I Unintentionally Dinged a Car with a Stone
07-09-13, 06:01 AM
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If a vehicle in front of you throws a rock up from the road and it hits your vehicle they are not responsible. If it comes off of the vehicle (such as a dump truck) then they are responsible. As far as I know we go by the same rules. How are we responsible for a rock being on the road?
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07-09-13, 08:35 AM
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I was riding on the shoulder on a fairly busy village street. I unintentionally (of course) hit a stone which shot out to the side just as car was passing me and it dinged the door. It did make a loud noise, and the driver pulled over in front of me, slightly cutting me off. I stopped, and he got out and he was upset. There was a very small chip in the paint. I apologized, and assured him that it was completely unintentional and simply bad luck. He wanted my information because he wanted me to be responsible for the repair. I declined because from my perspective, it was just "one of those things". He got upset and was going to call the police. I thought it was ridiculous and I wasn't going to wait for the cops on a busy holiday weekend. I gave him my name and phone number, but I haven't heard from him yet. What should I do?
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I'm sure it's because I read and commented on this thread yesterday, but I got 2 cars on my short (12km) commute to work today. First car was parked, and I head the ping of the rock hitting it as I passed (I did feel a little bd about that one, but didn't hang around to see if it left a mark). Second car was 5 blocks later - they were over taking me as we rounded a corner. Rock was really loud when it hit, but the driver didn't seem to even notice.
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Look at it this way. If his car had kicked up the rock and it struck you in the eye, would he have stopped to see if you were ok?
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For you to be liable, you have to be neglient, i.e. breach a duty of care. You did nothing wrong here.
This is a road hazard, and the reason people have "comprehensive" coverage on their vehicles.
This is a road hazard, and the reason people have "comprehensive" coverage on their vehicles.
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Does remind me of a funny occurence in a crtierium here in Jacksonville. Course was dowtown, with the second corner right in front of a store with a big plate glass window. Somebody hit a rock as we went around the turn, shooting the rock into the window and shattering it. Happened a bit behind me, and I just heard a hell of a noise.
I thought someone had gone up on the sidewalk and into the window, only learned it was just a rock a few laps later.
I thought someone had gone up on the sidewalk and into the window, only learned it was just a rock a few laps later.
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You could hit a tree and die.
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