| school bus causes accident What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? california.While traveling east on a rural hwy. doing the posted speed limit of 55 mph. This was at 7:30am on a Wednesday, a school bus traveling west made a left turn in front of me.If I had swerved to my right, I would have hit the bus. In order to keep from hitting the bus I swerved to the left side of the road, and avoided it, but hit a van that was behind it.The bus kept going for almost a half a mile before stopping.The Hwy Patrol came to the scene, but no citations were issued.My car was totaled, and so was the van.And no paramedics were called to the scene, though I later learned the driver of the van went to the emergency room the next day. Can I hold the school district accountable for the damages to my car?Also this accident happened on a very clear morning, there was no reason for the bus driver to have not seen me. |