So I took my dad to this store today in this business section, but there werent any parking spots, so I dropped him off and circled around since it was a quick buy. So when I pick him up, I moved my car closer to the shop/parked cars to let other cars behind me go ahead while I stopped. I put on my emergency blinking lights, and I noticed this ugly green mustang from the other end of the lot, racing face towards me. The guy was either on drugs or drunk, and as he got closer, I knew he was going to hit me as my dad was entering through the door, but luckily my dad also witnessed this and yelled at him and he swerved around us, luckily for him there wasnt incoming cars. So if he did hit me, who would be at fault?

 

if you had your flashers on id say him. but if u werent in a loading zone i could see them putting you a little bit at fault but i mean if he raced at you and hit you i dont see how youd be at fault unless u were like driving on the wrong side of the road.

 

How can fault not be on his shoulders.

 

i was stopping at an area that was not meant for loading. Is it legal to stop in a business area like that to pick someone up?

 

- not illegal if your in the car waiting, facing in the right direction, parking lots are definitely a crap shoot

 

Yeah. If he's driving like an idiot in a pedestrian area in a parking lot and about to hit a car in the other lane regardless if it's in a loading zone or not then I'd say it's his fault.

 

(In michigan at least) if its in a private parking lot and nobody gets hurt there is no fault because the police won't show up; they'll just give you a report number over the phone. You'd have to take the guy to civil court and have witnesses handy.

If it was on a public road, flashers don't mean anything. If you weren't legally parked you're at least partially at fault..

This is the sort of thing that should be universal i nthe USA, but unfortunatly it varies from state to state. Your insurance company would know though.

 

 

Probably has junk yard parts on it because the assclown hit someone before that, and you were his next target....

 

For you or anyone else it would be the other persons fault, for me they would find a way to pin the blame on my shoulders