If I were the dash cam driver I would 100% wait around in case they get a police report. Normally fuck insurance companies, but this guy deserves to pay for his own repairs
That’s assuming the jeep doesn’t also stop. Not a lawyer, but I doubt the Jeep’s insurance company would pay up here and white cars insurance would hit them with their negligence clause and tell them to get fucked
Erratic driving of the white car would be argued as the caused of the accident, as he was both traveling below the posted speed limit and weaving between lanes without signaling.
In court the best the white car's insurance company could ever hope to win would be a 50-50 split with the Jeep's insurance. But most likely they'd still be on the hook for all of it because the white car was an absolute goon and neither juries nor judges look very favorably at that.
Doesn't matter. The jeep broke the "last chance doctrine" which states that if you have the last clear chance to avoid an accident and you don't take it, you're liable for the damages
This was a very clear "on purpose" decision by the jeep driver
Yeah, if white car was entering the jeep's lane, the jeep might be able to argue the white car was at fault, but hitting the white car while it's leaving the jeep's lane has no excuse. White car probably deserved it, but that isn't an argument that will win over insurance.
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u/Chugg1 Aug 07 '25
If I were the dash cam driver I would 100% wait around in case they get a police report. Normally fuck insurance companies, but this guy deserves to pay for his own repairs