Car on tow - who is responsible?
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Hey,
I had my car towed home the other day! Well what do you expect with something that old. Anyway it was towed home by a van using a solid bar attachment. I sat in it and steered.
So say the van exceeded the speed limit, or committed some other violation, would I be in any way liable? I'd assume not, as I was essentially a passenger at the time. I didn't have any control over the van and couldn't influence its actions. My car was fine, legally, however I suppose if it wasn't insured or something the van driver could have got in trouble?
Nothing illegal happened, just a 'what if?' question.
I had my car towed home the other day! Well what do you expect with something that old. Anyway it was towed home by a van using a solid bar attachment. I sat in it and steered.
So say the van exceeded the speed limit, or committed some other violation, would I be in any way liable? I'd assume not, as I was essentially a passenger at the time. I didn't have any control over the van and couldn't influence its actions. My car was fine, legally, however I suppose if it wasn't insured or something the van driver could have got in trouble?
Nothing illegal happened, just a 'what if?' question.
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