交叉路口出车祸了（续结果）

上次发文交叉路口出车祸，得到大家的安慰和建议，非常感谢！今天跟对方保险公司交涉，他们下午回复说同意责任全部在他们那一方。能这么快有一个满意的结果有点出乎我们意料，因为出事的当天下午，对方保险公司
给我们打电话问询了一下情况以后还声称可能不会赔偿，我认为很大程度上得力于我们
准备的一份statement。我想贴在这儿，以后如果碰到类似的事情也许对大家有启发。

statement:

First, let me tell you some background:
1. The car accident happened at approximately 8:18 AM just in front of the
community (****) where I have lived for more than 5 years. Almost every
morning, I pass that intersection to go to work or drop my kids to the
daycare. I have never tried to make a left turn without green left arrow. (
with Google Map)

2.During my ** years’ driving history, I have never gotten any ticket due
to bad drive behavior. I am very rational and prudent person. *******(omit n
words) , From my training, I do anything very routinely and always step by
step.

Second, let’s see if it is possible for someone to pass that intersection
without left turn signal.
1. The *** rd has heavy traffic flow during the rush hour in the morning (7:
30-8:30 am), the intersection between *** and *** is the most closest
intersection for people exit or enter highway and it is one of the
intersection that right in front of *** where a lot of people work in. The
chance that during rush hour both directions in ** road have no car in this
intersection when green light is on is very small. (Anyone can easily verify
this!). Therefore, any rational person who is in the ** road will not make
a left turn to ** road without the green arrow light.

2. If a person wants to make a left turn from **, he needs to cross 4 lanes
which requires a few seconds, which adds the impossibility to make this left
turn without a green arrow light. Furthermore, there are two left turn
lanes in ** with left turn signal, who will take the risk to make left turn
without waiting for his signal? (with Picture of that intersection).

Third, let’s see some facts about this accident.
In Wednesday morning, as usual, I arrived this intersection and stopped in
my lane around 8:16 am, I waited there for almost 2 minutes to get my light.
Then I saw the four lights in front of me became green (two left arrow and
two front signals). I began to make left turn. Then I was hit. At the
beginning, I even didn't realize what happened. Then I ran out of the car
and asked the other driver (Mr. ***) very angrily "How do you drive? You
didn't see your red light?" He said: "I can't see the light because of the
sunlight!" (I guarantee this conversation). Then he asked me: "are you hurt?
" **** (omit n words).

Fourth, let’s see what police report said:
In the police report it is clearly said: Driver #1 stated that he was unable
to observe the traffic light for his direction of travel due to sunlight.
Driver #2 stated that he was proceeding into the intersection in order to
complete a left turn and had a green arrow for his direction of travel when
vehicle #2 was struck by vehicle #1.


Finally, let's answer the following questions:
1. A person passes that intersection almost every day for more than 5 years,
what is the chance that the person will take the risk to make left turn
without signal?

2. A person who had been waited 2 minutes in that intersection and another
person who ran across that intersection with 45 mph, who can see the traffic
light more clearly?

3. After the accident, a person states that he had a green arrow for his
direction of travel and another person states that he was unable to observe
the traffic light for his direction of travel, what the traffic light that
another person should have? RED LIGHT!

Conclusion: who should be responsible for this? Does the reason that someone
was unable to see the traffic light can justify that he can run through a
red light and hit others?

交叉路口出车祸了

 

LD今天早上送小孩去幼儿园，刚出我们居住的社区，在交叉路口左转，在有左转绿灯的时候被一辆闯红灯的车给撞了，还好人没事，但是车撞得很 严重。LD当时没有找witness,警察的报告是这么说的：对方（一老头）没有承认闯红灯，只是说他 unable to observe the traffic light for his direction of travel due to sunlight. LD说 ：he was proceeding into the intersection in order to complete a left turn and had a green arrow for his direction of travel. 我们的车是半保，打我们自己的保险公司电话，他们不管，估计维修费是6K,打电话给对方保险公司，他们说不能确定是谁的责任，准备赖账。请各位帮忙看看， 我们该怎么办？是否要联系律师？

所有跟帖： 

• good for you. Happy holidays! -biglow- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/28/2011 postreply 18:35:17

• 谢谢你的帮助！ -wait..- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/28/2011 postreply 18:39:16

• thanks for sharing -focus2000- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/29/2011 postreply 06:58:35

• 不好意思，我怎么觉得你写的不是statement -set-hold-time- ♀ (217 bytes) () 11/29/2011 postreply 08:13:33

• It is good to hear! -毅然- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/29/2011 postreply 16:46:17

• 真幸运警察报告把那个人的原话记录了。遇到个偏心警察，事情就可能比较麻烦 -xinliji- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/01/2011 postreply 08:06:42