car accident

k this last monday after school i got in to a car accident
this is wut happened on the road the lane merged from a 2 lane to a 1 lane and there was a car parked in the middle of the road waiting ot make a left turn and i had a explore in frount and then a pickup truck in front of me which was behind the explore and well the explore slamed on his brakes and locked his tires and slid off to the shoulder missing the car in the road and then at the same time the pickup did the same thing and then i did but i cliped the back corner of the car with my mirror and a lil paint damage i think its my fault just beacuse i was the car in the back but seriously there was no way i could see ahead of me i drive a zx3 focus behind 2 trucks the car i hit was a camery i need to know whos fault and how much my insurance is gonna go up the damage on the camery is about 900 and then we called the cops and i got a ticket for following to close but the thing is if i was following to close i would have hit the pickup in frount of me when he hit his brakes not the camery that was waiting to make a left turn so i am gonna fight the ticket and if i dotn win then i will go to class for it but i mainly need to know whos at fault? thanks

Periods are your friends.

I'd hate to break it to you, but you're not going to get out of the ticket, and technically it was your fault. It certainly wasn't the camry's fault, just for making a turn. If you're following an SUV, then you should leave a bigger distance between the two of you. Unless your state is a no-fault state, your insurance will pay for his damage, and depending on how much coverage you have, they may or may not pay for your car.

if you have collision coverage on your car, you will have to pay the deductible to get it fixed, mirrors are easy to replace though, so I'd advise just doing that yourself

If you rear-end someone...it's your fault. They will say that you shouldn't have been following so closely.

but the thing is i wasnt close i had like 2 car lenghts between me and the car ahead of my the thing is that the suv 2 cars ahead of me didnt see it and locked his tires really quickly and then the car ahead of me so its like they went form 45 to like just about 0 in about 2 seconds and its like all i could see is smoke and didnt know wut was going on both car ahead of me locked their tires

oh yea i didnt exactly rear end them caus ei never really hit them only my side mirror hit the coroner of their car and my side modling of my focus slid on their car so i slid agince their car so i didnt excatly rear end them

you being in a focus, should be able to stop faster than an SUV, if you weren't following to closely, than you weren't paying attention.

yea i fixed my mirror today but the thing is its a one lane road and the first car past on the shoulder which is illagal and i dont thing the camery had its blniker on. honestly i was paying attion and i hit the breaks when the cars ahead of me hit them and they had a lot of smoke comming from their tires so i donno if the camery hit their brakes at the last second or wut i donno

Bottom line is that you are supposed to be able to stop regardless of what happens in front of you. If you fight the ticket you will lose the opportunity to take traffic school. Expect your insurance to increase about 100% the next time you renew. My advice would be to drive very carefully and not to get any tickets, at least untill this one goes off your record.

Some states allow you to take online traffic school. call the clerk and see if they will allow the school and the ticket not show on your record. Some states will not allow school when there is an accident.

TrafficSchoolOnline (www.trafficschoolonline.com/?lcode=4013/)

I believe the term is 'Being able to stop in an assured safe distance'.

go to court and argue your case, be respectiful but be prepared to lose, now start using the 2 sec rule, when following a vehicle, pick an object, when the vehicle you are following passes, start counting, 1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi and you should pass the object, bad weather, allow more room, person your following is right on someones ass, allow more room, the extra room will allow you time to react and get stopped

k thnaks i may go to class for the ticket its the easyest and the accident is going through insurance but finical responsibality will be done at the end

k i found out that draper city in utah does not offer traffic school so i went to court today for the ticket and am waiting ofr the pretrial so yea the accident part my insurance hasnt called me to have me tell them my side of the story and its been like a month ... so any ideas i have called them like 5 times and 3 messages so yea ...