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Who is at fault if your car door is open and another car drives into it?
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Who is at fault if a garage door is opening and car drives into it before it clears the path?
With garage door opening probably the fault of the driver. With a closing door driver could be not at fault if someone closed it on top of car. But opening should be seen by driver. Like running into a closed door that's not moving. Unless someone told the driver it was open and it wasn't and so the driver hit it backing out. Or it was open then someone else closed it and started to open it again.
What happens if I open my door and hit another car in a parking lot?
your fault since you opened your door. it just happened to me couple weeks ago.
Who is at fault when open car door and hit another car?
Technically it would be the fault of the person opening the door. You are not supposed to put parts of your car into the path of a car. Having said this, no accident is ever 100% someone's fault. In Wisconsin you are 10% at fault just for being there.
If your car is parked and someone drives into your open door?
Depends when you opened the door, but both parties will be at fault regardless. Mainly because why would you leave the door wide open even though you knew there was on-coming traffic and the other driver should have slowed down or stopped and wait for you close it and then go.
If you open your car door and another vehicle hits it whose fault is it?
it could be both. depends on the situation. if you didnt see the car coming its there fault. the car shouldve slowed down or moved over to aviod hitting the door.
Who is at fault when you open your door in a parking lot and another car runs into it?
AnswerIf you were parked and you were exiting the vehicle (car not in motion), the other car is at fault. A parked car with door open or closed is still a parked car.AnswerThis MIGHT be a comparative negligence incident in which both of you may share fault. It depends on several factors: Was your door open all the way before the vehicle drove in? Did you open it the moment the car drove through? Was EITHER party paying attention?
Who is at fault if a driver in a parked car has a door open in oncoming moving traffic in Pennsylvania?
Opening a door into traffic makes the door opener at fault. If the door is opened safely and some driver then runs into it, the moving driver is at fault.
If your parked on the side of the road and open your door and it gets hit who's at fault?
Sorry, your fault if you opened your door into traffic. Even if you had it open for long enough that the approaching car had plenty of time to avoid hitting it.
If a car stops their in the middle of a neighborhood street and opens their door and another car tries to pass who is at fault?
This is not as obvious as you may think, because it also depends on timing. If a car opens its door when another car is approaching, that is irresponsible. But if the door is already open and then a car approaches and fails to stop, that is also irresponsible. So either one could be at fault.
How do you get a car door open that wont open from the outside?
Go in from another door and open it from the inside.
Who is at fault if you were parked in a parking lot with your door already open and another car hits your door trying to park next to you?
If the facts are as stated in the question, then the driver pulling into the space would be at fault. HOWEVER - the other driver's defense will very likely be that YOU opened the door on THEM. Without independent, non-interested witnesses it is going to be almost impossible to prove fault one way or the other.
If your car is parked and someone drives into your door?
This question is incomplete. I will assume you want to know that if your car is parked illegally and someone drives into your door, whose fault is the accident. A driver's is presumed to be in control of his car at all times while operating it. In other words, if you are tooling down the street and you see a car stalled (or parked) in the middle of an intersection ahead of you and the light turns green for you at the same time, you don't get a freebie to go smash it just because you had the green light (right of way). Now, if it was illegal to park your car in a specific location just because no reasonable person (another driver) could see it in time to prevent an accident, that would most likely be the fault of the person who parked the car there. Another possible scenario you could be asking about is if you are parked legally and you open your door into the lane of traffic, where it is struck by another vehicle, whose fault is that? In that case you still revert to the reasonable person standard. It is generally presumed that no one will open his car door into a lane of active traffic if a reasonable and vigilant person would would expect it would cause an accident making it the fault of the occupant of the car who opened the door into traffic. On the other hand, if the car door is opened and remains open for so long that "lane vigilance" is established and another reasonble person/driver could have braked or turned out of the impending collision, then the accident would most likely be their fault. I hope that helps.
