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Old 07-30-2014, 03:38 AM   #15
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It's just sheet metal damage, but...

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Originally Posted by chas3wba0 View Post

I've already submitted the DashCam video to insurance, hopefully it does more good than harm. I feel like an argument could be made that I was trying to "run the yellow light", but I was kind of on the borderline of being able to stop safely and being able to just drive through it. Also, the other car clearly cut me off without signalling or checking his blind spot, aka unsafe lane change.
You're not 100% not at fault. Approaching an intersection with a light changing and STOPPED traffic in the adjacent lane, you should already be slowing down. So what if they clearly moved over without a signal? The car in front of the van was already stopped.

In any case, good luck. But the evidence won't help you much, and may hurt you since vehicle speeds can be clearly determined from the video.

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