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Not an attorney, and all states are different, some more different than others. But here's my take.

You failed to yield right of way. Your opinion on the speed of the other driver is irrelevant unless provable in some way. It doesn't sound like you got any video evidence or witness names and statements. You were driving without insurance, so hiring a lawyer to pursue that line of thinking is probably not advisable or in the cards anyway.

So, you are responsible for all damages to both vehicles. Now, the only way to wiggle out of paying for damages of the other vehicle is if the driver was not the owner and was driving it without the owner's permission, in which case it was a stolen vehicle and the owner's insurance should cover it.

As for your truck, looks mostly cosmetic to me and a lot of that can be bent back into usable shape. Check RockAuto for a bumper cover, get some color-matched rattle can paint and spray it -- white is easy peasy.

 

Your just lucky that Tesla didnt burn and explode killing the driver. Those Tesla should be street illegal.

 

Lmao on it

 

MEH

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Friday thread on a Thursday..Albeit a meh one.

Nothing to see here...move along

 

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So should any vehicle that has drum brakes in 2019...

 

They saw the insurance was expired and said nothing about it

 

This makes sense. Also, your new insurance may not cover a damaged vehicle that wasn’t made right—imagine if you had another surprise collision and this time it was with a pedestrian, and you don’t have the proper bumper that reduces injury to the ped.... Also, make sure you’ve gotten a handle on the financial aspects before keeping/driving the vehicle. Get rid of your smart phone for a year (if you have one), ride a bike to work instead of eating $4 gas, etc. Doing the right thing will be expensive and...still be the right thing.

 

None of that matters if you dont have insurance!!!!!!!!!

 

Thanks for the normal response

 

I started off today with wanting to push my lunch back later into the afternoon so I could swing by this local coffee place that's donating it's profits from 2-5 to a local special needs school that's run by a friend of mine. I knew I'd be hungry, but I've forgotten all about that.

Thanks for the laughs. Sorry 'bout...all that

 

this times infinity...

 

What did you expect???? You have an accident and then say you have expired insurance?? Why are you driving a semi new truck without insurance? Did you steal it? Did you have it given to you? Was it bought for you by someone who knew you couldn't afford insurance???

 

I'm gonna give TenBeers another beer. Well said.

 

Oh man another normal response. Thanks lol

 

BK lawyer is what you want

Gotta be a friday thread. New account. Stupid post. Can the mods run the ip address

 

Sorry man its legit, I really just wanted to hear about some options on the front fascia but everyone got curious about the accident.

 

https://www.thebalance.com/penalties-for-driving-without-car-insurance-in-california-527033

The State of California is about to join in on the train being run on OP by the other driver and their insurance....Looks like SR-22 insurance and a suspended license are in your future.

 

@cromag27
Your expertise may be needed here for this op.

 

Oh no a suspended license. That will surley keep him off the roads