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T-bone

ccident is most often

t

o-vehicle c

sh. The f

ont of one vehicle collides

ith the side of

nothe

. The

esult is

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t

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Most T-bone c

shes occu

t inte

sections,

nd

esult f

om one of the t

o vehicles F

ILING TO YIELD THE

IGHT-OF-Y to the othe

. This usu

lly constitutes

viol

tion of the

ules of the

o

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hich s

y:

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  hen the t

  ffic cont

  ol light fo

  you

  tvel l

  ne is

  ed<

  st

  ong>, you must come to

  stop so th

  t vehicles in othe

  di

  ection

  l t

  vel l

  nes c

  n p

  oceed th

  ough the inte

  section.<

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• ong>

  hen the

  e is

  stop sign ong>, you must come to

  complete stop to yield the

  ight-of-y to othe

  d

  ive

  s

  ho e p

  oceeding th

  ough the inte

  section. You m

  y only

  et

  ke the

  ight-of-

  y

  hen you h

  ve ensu

  ed th

  t the

  e is

  sufficient g

  p in tffic to tu

  n onto the inte

  secting

  o

  d o

  to go th

  ough the inte

  section. In the c

  se of

  4-

  y stop,

  hen othe

  c

  s h

  ve yielded the

  ight-of-

  y to you then you m

  y p

  oceed.

• ong>

  hen you

  e pulling out of

  d

  ive

  y o

  p

  king lot onto the

  o

  d

  y ong>, you must yield the

  ight-of-

  y to vehicles

  ho m

  y be in the t

  vel l

  ne th

  t you

  e pulling onto. You m

  y only p

  oceed

  hen the

  e is sufficient sp

  ce to s

  fely do so.

• ong>

  hen you

  e tu

  ning left on

  g

  een light<

  st

  ong>, you m

  y only complete you

  tu

  n

  hen you h

  ve

  g

  een

  o

  light g

  nting you the

  ight-of-y, ohen the

  e is

  sufficient

  mount of sp

  ce in the tffic flo

  fo

  you to s

  fely c

  oss ove

  oncoming t

  vel l

  nes to complete you

  tu

  n.<

  li>

• ong>

  t inte

  sections th

  t do not h

  ve

  t

  ffic cont

  ol device such

  s

  stop sign o

  t

  ffic light ong>, if you c

  nnot see vehicles in o

  tveling to

  d the inte

  section due to

  n obst

  ucted vie

  c

  used by

  nothe

  vehicle on object such

  s sh

  ubbe

  y o

  fences, you must it until the vehicle obst

  ucting you

  vie

  h

  s moved o

  slo

  ly e

  se fo

  d until you c

  n see p

  st the object th

  t is obst

  ucting you

  vie

  .

• ong>

  hen the

  e is

  n eme

  gency vehicle

  ith its fl

  shing lights o

  si

  en on<

  st

  ong>, you e

  equi

  ed to

  llo

  the vehicle to p

  oceed th

  ough the inte

  section even if you h

  ve the g

  een light.

In most c

ses, the pe

son

ho f

ils to yield the

ight of y

t

n inte

section is the one

ho is

t-f

ult fo

the t-bone

ccident. But th

t isn’t

lys the c

se, no

is th

t pe

son the only pty

ho might h

ve leg

l li

bility fo

c

using the

ccident.

Fo

ex

mple:

• ong>If the d

  ive

  ’s bkes f

  il ong>, c

  using his vehicle to blo

  th

  ough

  ed light o

  stop sign, then the comp

  ny th

  t m

  nuf

  ctu

  ed his bkes could h

  ve leg

  l li

  bility fo

  c

  using the

  ccident.<

  li>

• ong>If the inte

  section is missing

  stop sign o

  h

  s

  m

  lfunctioning stop light<

  st

  ong>, then the gove

  nment

  gency

  esponsible fo

  m

  int

  ining those s

  fety fe

  tu

  es could h

  ve li

  bility fo

  the

  ccident.

• ong>If the vehicle ente

  ed the inte

  section

  g

  inst ed light bec

  use it

  s pushed by

  c behind it in e-end collision<

  st

  ong>, then the d

  ive

  of the c th

  t c

  used the

  e

  -end

  ccident could h

  ve li

  bility fo

  c

  using the t-bone

  ccident, too.

See

h

t I me

n? The

e is often mo

e th

n one p

ty “

t f

ult” fo

T-bone

ccident. Sometimes th

t p

ty is

pe

son o

entity th

t

sn’t even p

esent

t the

ccident itself, but

ho M

DE

B

D DECISION th

t led to people getting hu

t in the T-bone collision. C

ccident victims hi

e expe

ienced

tto

neys to find

ll of those pties

ho h

ve potenti

l leg

l li

bility.

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uses of T-Bone

ccidents

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ccidents include:

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  ce to themselves

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  sections

  he

  e the c

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  e

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  shes th

  n

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  e

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  mes st

  ting th

  t the use of them dep

  ives d

  ive

  s of thei

  due p

  ocess

  ights. Los

  ngeles discontinued the use of

  ed light c

  me

  s in 2011.

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  iving/”> ong>D

  ive

  distction<

  st

  ong><>. D

  ive

  s f

  ce mo

  e distctions on the

  o

  d th

  n EVE

  befo

  e, especi

  lly f

  om texting

  nd soci

  l medi

  . NEVE

  TEXT

  ND D

  IVE! Dist

  ctions, ho

  eve

  ,

  e defined

  s

  nything th

  t d

  s the d

  ive

  ’s eyes f

  om the

  o

  d, h

  nds f

  om the

  heel, o

  ttention f

  om the t

  sk of d

  iving. So, in

  ddition to texting o

  sc

  olling soci

  l medi

  , common d

  nge

  ous dist

  ctions th

  t le

  d to

  ccidents include e

  ting o

  d

  inking; t

  lking

  ith othe

  p

  ssenge

  s;

  djusting vehicle cont

  ols; o

  d

  yd

  e

  ming.<

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  t

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  cent/”> ong>Speeding<

  st

  ong><>. D

  iving TOO F

  ST not only

  educes the time

  d

  ive

  h

  s to pe

  ceive

  nd

  e

  ct to

  h

  z

  d on the

  o

  d

  y, it

  lso inc

  e

  ses the time th

  t

  d

  ive

  needs to come to

  s

  fe stop. Speeding

  lso p

  events othe

  d

  ive

  s f

  om

  ccu

  tely judging

  hen it is s

  fe to c

  oss oncoming tffic.<

  li>

• ong>Misjudging the g

  p ong>.

  hen m

  king

  left tu

  n on

  non-

  o

  g

  een light o

  m

  king

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  n, you e

  equi

  ed to judge

  hethe

  you h

  ve enough of

  g

  p in t

  ffic to s

  fely p

  ss ove

  oncoming tvel l

  nes. M

  ny d

  ive

  s f

  il to p

  ope

  ly judge the g

  p, inc

  e

  sing thei

  potenti

  l of expe

  iencing

  side-imp

  ct

  ccident.<

  li>

• ong>Visu

  l pe

  ception<

  st

  ong>.

  t the scene of T-bone

  ccidents,

  commonly he

  d ph

  se is: “I didn’t see the othe

  c coming!” M

  ny f

  ilu

  e-to-yield

  ccidents occu

  not bec

  use the d

  ive

  didn’t stop

  t the stop sign, but bec

  use he o

  she did not do

  good enough job of spotting c

  ossing vehicles. M

  ny d

  ive

  s,

  hen in

  huy,

  ill complete

  “

  olling stop” in

  hich they me

  ely slo

  fo

  the stop sign but f

  il to come to

  complete stop. This is

  d

  nge

  ous

  ct th

  t is

  g

  inst the l in most st

  tes

  s d

  ive

  s

  ely h

  ve time to sufficiently sc

  n the inte

  section

  nd ensu

  e th

  t it is cle

  befo

  e p

  oceeding into it.

• ong>Imp

  i

  ment f

  om

  lcohol, d

  ugs, o

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  st

  ong>. Intoxic

  ting subst

  nces

  nd ext

  eme d

  o

  siness M

  KE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO OPE

  TE

  VEHICLE S

  FELY. They blu

  nd disto

  t vision, spuisky d

  iving beh

  vio

  s, imp

  i

  good judgment,

  nd limit the moto

  skills necess

  y to m

  int

  in

  s

  fe speed

  nd to bke effectively.

  lcohol imp

  i

  ment

  s suspected in

  ecent Los

  ngeles T-bone csh in

  hich

  c st

  uck

  n SUV

  t

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  th Hills inte

  section,<

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  ive

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  ing th

  ee othe

  people. The

  t-f

  ult d

  ive

  fled the scene of the

  ccident on foot, le

  ving he

  vehicle behind.

  utho

  ities st

  ted th

  t the

  e

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  c

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T-bone

ccidents e EXT

EMELY d

nge

ous. They f

equently

esult in de

th o

seve

e inju

y to the occup

nts of the vehicle st

uck on its side. Th

t is bec

use, in spite of imp

oved vehicle design

imed to

educe side-imp

ct inju

ies, the doo

p

nels of most p

ssenge

cs, t

ucks,

nd SUV l

ck sufficient st

uctu

e to

bso

b the ene

gy of

T-bone collision.

Inste

d, they e p

one to coll

psing in

d

nd tnsmitting the fo

ce of the collision into the HELPLESS OCCUP

NT sitting closest to the point of imp

ct. Inju

ies c

n be especi

lly seve

e

hen the

e is

lge size disc

ep

ncy bet

een the vehicles involved in the collision. Fo

ex

mple, the d

m

ge to

comp

ct c

st

uck on its side by

t

cto

tile

t

uck

ill tend to be g

e

te

th

n the d

m

ge c

used by

p

ssenge

c

t

veling

t the s

me speed. It’s just physics.

Othe

f

cto

s th

t inc

e

se the seve

ity of inju

ies in

T-bone csh include the speed

t

hich the vehicle m

king f

ont

l imp

ct is tveling

t the time of imp

ct. Speed inc

e

ses the

mount of ene

gy involved in

c

sh,

esulting in mo

e seve

e d

m

ge.

voiding

Side-Imp

ct Collision

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T-BONE COLLISION. But, you c

educe you

isk by follo

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• ong>

  l

  ys come to

  complete stop

  t stop signs

  nd

  ed lights ong>. Neve

  p

  oceed into the inte

  section until you’

  e completely su

  e th

  t it is cle.<

  li>

• ong>Do not

  ssume th

  t

  nothe

  d

  ive

  is going to yield the

  ight-of-

  y even

  hen he o

  she is leg

  lly

  equi

  ed to<

  st

  ong>. C

  ution should

  lys be exe

  cised

  hen tveling th

  ough

  n inte

  section bec

  use d

  ive

  s don’t

  l

  ys follo

  the l. Be p

  ep

  ed to

  it fo

  the inte

  section to cle

  , even

  hen you h

  ve

  g

  een light.

• If you’
  e tu

  ning left

  nd you’

  e unsu

  e

  s to

  hethe

  you h

  ve enough time to s

  fely c

  oss oncoming tvel l

  nes, ong>it is best to eithe

  IT fo

  the g

  een

  o

  ong> o

  IT fo

  the tffic to cle inste

  d of

  isking misjudging the g

  p.

• ong>It is often pe

  missible to tu

  n

  ight

  t ed light if no signs st

  te th

  t you c

  n’t ong>. Ho

  eve

  , you still h

  ve to yield the

  ight-of-y to d

  ive

  s

  ho t

  vel st

  ight th

  ough the inte

  section in the l

  ne of tvel th

  t you’

  e

  ttempting to ente

  .<

  li>

• ong>

  void dist

  ctions ong>, pticully in inte

  sections. Inte

  sections e, by design,

  ctive pl

  ces. The

  e

  e often vehicles d

  iving th

  ough o

  tu

  ning on to

  ll fou

  di

  ections of tvel. D

  iving

  hile distcted m

  y c

  use you to miss ed light o

  to miss the signs th

  t someone else is

  bout to f

  il to yield the

  ight-of-

  y.

• ong>Eme

  gency vehicles

  ith fl

  shing lights o

  si

  ens eng

  ged

  l

  ys get the

  ight-of-y

  t inte

  sections<

  st

  ong>. If you see the lights o

  he

  the sound of

  si

  en

  pp

  o

  ching, do not ente

  the inte

  section, even if the g

  een light is you

  s.<

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