Who is at fault for this accident?

i was driving in the left lane in a highway, two car (they were friends)in my right lane cut into my lane at the same time, than the car in front of me stopped after cut into my lane. and i hit it's back, is it my fault? The police said it is my fault for inattention driving.
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but the fact is that i didn't follow too closely. they just cut in between my car and the car in front of me, so there are not enough time for me to keep a distance with them.

ShavenLlama

Sounds to me like they set you up to be at fault for insurance fraud. If you think this might be the case, talk to a lawyer. They might have done it before.

gobillybatson

If you rear end somebody, it's always your fault, unless they were backing.

TedEx

YOU are required to keep your car under control at all times.
Your freinds were in the other car???
What does that have to do with it. Were they clowning around, talking to you on the cell phone?? With frends like that, you don't need any enemies.
Policeman is right.

rhsaunders

Yes. You were following too closely. You must keep sufficient distance so that if something squirrely happens ahead, you can either stop or veer out of the way.

tonalc1

In a rear-end collision, unfortunately it's always considered the rear-ender's fault.

firestorm315

If you were blocked in and have a witness it could be their fault for intent to causing insurance fraud by forcing you to either rear end the front car or swerve into the car to your right.
Most notable signs of it would be that the fron car is either very large and/or an older model made with more steel than fiberglass.
They would get relatively no damage and file medical or emotional damage claims against you.

But without a witness, by law you would be at fault; the person doing the rear-ending is always at fault unless first-hand witnesses or other evidence proves otherwise.

DennistheMenace

tell it to the judge....

Mira

yeah its stupid but u cant really do anything about it. same thing happend to me. the police always consider the person that rear ended is at fault no matter what the driver in front of you is doing. sorry:(

Fred C

If they actually cut you off and hit the brakes, they are at fault. This technique has actually been used quite a bit by fraudsters setting up fake insurance claims and blackmail scenarios in several large cities in the past while. Unfortunately, since they are known to you, it puts you in a bad spot unless they have done it before, and it ends up your word against theirs.

jackbutler5555

I have never seen a situation in which car no. 1 was damaged in the front and car no. 2 was damaged in the rear in which driver no. 1 didn't get the blame.

However, if this accident was observed by police or a credible witness, then there would be some possibility -- not a certainty -- car no. 1 wouldn't get the blame.

This is imperfect, but it's the only way an unwitnessed accident can be adjudicated.

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