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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
I was recently involved in a car accident. This is a four lane street, two lanes in each direction. Both of us were driving in the same direction. I was driving in the right lane and the driver of the car that hit me was on the left lane. There was an ambulance far behind us, about a block behind. The driver in the left lane changed lane into the lane I was in hitting my car in the driver side door all the way until the bumper. He told me he changed lane because he was preparing to yield to the ambulance that is coming up behind him and claimed I was speeding so he did not see me.
I believe this is obviously the other driver's fault but I am afraid the other driver will argue that I changed into the left lane hitting him instead. This recently happened to a friend of mine although no ambulance was involved, so I am afraid this will happen to me too.
I noted the exact time this happened and what street the accident occurred in. There are no witnesses. If their insurance company assign fault to me or refuse to pay, what are my options?
I want to make their insurance company aware that I am prepared to go through small claims and will spare all expenses necessary to get records of the ambulance being on that street at the time of the accident to back up the story that under that circumstance, I would not change into the left lane hitting the other driver. The ambulance may also have dashcam video of the other driver hitting my car.
Their car also has one passenger inside. Total number of people involved in this accident is three people. I was not injured and those two also claim they have no injuries so we just exchanged information and did not call the police.
I was recently involved in a car accident. This is a four lane street, two lanes in each direction. Both of us were driving in the same direction. I was driving in the right lane and the driver of the car that hit me was on the left lane. There was an ambulance far behind us, about a block behind. The driver in the left lane changed lane into the lane I was in hitting my car in the driver side door all the way until the bumper. He told me he changed lane because he was preparing to yield to the ambulance that is coming up behind him and claimed I was speeding so he did not see me.
I believe this is obviously the other driver's fault but I am afraid the other driver will argue that I changed into the left lane hitting him instead. This recently happened to a friend of mine although no ambulance was involved, so I am afraid this will happen to me too.
I noted the exact time this happened and what street the accident occurred in. There are no witnesses. If their insurance company assign fault to me or refuse to pay, what are my options?
I want to make their insurance company aware that I am prepared to go through small claims and will spare all expenses necessary to get records of the ambulance being on that street at the time of the accident to back up the story that under that circumstance, I would not change into the left lane hitting the other driver. The ambulance may also have dashcam video of the other driver hitting my car.
Their car also has one passenger inside. Total number of people involved in this accident is three people. I was not injured and those two also claim they have no injuries so we just exchanged information and did not call the police.