I'm Pissed. Wanna see why?

[goku87]

Originally Posted by sqcomp

...So two people wanted to turn left in the same center merging lane.

Were you stopped in said merge lane facing the direction of traffic you wanted to merge with? Either way, the other driver needs to be alert as to what's going on around her. A lot of people don't care to even look around before they change lanes.

We weren't in the center lane. See story to follow.

Originally Posted by Lafiro

Court can rule that case both ways.

Both head on collision means both of you did not pay attention. Which means both are at fault.

And since there is a lot of damage, it almost seemed like someone or both were speeding to get into the lane, and bad luck just drove you two together.

And I doubt either one of you saw eachother and just let the crash happen, cause that would be stupid....

The center lane (A.K.A. turn lane) really has only one purpose in this entire story: to show where my car was relative to her truck. If you look at the pictures closely, you will see the blood of my car has spilled on what is the east side of the turning lane. I was turning left (north-bound) onto the street, and made it almost all the way (as in, i was beyond the center turning lane) before she turned out of an opposing parking lot, also turning left, and hit me head on. The reason I didn't see it was because I was watching another possible hazard, as described below:

1. Before I turned out, I looked left: no cars.
2. I looked to the right: one car, far outside lane.
3. Looked left again, still no cars.
4. Started out while turning back to the right.

I was watching the approaching car heading north-bound on the far right lane to ensure it wasn't going to change lanes while I was going to enter the left lane. Once I felt safe that they were not going to change lanes, I looked ahead to see the giant grill of a chevy silverado staring right at me in the face.