Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Registered members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
SportTrac Discussion
General Sport Trac Discussion
Cost of collision repairs...unreal
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support Ford SportTrac Forum:
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Richard L" data-source="post: 993283" data-attributes="member: 52972"><p>KL,</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I probably worded that statement wrong. I agree that you may be at the mercy of some idiots, but I don't let that deter me from carefully backing out of a parking spot. Most insurance companies do not assume that because you were backing out, that it automatically makes you wrong. In fact many insurance companies now will accept that a person backing out of a parking space in a parking lot may not be able to see vehicles coming down that parking lane and may actually rule in your favor if someone going forward hits you in the rear of your vehicle since they should be able to see your vehicle moving out of a parking space. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's exactly what happened to me since the guy hit me in the rear corner of my vehicle with the center of his bumper. Of course it did not help his case that he then backed up into another car, and it was all witnessed by a store employee collecting shopping carts in the parking lot.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The backing up rule only applies when two cars are backing up in a parking lot and back into each other, since both are assumed to be at fault. That rule is interpreted differently depending upon if it is a one-way parking lane, or a two way parking lane, and if the parking spots are angled. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>...Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard L, post: 993283, member: 52972"] KL, I probably worded that statement wrong. I agree that you may be at the mercy of some idiots, but I don't let that deter me from carefully backing out of a parking spot. Most insurance companies do not assume that because you were backing out, that it automatically makes you wrong. In fact many insurance companies now will accept that a person backing out of a parking space in a parking lot may not be able to see vehicles coming down that parking lane and may actually rule in your favor if someone going forward hits you in the rear of your vehicle since they should be able to see your vehicle moving out of a parking space. That's exactly what happened to me since the guy hit me in the rear corner of my vehicle with the center of his bumper. Of course it did not help his case that he then backed up into another car, and it was all witnessed by a store employee collecting shopping carts in the parking lot. The backing up rule only applies when two cars are backing up in a parking lot and back into each other, since both are assumed to be at fault. That rule is interpreted differently depending upon if it is a one-way parking lane, or a two way parking lane, and if the parking spots are angled. ...Rich [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
SportTrac Discussion
General Sport Trac Discussion
Cost of collision repairs...unreal
Top