Minor car accident - who is at fault
Hi,
A friend of mine had his front car wing heavily damaged by a truck yesterday and there is a dispute over whos fault it was. Maybe someone here would know...
On a two lane road, the car was in the left lane and stopped at the lights. A truck was in the right lane and was indicating left (although my friend says he wasnt). The truck was there at the lights first and the car drove up on the side of him. When the lights changed the truck starting turning left and hit the front wing of the car.
My view is the truck was at fault. I mean if it was another car who hit my friend there would be no dispute but the truck driver claimed trucks get some sort of preference on turning left like this (they need to swing out a bit to turn in left due to the long trailer).
The gardai came and said it was 50:50.
Any thoughts?
Hi,
A friend of mine had his front car wing heavily damaged by a truck yesterday and there is a dispute over whos fault it was. Maybe someone here would know...
On a two lane road, the car was in the left lane and stopped at the lights. A truck was in the right lane and was indicating left (although my friend says he wasnt). The truck was there at the lights first and the car drove up on the side of him. When the lights changed the truck starting turning left and hit the front wing of the car.
My view is the truck was at fault. I mean if it was another car who hit my friend there would be no dispute but the truck driver claimed trucks get some sort of preference on turning left like this (they need to swing out a bit to turn in left due to the long trailer).
The gardai came and said it was 50:50.
Any thoughts?