If someone crashes his or her car on purpose, why is it still a car accident?
93851
yes, the car didn't intend to crash only the driver ( car accident) sorry little sarcastic
332607
Because if anyone was allowed to drive a car, there would be many injuries. We need a way of regulating who can use a car for the interest of public safety.
711354
People are very selfish. They don't care about your friends mom.\n\nThey care about their car and their hospital bills.\n\nAlot of people see car accidents as easy money. \n\n\nI know how you feel. My sisters and I were hit by this dude. And my sister was ejected 30 feet from the car and hit the pavement. While my other sister and I sat watching what we presumed was her dying, the asshole stood over her and told her if she dies it was our fault.\n\nBut we went to court over it and he was found guilty.\n\nNo matter what the circumstance... the world will fix it. Whether your friend and her family knows about it or not. \n\nThe One that created you knows and he makes sure that the bad in this world recieves what they put into it.
816429
I would stop and give my name and phone number to the person that was the victim, many times we think something is clear as a bell but, it is not and many people will try anything these days to get out of trouble. Injuries that show up later are real and in some cases the person in the vehicle has actually turned around and sued the pedestrian for damaging their car.
1000683
People tend to drive very badly every day. They seem to think that a car is meant for eating, putting on make-up, talking on a cellphone, or even reading a book, and not for paying attention to the road and driving. They also think it is ok to go super slow (65 or slower) on the highway, when it actually is really dangerous to everyone around them.
844895
Please see my answer to your other question in the insurance category.\n\nI think you misunderstand the purpose of insurance. It's not just there if you're not at fault. Liability insurance protects you when you ARE at fault. If the insurance company finds your cousin at fault for the accident, the other party won't sue your cousin directly. The insurance company will try to settle with them to keep it from ever reaching a court room. Only one out of a thousand (maybe even less) accidents ever result in any sort of litigation. Even if your cousin is sued, the insurance company will pay for his defense and act on his behalf.\n\nI think that you and your family are concerning yourself too much with this if you really think your cousin is going to be sued. Just let the insurance company do your work for you... there's a reason you pay insurance premiums every month!
1054404
cuz u could have a seizure while driving and get into an accident
539257
You shouldn't expect any compensation because it was an accident.  No one's fault, but yours, for not being careful.  This accident you caused will make you much more careful in the future - think of it as one of life's lessons and move on.
453028
They're just stupid idiots who deserve any accident they might have. The only problem is if they hit someone else. There are rules against driving while talking, and I think there is no reason whatsoever to break those rules. If you want to talk or your phone is ringing, then pull over, talk as much as you please and then drive on. It couldn't be any simpler!
757156
How about someone is run over by a car.  The owner of the car says they left it in neutral on a level parking lot, and must have forgot to set the parking brake -- the car started rolling forward before they could jump back in and stop it, and the car ran the victim over.\n\nThis can be disproven because Newton's first law (the "Law of Inertia") states that an object at rest will stay at rest until acted on by an outside force.  Since no outside force was present (the parking lot was level so no gravitational force acts to accellerate the car horizontally) and the car itself was turned off, it cannot possibly have "just started to roll by itself" -- the car owner intentionally ran the victim over.\n\nWhy would he do that?  Well I guess that will be the fun and imaginitive part of the assignment!
858460
I dont. My thing is this...people say "oh he should have been killed in that accident, but god was there to save him and all he got was a broke back and two broke legs" IF there is a god, why didnt he stop the accident in whole? It drives me nuts when people use that as an excuse
635079
You did the right thing notifying the woman that she is driving in the wrong direction. It could have caused damage to many people as well as herself. If she didn't appreciate your comment its her fault. Some people are that way and you can't stop it. She was endangering people and she was arising strife but unless she was really making a ruckus and actually physically hurt some one calling the police would not be advisable.
14514
The answer is, the other people in the car did not have a legal duty to prevent the drunk driver from driving.  Generally, there is no duty for one adult to prevent another adult from doing something stupid.   You COULD sue one of the passengers if the passenger allowed a drunk to drive his car.  This is called "negligent entrustment."
464537
Hmm, good question.  Local newspaper will have it though...in a day or two.  You can try and check out the local police station website, don't know if maybe they list stuff like that.  I don't think there's too many ways to find out, people in accident probably don't want everyone gossiping about them.
338675
From what I know is that they can, but they can only sue for physical damages to themselves, not their car.  Chances are the courts will find him/her negligent for not having insurance in the first place, but you never know.
984721
It doesn't matter if your not at fault or at fault, you still have to wait for the police to show up. If not you can be cited for leaving the scene of an accident or hit and run both of which are serious offenses. \nIt is also smart when in an accident to write down the license plate of the other vehicle involved. This is in case they decide to leave the scene the officer can look up there name and address.
1124641
If the car was being used witout your authorization...there should be an additional charge against the person driving it at the time of the accident! You can recoupe those damages thru restitution no law suit necessary. If you want to sue for breach of contract...you need to file suit. If you want to get a judgement in excess of 5k (in NY) you can not file small claims. My suggestion take what you can get in small claims so you dont have to pay the lawyers!