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Originally Posted by smiley21
What do you think?
Let's say an accident occured in an apartment complex. Driver A was going through the neighborhood at normal speed. Backup lights of another car go on when Driver A is approaching behind the car. As soon as the lights go on, Driver B backs up (leading to the fact that they never looked behind them or else they would have seen the approaching car) and hits Driver A on the passenger rear of the car.
Isn't Driver B at fault?
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Yes. A person backing out of a parking space is required to yield to all oncoming traffic. The problem is that this is private property. Police (at least in Florida) will not coming out to private property to make an accident report. I had this happen to me a few years ago. I was Driver A. We let our insurance companies fight it out.