Turning left over a double yellow line. causing a car accident? who is at fault?

if the car in front of you is making a left hand turn over a solid double yellow line. also while crossing that double yellow line they cross turning lanes going the opposite way. are they at fault for that accident or would i be? i know anytime someone hits someonne from behind they are at fault... . but the car in front of me was making a left turn over a double yellow line into a corner store and it was right after a stop light and we were also in a single lane. .
i put a picture on here to show what happened the blue car being them and the Green being ME*
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b105/samjung559/accident.jpg

dont laught im not an artist

you(the green car) are at fault.

Living Legends. Still Rockin On!

Failing to stop short of the vehicle in front means you were following too closely, therefore you are at fault.

tinaandsteve

its your fault for hittinghim from behind

Ken B

Sad to say but it appears you are. It isn't against the law to turn left across a double yellow line.

sunshinedaisies

its your fault for failing to stop and whatnot
he has the right to turn over the line, the lines just there so ppl are driving erraticly through traffic lanes
nice drawing btw

Corrina D

Sorry but you are the one at fault !!!!!

I Joox

You are at fault.

The double yellow line does not mean they cannot turn. It simply means that both sides of the road are forbidden to pass.

StephenWeinstein

It would have been safer for the blue car to have turned left at the traffic light and then turned right into the parking lot.

If the blue car had been struck by an oncoming car traveling left (approaching the interesection) after the blue car crossed the yellow line, that would have been the blue car's fault.

However, neither of those things is relevant.

1. If the blue car signalled for the left turn at the proper location and had working brake lights and turn signals, then it is your fault.

2. If the reason that you did not slop in time was because you did not know that it was going to slow, stop, or turn, and this was either because it did not signal or because its signals or brake lights were not working, then it is the blue car's fault.

hotdogseeksbun

You are at fault,100% sorry.

A12012

no, just be carefull and nothing will happen....

UCANTCME

Youuuuuuuuuuuuu are.

mustanger

It doesn't matter what he was doing. He's allowed to make left turns. If you rear ended him then you're at fault for not having your car under control.

cindy

in this case you are at fault because you hit him from behind. This states you were following too close. Sorry. I do have a similar question in my own case though. There were several cars stopped at a red light going east on a two lane street (one eas, one west) that branched off into a 3 lane because of a turn lane. I was coming out of a parking lot making a left hand turn going west accross a double yellow line. The east/west bound light was red and the cars that were stopped going east backed up to let me through to make my turn. I proceeded in front of the cars east bound and checked for any east and west bound traffic coming. When I proceeded in to my left turn a car traveling east bound (still having a red light) came around 4 cars stopped at the red light and hit me while trying to get in to the turn lane. She was straddeling the solid double yellow lines trying to pass the other vehicles. She hit me but I recieved the ticket for coming out of a parking lot. Is she at fault or am I? I would like to fight the ticket because I believe it was her fault. What do you think?

Mark

Interesting discussion. Something similar happened to my daughter. So if if someone in front of me is in the process of turning, crosses the double yellow line and suddenly stops, and I hit him from behind, is it still my fault. Does it matter if his brake lights and / or turn signal were on??

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