If 1 car causes you to have an accident who is liable?

[Jfkoh]

As above,

 

nearly got into an accident today at orchard road..

 

from left

 

1st lane was bus lane

 

i was at 2nd and this woman driver driving a golf was at 3rd lane.. then suddenly she swerve into my lane and nearly hit onto me.. till i siam to the left and horn then she move back to her lane..

 

Lucky there was no bus/car on the left..

 

just wondering if i do have evidence showing she was the 1 who cause me to swerve to the left and say i hit an vehicle, in this case who is liable? Assuming she run away or she stay..

Edited April 26, 2012 by Jfkoh

[Exanimated]

First of all, Right lane is the 1st lane. Mid is 2nd, Left is 3rd.

 

And to answer your question, if you have hard evidence, you should be able to open up a case against the driver should it be deemed that his/her dangerous/reckless driving caused your accident.

Edited April 26, 2012 by Exanimated

[Good-Carbuyer]

As above,

 

nearly got into an accident today at orchard road..

 

from left

 

1st lane was bus lane

 

i was at 2nd and this woman driver driving a golf was at 3rd lane.. then suddenly she swerve into my lane and nearly hit onto me.. till i siam to the left and horn then she move back to her lane..

 

Lucky there was no bus/car on the left..

 

just wondering if i do have evidence showing she was the 1 who cause me to swerve to the left and say i hit an vehicle, in this case who is liable? Assuming she run away or she stay..

You may be aware that LTA already named the right most lane as Lane 1 (mainly for overtaking)

On the left of which is Lane 2, on the left of which is Lane 3, on the left of which is Lane 4, on the left of which is Lane 5...

Lane 3, Land 4, Lane 5 sometimes is a bus lane along the roadside kerb

By using your own lane-naming method we may be confused

[0wnage]

As above,

 

nearly got into an accident today at orchard road..

 

from left

 

1st lane was bus lane

 

i was at 2nd and this woman driver driving a golf was at 3rd lane.. then suddenly she swerve into my lane and nearly hit onto me.. till i siam to the left and horn then she move back to her lane..

 

Lucky there was no bus/car on the left..

 

just wondering if i do have evidence showing she was the 1 who cause me to swerve to the left and say i hit an vehicle, in this case who is liable? Assuming she run away or she stay..

 

I don't understand why people have the mentality of swerving to avoid a vehicle.

Unless you are totally aware of your surroundings, stay in your own lane and jam brake. Do not endanger drivers on other lanes!

Of course you're likely to lose the case unless you have a cam in your car to prove that the other driver caused you to rear end him.

[Yeshe]

As above,

 

nearly got into an accident today at orchard road..

 

from left

 

1st lane was bus lane

 

i was at 2nd and this woman driver driving a golf was at 3rd lane.. then suddenly she swerve into my lane and nearly hit onto me.. till i siam to the left and horn then she move back to her lane..

 

Lucky there was no bus/car on the left..

 

just wondering if i do have evidence showing she was the 1 who cause me to swerve to the left and say i hit an vehicle, in this case who is liable? Assuming she run away or she stay..

 

u should have stick to your lane n not swerve to e left. if u hit a motorist on the left n she gets away, its your fault

[Leoloe]

I don't understand why people have the mentality of swerving to avoid a vehicle.

Unless you are totally aware of your surroundings, stay in your own lane and jam brake. Do not endanger drivers on other lanes!

Of course you're likely to lose the case unless you have a cam in your car to prove that the other driver caused you to rear end him.

 

Its not 'mentality' , its a natural human reaction. if something was thrown at you would you just stand there?

[Jfkoh]

hi i do understand that the right most lane is call 1st lane

 

but i did wrote

 

FROM LEFT because i could not remember how many lane were there..

 

 

my car front was already like at half of her vehicle, till she swerve in and both our speed was at 50+km/h, of course first instinct was to siam her rather then keeping straight and jam brake which i'm quite sure if i did, my front right will get bang by her passenger door

Edited April 26, 2012 by Jfkoh

[Nzy]

As above,

 

nearly got into an accident today at orchard road..

 

from left

 

1st lane was bus lane

 

i was at 2nd and this woman driver driving a golf was at 3rd lane.. then suddenly she swerve into my lane and nearly hit onto me.. till i siam to the left and horn then she move back to her lane..

 

Lucky there was no bus/car on the left..

 

just wondering if i do have evidence showing she was the 1 who cause me to swerve to the left and say i hit an vehicle, in this case who is liable? Assuming she run away or she stay..

 

It would not help. You should not have swerved. If you swerve must check that it is clear first. If you did not swerve then she hit you then there is a chance she'll have to take responsibility if you have evidence.

[Kenny1985]

I don't understand why people have the mentality of swerving to avoid a vehicle.

Unless you are totally aware of your surroundings, stay in your own lane and jam brake. Do not endanger drivers on other lanes!

Of course you're likely to lose the case unless you have a cam in your car to prove that the other driver caused you to rear end him.

 

 

agree. Do not endanger drivers on other lanes!

 

Driver should stop the car instead of swerving.

[Hondavvvtec]

cant deny the fact that most ppl actually sway to avoid getting hit esp when the driver is just on your right hand side and suddenly cuts into your lane where jam brake will also hit him /her

 

[Jfkoh]

This is actually not my first encounter. Same thing happen at cte

 

Now for.normal 1st lane on the right i was on 3rd. And 1 car at 2nd and 1 more on 1st

 

The 1st lane car swerve into 2nd lane, causing 2nd lane car to horn n swerve into mine. But this time round my front was just behind the 2nd lane car and i do have time to react to jam brake to avoid him hitting me.. In this case if he hit me. I will 100% claim him even though i did witness the 1st lane car incident. Right? So in the end its still the 1 who hit is at fault right?

[Zniper]

I don't understand why people have the mentality of swerving to avoid a vehicle.

Unless you are totally aware of your surroundings, stay in your own lane and jam brake. Do not endanger drivers on other lanes!

Of course you're likely to lose the case unless you have a cam in your car to prove that the other driver caused you to rear end him.

 

hav u thought tat if u jam brake, u will cause the vehicle behind u to hit u.... or am i sensing an irresponsibilty behaviour here? ppl hit u from back dan u can claim gao gao rite? either way if some vehicles going to come from left right or back going to hit u, no choice one... so swerving may still be right or wrong...

dan i hav to ask u back, u very sure the vehicle behind is quite far away so tat when u jam brake u wun kana hit??? duhz...

[Neutralsg]

As above,

 

nearly got into an accident today at orchard road..

 

from left

 

1st lane was bus lane

 

i was at 2nd and this woman driver driving a golf was at 3rd lane.. then suddenly she swerve into my lane and nearly hit onto me.. till i siam to the left and horn then she move back to her lane..

 

Lucky there was no bus/car on the left..

 

just wondering if i do have evidence showing she was the 1 who cause me to swerve to the left and say i hit an vehicle, in this case who is liable? Assuming she run away or she stay..

 

hi i do understand that the right most lane is call 1st lane

 

but i did wrote

 

FROM LEFT because i could not remember how many lane were there..

 

 

my car front was already like at half of her vehicle, till she swerve in and both our speed was at 50+km/h, of course first instinct was to siam her rather then keeping straight and jam brake which i'm quite sure if i did, my front right will get bang by her passenger door

I highlight the contradiction between your Post No. 1 and above Post No. 7

In your 1st Post, you said 1st lane is a bus lane while in your subsequent post (No. 7) you said rightmost lane is the 1st lane. If so, a bus lane is normally never on the rightmost lane.

 

Therefore, until you can decide (regardless the no. of lanes on that road) which is lane 1 i.e. extreme right or extreme left, I doubt it would help to post an opinion since you chose to ignore the rest of forummers who tried to correct your confusion.

 

[Yeshe]

hi i do understand that the right most lane is call 1st lane

 

but i did wrote

 

FROM LEFT because i could not remember how many lane were there..

 

 

my car front was already like at half of her vehicle, till she swerve in and both our speed was at 50+km/h, of course first instinct was to siam her rather then keeping straight and jam brake which i'm quite sure if i did, my front right will get bang by her passenger door

 

yes, only if u are aware of the traffic on your left. if got motorcyclist on the left then how? never swerve unless u are sure. if not sure, at most collide, dun try anything funny.

[Yeshe]

hav u thought tat if u jam brake, u will cause the vehicle behind u to hit u.... or am i sensing an irresponsibilty behaviour here? ppl hit u from back dan u can claim gao gao rite? either way if some vehicles going to come from left right or back going to hit u, no choice one... so swerving may still be right or wrong...

dan i hav to ask u back, u very sure the vehicle behind is quite far away so tat when u jam brake u wun kana hit??? duhz...

 

very simple, behind suppose to keep safe distance REGARDLESS

[Jfkoh]

very simple, behind suppose to keep safe distance REGARDLESS

 

Its.normal human behaviour. Like i mention her car was just beside mine. My normal instinct is to swerve. And its like less then 1 second to react

 

However if my front was just behind her i would still have 2-3sec to react, in this case most people would jam brake rather then swerve

[Joseph22]

Its.normal human behaviour. Like i mention her car was just beside mine. My normal instinct is to swerve. And its like less then 1 second to react

 

However if my front was just behind her i would still have 2-3sec to react, in this case most people would jam brake rather then swerve

 

 

yes, agree. but can be train. better to jam brake than knock into a cyclist at the side.

[Nzy]

hav u thought tat if u jam brake, u will cause the vehicle behind u to hit u.... or am i sensing an irresponsibilty behaviour here? ppl hit u from back dan u can claim gao gao rite? either way if some vehicles going to come from left right or back going to hit u, no choice one... so swerving may still be right or wrong...

dan i hav to ask u back, u very sure the vehicle behind is quite far away so tat when u jam brake u wun kana hit??? duhz...

 

Have you thought that if you jam brake and the vehicle behind hit you it is his fault? It is because he never keep a safe distance. If he kept a safe distance he would not have hit you. If you swerve to the left or right then you might hit someone who was really driving/riding in his own lane safely.