Had a crash- was it my fault?

[Toltec]

popeyewhite said:

One of my pet hates is drivers pulling onto a road forcing those already on the road to stop by blocking their lane. Up there with roaring round a roundabout without indicating and foglight wkery. Ergo OP fully culpable.

Very context sensitive, if the traffic is heavy enough so timing a gap on both sides is not going to happen for an hour or so then I don't mind giving someone a bit of space, what goes around comes around etc. I would expect them to time it so I don't have to brake hard and there is clearly a gap coming on the far side to let them in. If they just cannot be arsed to wait twenty seconds and just block the road at the first opportunity and hope a gap appears or someone coming the other way takes pity on them/us then yep, bellend.

[Pica-Pica]

Wait Here Until Green Light Shows said:

I can only assume a lot of the responses are from people who rarely encounter any other traffic. Mid Wales, Outer Hebrides maybe?
For those of us who live where everyone else wants to live, sometimes the only thing you can do is edge out and hope someone lets you go (call it bullying if you like, but that's often the only way to get out unless you're happy to wait a very long time. If you don't agree with this statement, then consider yourself lucky.

With that said...the bloke you hit was a moron (who on earth darts round a van in the middle of the road?). To anyone who drives in busy areas it's obvious it's not your fault, but sadly I doubt the insurance company will see it that way.

Even way out in the sticks, there are cities nearby, in fact we probably have more varied situations than those solely in towns. Except here people are polite and forgiving and less impatient, so would let you out.