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Total questions: 450

Can anything be done if there was an accident but neither car made contact with each other and the police were not called?
Popularity: 93

What happens when a 15-year-old with a learner's permit has an accident?
Popularity: 89

If part of your job is driving a personal vehicle and you get into an accident that is your fault does workmens comp cover any of the expenses?
Popularity: 76

If you are hit by a car from behind who is responsible in California?
Popularity: 73

What is the penalty for a hit and run for the person doing the running?
Popularity: 72

How long after an automobile accident does a claimant have to file a lawsuit?
Popularity: 72

Who pays for damages and repairs and deductibles in an auto accident?
Popularity: 71

What are the exact steps you are supposed to take after you a hit a car?
Popularity: 68

Who is at fault when a vehicle loses control on a freeway due to a faulty tire and goes over to your lane and collides with you?
Popularity: 68

How do you find the owner and address of a car if you just have the license plate number?
Popularity: 68

Whose fault is it when you are switching lanes and you have room and the other driver admits to speeding up to not let you over and you hit him?
Popularity: 68

Can you be sued for an insurance premium from a car accident that occured 9 years ago?
Popularity: 68

Who's responsible for a shopping cart hitting a parked car?
Popularity: 67

Can your employer make you pay the insurance deductible if you have an accident in a company vehicle?
Popularity: 67

Who is at fault if a person pulled out in front of you and then stopped and you hit them?
Popularity: 65

If a person leaves the scene of an accident can they still file a report days after the accident?
Popularity: 65

If you get into an accident in a car not registered in your name with no insurance will you be sued or the person whose name the car is in?
Popularity: 65

Who is at fault when you are making a left hand turn and someone hits you in the back of the car?
Popularity: 65

What happens to a person at fault for a car accident with no insurance if it is not their car?
Popularity: 64

What do you do or say in court when you go about a wreck?
Popularity: 64

Are you automatically at fault for an auto accident if your license is suspended?
Popularity: 64

Does one file a police report if a car backs into a fence?
Popularity: 63

If there is an accident and neither party has insurance and the police weren't called is one party liable for damages?
Popularity: 62

What should you do if you hit a parked car driving a rental and caused damage but don't have your insurance paperwork with you?
Popularity: 62

What do you do if you saw someone hit your parked car?
Popularity: 61

What penalties does an uninsured Alabama driver face when an accident is their fault?
Popularity: 61

If you are mowing your lawn and the mower hits a rock that breaks a window of a passing vehicle who is responsible for the damage?
Popularity: 61

Can the driver who hits you from behind with no insurance sue you for injuries because you have insurance?
Popularity: 60

Who pays for towing fees after an accident when you're not at fault?
Popularity: 60

What happens if you have an accident with an uninsured driver?
Popularity: 60

Who is at fault in a multi-car collision at a red light?
Popularity: 59

What is the standard policy for minors who are passengers in auto accidents and who gets the claim?
Popularity: 59

If you are backing out of a driveway and are struck by another vehicle who is at fault?
Popularity: 58

Who's at fault if you rear end somone who does not have a driver's license or insurance and does not have permission to have his mother's car?
Popularity: 58

Who is at fault if both vehicles are backing out of a space in a parking lot and the cars were in same row 1 car away from another and you had almost completed backing out when vehicle backed into you?
Popularity: 57

Is it likely that police will find the perpetrator of a hit and run car accident if you have all or part of the license plate number and car make and model?
Popularity: 56

What will happen if the driver fell asleep at the wheel and damaged 3 parked cars in one accident with no insurance?
Popularity: 56

If the owner of the vehicle allowed her daughter to drive without auto insurance and she had an accident with injuries can she sue the driver of the other vehicle?
Popularity: 56

Who is at fault if you were almost at a complete stop at a stop sign in a parking lot and a car from your left made a right turn and hits your left front end?
Popularity: 55

If you get into an accident with your parents in the car while you're driving on a permit does it affect you getting a license?
Popularity: 55

Can your deductible be recovered from the vehicle that tore down your fence?
Popularity: 55

If a 14-year-old steals his dad's company car from home and causes an accident who pays for damages?
Popularity: 55

Who is at fault if an underage driver with permit and no adult present aggressively braked and the driver behind hit the bumper of the car?
Popularity: 55

Who is at fault when a car backs into a parked car and the parked car rolls into another parked car?
Popularity: 55

Who was at fault if you were traveling on a freeway and stopped suddenly because your 16-year-old son was arguing and hit your husband who was driving and you were rear-ended?
Popularity: 54

Who is at fault when someone opens their car door and hits your car while pulling into a parking space?
Popularity: 54

What do you do when your parked car got hit?
Popularity: 54

What happens when you hit an uninsured car?
Popularity: 54

If someone else was driving your car and got in an accident with a DWI ticket included will your insurance go up and how long will it stay on your insurance?
Popularity: 54

Who is at fault if car 1 is waiting for a parking space in a parking lot and somebody backs up and hits car 1 at the rear?
Popularity: 54

If you were in an accident on a private lot and the other driver has no insurance what can you do if no tickets were given out or no report was made?
Popularity: 53

Who is at fault if you were backing up from a parking space and the vehicle to your left already passed your car but then backed up at the same time you backed up and there was a collision?
Popularity: 53

Who's at fault if car1 is turning left out of parking lot and car2 stops on road and waves car1 ahead because car2 is turning right into the lot and car3 behind car2 passes on wrong side and hits car1?
Popularity: 52

What happens when you hit a car on private property and no police were called and the insurance company was not contacted until almost a month after the accident?
Popularity: 52

Is a DUI driver automatically at fault in an auto accident in Washington state?
Popularity: 50

If your parked car was hit and the at-fault driver was found what options are available if both parties are insured but the at-fault driver has a permit and was driving alone?
Popularity: 50

If you were in an accident and the owner of the other vehicle will not give you his insurance information is there a way to find that out?
Popularity: 50

What do you do if you bump a parked car while in a family member's car if you don't have a permit or license?
Popularity: 49

Who is at fault if someone drives through an intersection and hits a vehicle?
Popularity: 49

If you get into an accident without insurance can the state suspend your license?
Popularity: 49

What happens to you when you're driving your parents' car and you're involved in an accident and it's your fault and you're not under your parents' insurance?
Popularity: 49

What happens if the other party with whom you were involved in the accident doesn't have insurance or a driver's license and tells you she will sue you?
Popularity: 48

Is it okay if you were coming out of a parking lot and accidently hit a car but when you looked there was no damage to either car so you just left because the owner of the car was not there?
Popularity: 47

Who is responsible for damages during towing?
Popularity: 45

Can anything come out of being at fault in a very minor accident with only little damage to your car and no damage to the other car and no information was asked by the other driver?
Popularity: 45

What information by law has to be given at a car accident by either party and do you have to give your address out?
Popularity: 43

Who's at fault if you're in a secured parking lot and the attendant asks you to back up and you hit a car behind you who wasn't paying attention and no report was filed but they went to dealer repair?
Popularity: 43

You proceeded to drive out of your drive way when a vehicle pulled halfway into your driveway and you struck it you was watching out for any passing traffic in the street not behind in your property?
Popularity: 43

If you rear-ended another vehicle and you're uninsured can you get an estimate of your own on the other vehicle before you pay for damages if you don't agree to the amount that the owner wants?
Popularity: 42

Are you liable for a car accident on private property?
Popularity: 40



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