Had an accident this morning..

kash786 · 14 Mar 2011 at 09:55

So, i'm driving to work this morning and as i come off the motorway and ascend up the slip road towards the roundabout, the lady in front decides to brake on a amber traffic light, i try to brake in time, but it's too late. I go into the back of her :mad:

I guess the insurance company will see it as my fault, even though she said it was bright and hard to make out what the traffic signal was but she still panicked and broke on a ****'n amber :mad:

Participant · 14 Mar 2011 at 09:58

Braking on an amber...sounds like a good idea to me?

You were obviously driving too close to her.

Marine Iguana · 14 Mar 2011 at 09:58

Robbie G said:
Braking on an amber...sounds like a good idea to me?

You were obviously driving too close to her.

Cuchulain · 14 Mar 2011 at 09:59

No guesswork involved, you're liable.

kash786 · 14 Mar 2011 at 09:59

Robbie G said:
Braking on an amber...sounds like a good idea to me?

You were obviously driving too close to her.

Yes but she was moving, we easily would have made it, half her car was OVER the line but she panicked and broke. I had no chance.

Scania · 14 Mar 2011 at 09:59

kash786 said:
I guess the insurance company will see it as my fault

Given that it was, they will.

Consider this, what if I had been behind her in my HGV & done the same as you....? :eek:

Your ok, so's she, all good. Live & learn.

Cuchulain · 14 Mar 2011 at 10:00

kash786 said:
Yes but she was moving, we easily would have made it, half her car was OVER the line but she panicked and broke. I had no chance.

If you'd kept a safe distance you'd have had plenty of opportunity to brake in time.

Cosmic182 · 14 Mar 2011 at 10:00

As everyone else says....braking on an amber, a good idea. Too close it sounds.

robj20 · 14 Mar 2011 at 10:01

Someone driving in front of you could slam on at any time not just at lights, and you should have enough distance to also stop safely.

kash786 · 14 Mar 2011 at 10:01

Cuchulain said:
No guesswork involved, you're liable.

hmm, just waiting for insurance company to call, dreading to know what damage is, my excess is quite high

Eriedor · 14 Mar 2011 at 10:03

Sounds like you were up her chuff trying to sneak through on amber before it turned red.

You are at fault and will be found as such by the insurance company.

Take a lesson from this and leave a sensible gap between yourself and the car in front.

NathWraith · 14 Mar 2011 at 10:03

kash786 said:
Yes but she was moving, we easily would have made it, half her car was OVER the line but she panicked and broke. I had no chance.

Hang on a sec guys, if this is the case it is kinda of unfair. You cant just progress over a line to all of sudden act erractically and brake when you have alreay decided to make progress?

Admitedly there isn't anything you can do OP, at the end of the day it is your fault but the women infront should have decided to brake before she got half way over the line and there must have been some speed involved to crash, that or your brakes are total ****.

Hodders · 14 Mar 2011 at 10:04

You have my sympathy at these times you just want to be able to rewind and do things differently. It sucks.

Key thing is that it is just metal (and money) and no-one was hurt. Learn from it and work out how you could have driven differently and avoided the accident.

Scania · 14 Mar 2011 at 10:04

NathWraith said:
Hang on a sec guys, if this is the case it is kinda of unfair. You cant just progress over a line to all of sudden act erractically and brake when you have alreay decided to make progress?

Admitedly there isn't anything you can do OP, at the end of the day it is your fault but the women infront should have decided to brake before she got half way over the line and there must have been some speed involved to crash, that or your brakes are total ****.

The OP needs to be ready for the unexpected, he wasn't alas.

pepp77 · 14 Mar 2011 at 10:06

If the light was amber and she was in front of you, you should have already been breaking to stop for the lights anyway when she also decided to.

Fault is definitely gonna fall on you here.

Fusion · 14 Mar 2011 at 10:06

As has been said, you were too close. You shouldn't be trying to sneak through lights. Hopefully you've learned your lesson.

NathWraith · 14 Mar 2011 at 10:07

R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
The OP needs to be ready for the unexpected, he wasn't alas.

Aye, just unfortunate. At least no one was hurt.

Any pics of said crash OP?

kash786 · 14 Mar 2011 at 10:25

Hodders said:
You have my sympathy at these times you just want to be able to rewind and do things differently. It sucks.

Key thing is that it is just metal (and money) and no-one was hurt. Learn from it and work out how you could have driven differently and avoided the accident.

Yes.

I know you should always be preparing for the worst, even like in this situation, someone drastically changes their decision.

I wasn't going too quick, i had literally just come off the motorway and was slowing down.

Participant · 14 Mar 2011 at 10:28

NathWraith said:
You cant just progress over a line to all of sudden act erractically and brake when you have alreay decided to make progress?

Why can't you? What if the woman had been going through a green when someone stepped out in front of her car and she had to jam on the anchors? OP would have merrily ploughed into her because she 'drastically changed her decision'.

thepeganator · 14 Mar 2011 at 10:33

You should be breaking on an amber, it means stop!

Totally your fault!