minhthu2017
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Here is the situation.
I was at a drive through car wash.
As my car is going through the car wash and am nearing the exit, the car in front of me on the conveyor belt stops.
I honk and brake but it is too late. The conveyor belt carries me forward and our cars make contact.
Next, the car wash people stopped the conveyor because they heard my car horn.
When the conveyor stopped, the driver in front of me put her car into drive and pulled forward and out the exit.
I talked to the car wash people and then exited the car wash when the line is restarted.
When I got out I checked my car. No damage.
The women who I hit is also pulled over and checking her car. Her car is damaged though you really can't tell if it just happened or if it was already there.
We then go talk to the manager. He comes out and inspects the vehicles and the damage.
He acknowledges the damage and then says that he'd be happy to call the police. He also says that there won't be any tickets due to it being private property. He also says that the claim would most likely go against me because I hit her from behind.
This just astounds me.
I realize that when you hit someone from behind on the street, you are at fault.
But in this situation, the only way it could have been caused by me would be if I put my car into drive and hit the gas. That certainly didn't happen.
There are a lot of different reasons why the car in front of me stopped and none of them were caused by my actions.
Is it really true that I would be considered 'at fault' in this situation?
Doesn't the car wash bear some of the burden as they were responsible for the placement of the cars on the conveyor?
Doesn't the front car have some responsibility?
(The woman in the front car elected to let it go after she learned I would be considered at fault. The car wash did offer reimbursement for the cost of touch up paint and even offered to put it on for her. She accepted that offer)
I was at a drive through car wash.
As my car is going through the car wash and am nearing the exit, the car in front of me on the conveyor belt stops.
I honk and brake but it is too late. The conveyor belt carries me forward and our cars make contact.
Next, the car wash people stopped the conveyor because they heard my car horn.
When the conveyor stopped, the driver in front of me put her car into drive and pulled forward and out the exit.
I talked to the car wash people and then exited the car wash when the line is restarted.
When I got out I checked my car. No damage.
The women who I hit is also pulled over and checking her car. Her car is damaged though you really can't tell if it just happened or if it was already there.
We then go talk to the manager. He comes out and inspects the vehicles and the damage.
He acknowledges the damage and then says that he'd be happy to call the police. He also says that there won't be any tickets due to it being private property. He also says that the claim would most likely go against me because I hit her from behind.
This just astounds me.
I realize that when you hit someone from behind on the street, you are at fault.
But in this situation, the only way it could have been caused by me would be if I put my car into drive and hit the gas. That certainly didn't happen.
There are a lot of different reasons why the car in front of me stopped and none of them were caused by my actions.
Is it really true that I would be considered 'at fault' in this situation?
Doesn't the car wash bear some of the burden as they were responsible for the placement of the cars on the conveyor?
Doesn't the front car have some responsibility?
(The woman in the front car elected to let it go after she learned I would be considered at fault. The car wash did offer reimbursement for the cost of touch up paint and even offered to put it on for her. She accepted that offer)
