'll just get screwed. The best thing is to actually hit them. So suppose I just hit them and it's totally their fault, am I liable at ALL? Or are they going to have to pay to fix my car? I've never been in an accident and only have basic liabilty so I have no idea how insurance works. I'm just tired of all the tools, maybe if I hit them and frag their car they will be off the road for a little while and not kill anyone with their stupidity. Everytime I avoid one I feel like I am just keeping a pathogen in the driving pool. So anyone.. any insight would be cool. And BTW this is not my Stang so I could care less about it. Help me eliminate dumbasses from the streets of Albany ------------------ 87 GT Full exhaust, K&N, KB Subs, BBK STB, homeade dumps... 87 Taurus New York Winters Bite!