Originally Posted by
MattRennick
That's definitely what I think. The cop I spoke to disagreed but I definitely maintain that the guy had both the moral and legal responsibility to stay at the scene.
last summer my girlfriend had an incident where she was driving and dropping a friend off, who was sitting in the front seat, passenger side. her friend opened the door and was about to step out, when a car tried to squeeze around on the curb side (at a red light) and hit the open door.
legally it was found that my girlfriend was at fault for letting the door open when there was moving traffic, even though the car was passing illegally.