Originally Posted by
ladyraestewart
Those are really some of the magic words a lawyer wants to know the negligent party uttered after an incident. It frequently negates any argument the other party was responsible or even partially responsible. How can the negligent party have any credibility in later claiming the other party was at fault when they already admitted they were not paying attention. Opens the door to repeating each allegation then asking, "so, at what time were you lying."
that's why, when i was an EMT, i paid attention to those types of statements and noted them in quotes on the report
Driver of vehicle A stated "I never saw the other car until after I heard a loud bang."