An at -
fault driver behind our client failed to slow, striking the rear of our client's vehicle and causing a rear - end car collision.
Not exact matches
Despite losing time
behind the Williams
driver for the second time in as many races Vettel doesn't think Massa was at
fault
The thinking
behind the decision, explains Erik Coelingh, Volvo's senior technical leader for safety and
driver - support technologies, is that Autopilot will include so many redundant and backup systems — duplicate cameras, radars, batteries, brakes, computers, steering actuators — that a human
driver will never need to intervene and thus can not be at
fault.
Of Dacia owners who participated in our 2017
Driver Power satisfaction survey, 11.2 % reported experiencing one or more
faults with their cars within the first year of ownership — a figure that's only just
behind that of Dacia's parent company Renault.
At its simplest this could be a rear end shunt where the
driver behind admits
fault straight away.
In many car accidents
fault or liability is easy to determine (for instance ICBC would be hard pressed to make a case that the
driver of a car that was struck from
behind in a rear - end collision did anything wrong to attract any portion of
fault).
One essential element of making a case for compensation is proving another
driver was at
fault for causing a collision as a result of a safety rules violation or as a result of unreasonable negligence
behind the wheel.
If a car accident lawyer can show that the cause of the accident was a speeding
driver, not only will they be able to prove the
driver's negligence and assign them
fault, but they might be able to ask the jury to award punitive damages, because speeding is understood and accepted as behavior that should not occur
behind the wheel.
Massachusetts law allows injured people to obtain compensation when an at -
fault driver failed to use appropriate care and skill
behind the wheel.
However, the at -
fault driver, or his or her attorney and / or insurance company, will dispute the nature and extent of the injuries allegedly sustained by the
driver or passengers in the vehicle that was struck from
behind.
When a rear - end collision occurs, one
driver is determined to be at
fault, usually, the
driver that struck the other vehicle from
behind.
If another
driver hits your car from
behind, the
fault is usually assumed to be theirs, whether you stopped suddenly or not.
It takes a skilled auto accident attorney to find and preserve insurance claims to fill the void left
behind by a missing at -
fault driver.