So who do you think is to blame?

Oridinarily if a car hits someone from behind then 99% of the time the diver behind is to blame. But what's the case if some one reverses into someone else?
The situation being that car A is reversing round a bend, on private land, doesn't see car B approaching because of a fence and hits it. Car B's driver say they saw car A coming but didn't have time to move. But didn't even sound the horn to let driver A know they was there. Also car B shouldn't even have been there in the first place anyway.
No one will admit blame. Who would you say is to blame?
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For those that think car A is at fault for reversing around a blind bend, why is car B not at fault for not aproaching the bend with more caution? Car B had far more ability to see car A comming than vice versa.
Big Daddy, car B shouldn't have been there because it was private property and didn't need sign posting as such because it was residential. Car B had gone in to turn around. But the drive is narrow and you can only turn at the bottom of it unless you do a 3 pointer at the front of the property where the fence is.

krazybob613

IF car B came to a full and complete stop before car A struck it then the blame will be on car A's driver. If car B was not able to stop then part if not all of the blame would rest with the driver of car B. This will be true whether or not the driver of car B had permission to be on the property - if the driver of car B was informed of the fact that it was private property by clear and adequate signage at the point where they entered the private property then they could be sued for criminal trespass and all damages resulting therefrom.

Paul

The DUNCE backing up is to blame.

You cannot back into oncoming traffic and then blame the oncoming traffic. That's DUMB!

Old Fart

You seem to think that driver B should have sounded his horn. My observation is that if driver B had time to sound his horn he could have used that time to avoid a collision, he obviously had time to do neither. The other details are not clear enough to form an opinion.

Big Daddy

sound like car A is to blame - car B could have been shock that car A was coming out of no where and didn't really have time to react - just as if some was running a red light - as far as car B shouldn't have been there in the first place - WHY! was they lost, made a wrong turn - were there signs posted private drive DO NOT ENTER - what was the reason that car A couldn't turn around and drive out -

tequila_girl98

That is for the insurance adjusters to determine.

Polly S

I would say car A, reversing around a blind bend is a bit of a daft thing to do but then car B must have been driving with his/her eyes closed, so, constituting driving without due care and attention.

patp

most of the blame would go to car A because you should always be able to see where you are going. but car B should have sounded the horn and was in a place they should not have been so maybe like a 60% of the blame to car a and 40% to car b

Rapid Fire

I have only ever seen one accident were the lead driver was faulted and charged for the accident (collision). I was driving up the highway one day and tried to overtake another vehicle on the left. The gentleman for some reason became disorientated or confused and pulled into my lane and slammed on his brakes. I veered into the right lane just as he realized what he had done and also veered back into the right lane. By that time I had run out of options and impacted his car hard. He could have easily denied this but admitted full fault when the Police responded to the incident.
Both cars were write-offs.

UCANTCME

Both are at fault...........

Car (A) for reversing without paying full attention of their surroundings and car (B) for not doing everything in their power to prevent this from happening...

edgarsdad

surely the driver of car A is responsible,if i reversed into a parked car on a car park for example i could not blame the owner of the parked car for the collision. The driver of car A is to blame

eric

This a a tough one. There's nothing wrong with Car B turning around, but anybody who turns around in someone's driveway should be careful. Car A should be watching his mirrors and keeping a "proper lookout" when backing up. If this happen on the street, Car A would be at fault, but a witness would help.

I think it should go 50/50 or each driver should file with their own insurance.

When approaching a blind bend - reversing or going forwards - you MUST sound your horn as warning.

I was approaching a blind bend - forwards and slowly - sounded my horn in warning. And a gentleman reversed into me at SPEED (with his radio blaring) as he was letting another car through.

The gentleman who reversed into me was at fault, and HAD to pay for the repairs to my car.

Ella

I'd say both of them are at fault, but insurance firms are always going to side with the person whose car is hit from behind.

inquisitor

That's a case when it pays to have had a witness.

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