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Welshd1k
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PostPosted: 19:51 - 06 Dec 2011    Post subject: accident liability argument Reply with quote

Ok so my accident on 3rd of october the liability is being argued .

google maps link to road
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=cockett+road+swansea&hl=en&ll=51.634694,-3.981428&spn=0.018352,0.045447&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=17.937521,46.538086&vpsrc=6&hnear=Cockett+Rd,+Swansea,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=15&layer=c&cbll=51.634594,-3.981499&panoid=PrpVz8fy3zNJcoaRm36kbg&cbp=12,170.99,,0,22.1



Ok so the story i am coming alon the road DOWN in the direction the maps is showing there is a row of 3 cars positioned to the centreof the road and the rear vehicle is indicating RIGHT accros the keep clear section so i went down the inside of them as there was a good 4-5 foot of clearway between the pavement and the cars . as i have aproached the front car a vehicle coming towards has been flashed by the car at the front of the que to turn across into the left. and has struck me . and i have been flung clear of the car and landed on the other side of the junction to the left .


inshurance etc is all being a PIA other parties inshurance is arguing liability . so is it MY fault as i was going along my side of the road doing 25 ish mph .
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PostPosted: 21:04 - 06 Dec 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can I just ask, who's fault do you think it is ? Not being confrontational but I think part of the blame does rest with you. Not all though.

You were overtaking cars (25mph faster than they were moving) on the left in a single carriageway road at a junction. The car that got 'flashed on' should have made observations to see that it was clear - but so should you.

You would have been obscured by cars, travelling briskly, and coming through a place they perhaps wouldn't expect - we don't overtake on the left unless we're a militant bicyclist in spandex.

Did you not think of slowing down and observing in case someone was turning through the junction that you couldn't see.
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