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So I was on a 4 lane road, 2 lanes going each way. I was heading south, approaching an intersection with a light. I was in the right lane, going straight, and I had the green light. Of this I am 100% sure: I HAD THE GREEN LIGHT. I get to the intersection and two cars who are coming from the opposite way turn left right in front of me, but they had enough time that i didn't have to brake. They shouldn't have turned in front of me, they should have waited, but nothing came of it. However, a third car followed those two cars and also turned left in front of me; This time, I didn't have enough time to swerve or to avoid it. I slammed on my brakes but ended up t-boning her.
Thankfully, both me and the other driver were okay; I was just sore for a few days after. Directly after the accident happened, I went up to her and asked her if she was okay; she responded with yes, and didn't speak another word to me. She didn't ask if I was okay, didn't say anything.
The cops were called, we both gave our statements, both cars were towed, I thought okay, that was that. It's okay, her insurance will pay for it, no one was hurt, it's okay.
Few days later, we get the police report; she states that she had the green arrow and thus I ran a red light. This is emphatically FALSE. For this statement to be true, I would have had to see this (red) light for a while (because it's visible for quite a while), thought 'fuck it!' and decided to run it for the hell of it? Um, no.
Unfortunately, there were witnesses at the scene, but by the time I had calmed down and stopped freaking out, I noticed that everyone had left. Brilliant. I even tried calling all the businesses around the intersection just to see if maybe some had cameras pointed there but of course no one did. Even better.
So basically, it's my word against hers, she's lying in order to cover her ass. She even tried to put a claim into MY insurance to pay for her car and her "injuries." Remember when I asked if she was okay and she said yes? Yeah. Her insurance, of course, believes her and sends me this letter saying that "uhhh yeah you ran a red light SO WE WONT PAY KTHXBAI." My insurance, on the other hand, believes me so basically this means that we're responsible for our own cars.
So right now, my car has $7000 worth of damage to it, it's a leased car due to be turned in at the end of this month, and I'm responsible for $500 of it for my deductible.
First car accident in 7 years of having my license, it wasn't even my fault and now I'm on the hook because someone doesn't want to take responsibilities for their actions.
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Thankfully, both me and the other driver were okay; I was just sore for a few days after. Directly after the accident happened, I went up to her and asked her if she was okay; she responded with yes, and didn't speak another word to me. She didn't ask if I was okay, didn't say anything.
The cops were called, we both gave our statements, both cars were towed, I thought okay, that was that. It's okay, her insurance will pay for it, no one was hurt, it's okay.
Few days later, we get the police report; she states that she had the green arrow and thus I ran a red light. This is emphatically FALSE. For this statement to be true, I would have had to see this (red) light for a while (because it's visible for quite a while), thought 'fuck it!' and decided to run it for the hell of it? Um, no.
Unfortunately, there were witnesses at the scene, but by the time I had calmed down and stopped freaking out, I noticed that everyone had left. Brilliant. I even tried calling all the businesses around the intersection just to see if maybe some had cameras pointed there but of course no one did. Even better.
So basically, it's my word against hers, she's lying in order to cover her ass. She even tried to put a claim into MY insurance to pay for her car and her "injuries." Remember when I asked if she was okay and she said yes? Yeah. Her insurance, of course, believes her and sends me this letter saying that "uhhh yeah you ran a red light SO WE WONT PAY KTHXBAI." My insurance, on the other hand, believes me so basically this means that we're responsible for our own cars.
So right now, my car has $7000 worth of damage to it, it's a leased car due to be turned in at the end of this month, and I'm responsible for $500 of it for my deductible.
First car accident in 7 years of having my license, it wasn't even my fault and now I'm on the hook because someone doesn't want to take responsibilities for their actions.
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