Almost got into a accident last night.

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  1. Dec 18, 2010 #1
    BPatterson

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    I was leaving Applebees last night and i pulled out of the parking lot and had to go 15 feet to a stop sign at the main street and all traffic must turn right so i was waiting at the stop sign because of alot of traffic and i see a car that was on the main street and had his turn singal on to turn into the road that i am on and so i pull out and he does not turn at that street and he jammed on his brakes almost hit me then he turned into the second drive way 10-15 feet up the road. Whos fault would it have been if we would have got into an accident?
     
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  3. Dec 18, 2010 #2
    Roadmedic

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    Yours.

    Never pull out until you see them start to turn or they are in an actual turn lane.
     
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  4. Dec 18, 2010 #3
    Flying Finn

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    Would have been yours. Failed to yield to oncoming traffic.
     
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  5. Dec 18, 2010 #4
    Bent Wrench

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    Yours for failure to yield.
    It is not illegal to falsely signal,
    it is however prohibited to proceed from a stop sign when it is not safe.

    You should drive in a major metro area, I avoid wrecks for 8+ hours a day all day long.
    You would not believe the stuff I see.

    Like the guy last week backing up on I-5 over the draw bridge between Portland and Vancouver!!! (no emergency lane on the draw bridge)
     
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  7. Dec 18, 2010 #5
    BPatterson

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    but he should have waited to put his turn singnal on
     
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    Flying Finn

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    Not if he was turning 15 feet past you.
     
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    BPatterson

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    It looked like he was going to turn onto the road that i was on because he started to slow down. I dont know why he did not just turn on the street i was in.
     
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    Roadmedic

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    Signals are required 100 feet before the turn.
     
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  11. Dec 18, 2010 #9
    BPatterson

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    He could have waited anouther 10 seconds to signal
     
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  12. Dec 18, 2010 #10
    Lilbit

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    I never trust another driver's signals. Most people out there don't even know or remember half of the rules of the road! I've lost count of the number of accidents I have avoided over the years just because I pay attention to everything that's going on around me.
     
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