Who's at fault? Trucker or car

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by mlejeune0509, Jul 17, 2018.

Who's at fault

  1. Trucker

  2. Car

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  1. Snakeschasingcars

    Snakeschasingcars Heavy Load Member

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    Trucker is at fualt. If the car had a yelliw light. Ligjts go from green to yelliw to red..... It mean the truck was sitting on a red and made a legal right turn afyer a full stop but the car had the right away.
     
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  3. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    That makes sense. Normally the light would be red for a second or 2 before the cross traffic would get the green.
     
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  4. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    It's a nice pretty description.

    When I show up and want that whole intersection I'll take it all. No one will be able to move anyway without hitting me. Im such a pig throwing my weight around. However I am still very angry at two people in Houston who forced themselves around me across my front end from my right as we both turned left legally on green arrow. How can they be allowed to live being so stupid is beyond me. I should have mashed them for good riddance. But Huntsville Prison is not my cup of tea.
     
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  5. 389driver

    389driver Medium Load Member

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    If the truck had green and the car had yellow then the light was at fault. Both vehicles were somewhat at fault. Truck for not seeing the car, car for trying to beat the light
     
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  6. 389driver

    389driver Medium Load Member

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    Curious if the OP was involved?
     
  7. Bean Jr.

    Bean Jr. Road Train Member

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    Thinking the same thing, but possibly... no! How could that be? If the car entered the intersection on a yellow, then it turns red for him green for the truck, how could the truck get going so fast?

    Smelling the bs too!
     
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  8. Bean Jr.

    Bean Jr. Road Train Member

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    If so, then there is no question that the truck is at fault.
     
  9. jammer910Z

    jammer910Z Road Train Member

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    If the trucker admits he saw the car in the intersection, even though he may have had green, and continued forward and a collision occured...
    He caused the accident.
     
  10. SingingWolf

    SingingWolf Heavy Load Member

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    The only way the car had yellow and the truck had green would be if the car was traveling right to left and the green was an arrow. The picture shows car traveling left to right which means that one or the other proceeded on red.

    As someone else stated, it's implausible that the truck got Rolling fast enough to hit the car (based on the picture) unless the car entered the intersection well after the light changed.

    You can't enter an intersection until it is safe and clear enough to do so. I've sat through multiple green lights because of four wheelers stopping WAY past the stop bar on cross traffic, making a right turn impossible, and enough vehicles stacked up that the lead vehicles wouldn't be able to reverse their decision and get back behind the line. (3 cars ALL past the stop bar and a whole line more behind them stacked to the next intersection)
     
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  11. 88 Alpha

    88 Alpha Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    The OP has requested this thread be deleted. We don't make a habit of deleting threads but I will close it to prevent further replies.
     
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