Road rule advice needed

[DEATH_INC.]

So B was driving like she was doing stunts in Die Hard? (or BOURNE 2)?

Not quite, just a case of a large tough vehicle vs a small soft one.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Not quite, just a case of a large tough vehicle vs a small soft one.

You'll have to have a chat to her about commitment. When she felt the contact, think, ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE and floor it. In for a penny etc. See if she can't roll right over top of vehicle A. GTA San Andreas styles.

[5150]

I had the same thing happen to me about 8 years ago. I was the car A and it just happen that the popo was standing on the corner and saw the whole incident. And according to him car B was at fault. I got insurance to fix my car and claimed money off his.

[DEATH_INC.]

I had the same thing happen to me about 8 years ago. I was the car A and it just happen that the popo was standing on the corner and saw the whole incident. And according to him car B was at fault. I got insurance to fix my car and claimed money off his.

Ok. Were you also facing the wrong way? This is really the only thing that would be any defence for car b.

[DEATH_INC.]

You'll have to have a chat to her about commitment. When she felt the contact, think, ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE and floor it. In for a penny etc. See if she can't roll right over top of vehicle A. GTA San Andreas styles.

Lol. She probably could have, or at least pushed it across the road and under the neighboring house.

[FROSTY:Me]

Blame really comes down to who was stationary and who was moving IMO.
If B drove out -saw A reversing and stopped - A carried on backwards ripping their car on the front of B then A is at fault.
If B drove out and A was stationary -actually even moving come to think of it and was in front of B then B is at fault.
The nature of the damage to car A will pretty clearly tell you who did what.
1) a virtual clear indent of the front of car B says B slammed A
2) an equal depth gouge down the side of A says A was moving and B was stationary.
3) an increasing depth gouge from the back of car A to where the cars stopped says most likely both cars were moving--ie neither driver was looking.

[DEATH_INC.]

Having seen tha dent in a, I'd say a was stationary...but the pic isn't entirely accurate, it looks like a was only behind b a little bit. The dent in the corner is only about 6" from the rear, on the corner. I'll edit the pic.....edit;done
It makes it a bit more obvious why b didn't see a. B is a 4wd so looking in the rear view mirror (not the side one, though in the dark it would still be hard to see the side of a car....) a would not have been real easy to see....

[5150]

Ok. Were you also facing the wrong way? This is really the only thing that would be any defence for car b.

No, admitably it was a very wide "driveway" dead end side street, but I suppose theoretically I would have been if it was a "real" road

[Hoarn]

Yeah, I'd say it was B at fault, I think when you are backing it's all up to you 100% not to back into something else, so if B backed into A, bad luck B.

A is a clown though imo for backing out facing the wrong direction. That's pretty incompetent or a bit reckless. You are inevitably going to end up going to wrong way for at least a bit, unless you keep backing right off the road.

[rustic101]

Well neither of the cars in your picture are Green so they are both fucked!!

[Devil]

Awkward.

My personal opinion is that A is a dork for not reversing onto the correct side of the road, putting themselves in a position where they could be hit.
I think it would be unreasonable for B to expect people reversing the wrong way down the road.

Something else to consider, since we're just dealing with a picture. Both vehicles could have started moving at the same time, some people just back like retards.

Pretty sure i've seen somewhere road code or legislation related that you're supposed to reverse onto the correct side of the road. If I get a spare 10 mins I'll go looking for it.