I'M at fault!?! Car accident?

saxman357

Car B. B is following *much* too closely for the speed of traffic. There's nothing negligent about a "sudden" stop. If you're following another vehicle, you should be able to safely stop behind them if they were to defy the laws of physics and stop instantly.

Joe Capo

Length should be 1 car for every 10 mph, 20 mph, 2 car lengths, 30 mph, 3 car lengths and so on and so forth

During Rain or Snow you Double or Triple your distance, really no one ever does this

65Cobra

Ninety percent of the time car B will be at fault. Unless something drastic happened like car A was drunk or was driving erratically. Otherwise car B will always be blamed.

jason l

driver b should always maintain control of there car

fighting saints

Love this ?. It causes many people involved in this type of accident to go nuts.

Bottom line is that the trailing vehicle is at-fault. They have a legal duty to stay far enough behind the lead vehicle, so they can stop if the lead vehicle stops. The reason the lead vehicle stops doesn't matter. People will complain about the lead vehicle stopping/braking "for no reason". The reason doesn't matter.

The proper trailing distance depends on so many factors; speed of both cars, weather conditions, road conditions, traffic conditions, vehicle mechanical condition, ABS brakes or no ABS brakes.

The most used rule is to stay one care length behind for every 10 mph you are going. If your going 50mph stay about 5 car lengths behind, but it depends on the above conditions.

dudeinnorcal

After an accident I had my insurance company informed me it is a fallacy to believe that a vehicle that rear-ends another one is automatically at fault, it all depends on the situation. If Car A did what is called â€œbrake checkâ€ which happens a lot with road rage, they could be put at fault for causing the accident in the first place. More than likely though, Car B would be at fault for following too closely.

jerry

car b was following to close,,,i think it is one car lenght for every ten miles per hour,,,

bugs280

Any driver who hits another car in the rear end is always at fault. It's called 'following to closely'. The legal distance is the distance it takes to stop before impact and varies with road conditions and speed limit.

mantle two

Different distance to stay behind cars, depending on speed.
Anytime you rear-end another car, you will be the one cited,............B is at fault.

countryboy

I'm sorry to say car B would be at fault at least in Illinois. You would probably get a ticket for either failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident or too fast for conditions. You have to have 2 car lenghts between cars.

bob

depends on the reason for car a to stop. if it was to avoid danger than car b's fault for following to close

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