Hypothetically, who would be at fault?

[CHAOS STEP]

Well, by your version of events the other party is clearly at fault.

But, how can either party prove their case?

It is a classic scenario, where one party alleges that someone reverses into them, whilst the other states that it was just a hit in rear.

In Road accidents, you can sometimes possibly look at the damage to each vehicle, but in most cases the impacts are at low speed and there is no evidential way of proving it.

So when there are also witnesses, it's just one persons word against another.

Is he denying that he was reversing? Why would he be reversing, had he missed a turning?

 

[CHAOS STEP]

Solution: Start a bank account for F***s that screw you out of your money.

My uncle was just telling me how he was doing jury duty not to long ago. The Case was:

A 26 year old who did not have his license decided one day to go run some errands with his parent's car (his parents were out of town). As he was driving going through an intersection someone ran through the red light and hit the 26 year old. God Bless America, the man who Ran the red light decided that he shouldn't be at fault and that the parents of the son should be since they did not hide the keys. Guess what the guy who wasn't wearing the seat belt and ran the red light won 20,000 in damages for him being hurt from the accident and for the kid driving w/out license/parents not hiding keys; He was seeking $50,000. This was in Oregon.

Makes you wonder about this system...

Interesting, in the UK, proximate cause / Primary liability is used.

This means, how did the mechanism of the incident occur - the guy running the red light.

The argument of 'he shouldn't have been on the road' is dismissed over here. Any offence that has taken place like that would be dealt with under criminal law (driving without licence, or insurance etc), but without regards to the civil matter.

There must have been other factors or indeed something about your traffic / civil liability laws that make an exception?

 

[dornoforpyros]

Well, actually, there's a few distinct set of people who use the golf carts:

-Golfers (few)
-Teenagers who are too young to have a car or license
-Mothers with young children
-People who cannot afford cars

So, I would appreciate you not passing judgement. Thanks.

Umm you just said most houses COME with golfcarts? so which is it? everyone? or just a few? sounds to me like you live in a very rich suburb.

As for not passing judgment...welcome to the internet

 

[annk]

Umm you just said most houses COME with golfcarts? so which is it? everyone? or just a few? sounds to me like you live in a very rich suburb.

....

Does it matter?

 

[dornoforpyros]

Does it matter?

I'm just saying I find the image of rich people having golf cart accidents around their suburb to be rather funny. The OP then got defensive and tried to downplay the # of people using them.

So no, it doesn't really matter what a jaded graphic artist thinks about rich people living the good life. But that doesn't mean I can't have a laugh at their expense.

 

[iSaint]

I would hope that your father trusts you enough to know you are telling the truth. If your family supports you, everything should be ok.

Now, let's talk about this Mariah Carey stuff.



JUST KIDDING!!!

 

[Ugg]

I'm just saying I find the image of rich people having golf cart accidents around their suburb to be rather funny. The OP then got defensive and tried to downplay the # of people using them.

So no, it doesn't really matter what a jaded graphic artist thinks about rich people living the good life. But that doesn't mean I can't have a laugh at their expense.

It's not about wealth in a lot of these communities but a way of reducing pollution, enabling older people to be independent and a host of other issues. Your passing judgement just shows your immaturity.


As far as the OP's question is concerned, there's not a lot you can do. In cases like this it's mostly a matter of your word against his. Get a mini cam mounted on your golf cart so you'll have proof to back you up.

 

[dornoforpyros]

It's not about wealth in a lot of these communities but a way of reducing pollution, enabling older people to be independent and a host of other issues. Your passing judgement just shows your immaturity.
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You people have no sense of humor

 

[kresh]

Complete, total and utter horse-trash.

As has already been said, what if someone was behind her car? Then what?

You are expected to be able to deal with the vehicle in front of you suddenly stopping, but NOT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU SUDDENLY BACKING INTO YOU.

hehe I guess you missed the part of evidence to the otherwise You are throwing a what-if situation in there by saying "what if someone was behind her car?". That would clearly provide evidence that the other guy was at fault and not her.

That's just not the scenario.

edit: Just how far did the guy back up? If he backed up 2 or 3 feet then she was just way to close. If he backed up 25 feet and hit her, what was she paying attention to to allow him to back that far into her?

 

[mariahlullaby]

hehe I guess you missed the part of evidence to the otherwise You are throwing a what-if situation in there by saying "what if someone was behind her car?". That would clearly provide evidence that the other guy was at fault and not her.

That's just not the scenario.

edit: Just how far did the guy back up? If he backed up 2 or 3 feet then she was just way to close. If he backed up 25 feet and hit her, what was she paying attention to to allow him to back that far into her?

I was about 10-15 feet away from him. Keep in mind we are golf carts, not in cars. He was at the bottom of the hill and I was still on a very steep incline. Had I taken the parking brake off, I would have rolled about 3-4 feet down the hill before the reverse kicked in...so trying to back up in time would have just had me crash into him. He back up rather quickly! And I yelled at him but I guess he didn't hear me...it happened in a matter of about 5 seconds.

And in regards to my earlier comments about everyone owning golf carts, this is true. I was trying to say that it's not an elitist bunch of rich people who own the golf carts in the city, everyone does. However, the majority of the people that use them are a) teenagers (and there's problems with reckless driving,etc) b) mothers with young children c) golfers and d) people who cannot afford or do not own a car.

Thank you to everyone who has helped out! I haven't heard anything from him, so I am guessing everything is OK. My dad did believe me, I am very trustworthy. I was just wondering....what if he DID, how could I prove this?

THANKS!!!

 

[clayj]

Like I said: You can't prove anything. Neither can the other guy.