Most of us completed d
ive’s ed ye
s
go, but it’s sup
ising hom
ny dive
s hve pe
sistent questionsbout
ho hs the
ight of yt fou
-y intesections,
hen enteing the high
y f
omn off-
mp, o
hen the
e isfl
shing yellolight
tn inte
section. Not only does theight of
y
nd filu
e to yield cuse confusion, but this l
ck of undest
nding cn
lso cuse se
iousccidents on the
od
y th
t led to seve
e injuies.
h
t Is the Me
ning of Yielding theight of
y?
“Yielding the
ight of y” bsic
lly mens letting othe
s in theo
dy go befoe you go. Ho
do you knohen this ispp
opi
te? Thee
e usu
lly indictions th
t you should yield, specificlly
yield sign. If you see one of these signs, it mens th
t dive
sl
edy in the
od
y get to go fi
st.ules gove
ning theight of
y
e dete
mined by stte
nd locl
uthoities.
ll dive
s in Texs must follo
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>eg
ding
ights of y. Some of these pet
in to tffic signs, intesection t
vel,
nd pedesti
ns.t
ny timehen
dive
isequi
ed to stop befoe p
oceeding ond, the d
ivemust yield the
ight of y topedest
in. D
ives
e
lsoequi
ed to <h
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e they ente coss
lk
> if they hve
ed sign
l ostop sign.
De ling
ith
ights of ynd Inte
sections<h2>
hend
iveente
sn inte
sectionhe
e moe th
n one dive
isequi
ed to stop, thee
e specific
ules tht m
ylso
pply. Dive
s must cefullydhe
e to theseules in o
deto
voidccidents.
Some
ules tht
ll dive
s should be e of include:- -level=”1″>
ong>D ive
sho stopped fi
st -<st
ong>heneve
thee is
n intesection th
t involves multiple vehicle enties, the d
ivehoived
t the intesection fi
st hs the
ight of y.<li>
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ong>D ive ong> Should ts to you
ight –
o o
moe vehicles
ppo
chn inte
section simultneously, the d
iveto the
ight hs the
ight of y.ll othe
dive
s must yield theight of
y.
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ong>D ive s tu
ning left oight -<st
ong>d
iveho is mking
left- oight-hnd tu
n mustl
ys yield to t
ffic th
t is tveling stight,s
ells to pedest
ins.
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Unde
stnding
ho hs the
ight to poceed fi
st isn impo
tnt step in
voidingccidents
hen you e uncet
inho h
s to yieldnd
ho hs the
ight of y.Speci
l Ci
cumstnces
The
e e cet
in cicumst
nceshen the typic
lules gove
ningights of
y ch
nge. Some of these include:- -level=”1″>
ong>Eme ong> Dgency vehicles –
ive
sho
e
e of the p
esence ofn
mbulnce, police c
, o
fie t
uck mustl
ys yield the
ight of y. In mny c
ses, this involves moving out of the line of tffic opulling ove
completely tollo
the emegency vehicles to s
fely pss.
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-level="1">
ong>Ente ing p
vedo
d -<st
ong> Dive
s tveling on unpved
ods, d
iving though
lleys, oente
ing od
y f
omd
ivey must yield theight of
y to the d
iveho is pssing on the p
vedo
dy in font.
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ong> il
y c
ossings -<st
ong> Tins hve the
ight of y,nd
ll opetos must stop
hen signls indic
te tht the
e ist
in
ppo
chingn inte
section.<li>
- i -level="1">
ong>Pedest i ong>ns –
cco
ding to <h
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s l<>, pedesti
nsl
ys h
ve theight of
y, even if they
e c
ossing od
y outside of the c
osslk.hen
signl ch
nges, dive
s must <h
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n-ccidents/”>give the pedest
in sufficient time to s
fely coss
> to the opposite side of theo
d.<li>
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Inte
sections often pove d
ngeous fo
vehicle opetos
nd pedesti
nslike. It is e
sy to seehy t
veling
ithout yielding, ignoing the
ules tht gove
nights of
y, o
simple l
ck of knoledge c
n cuse
nccident th
tesults in se
ious injuy.
Is F iling to Yield
C
ime?<h2>
ctions hve consequences.
hend
ivef
ils to yield,nd the outcome is
tfficccident, the
t-fult d
iveis li
ble fothe d
mges
nd injuies th
tesult.
dditionlly, d
ives
ho fil to yield m
ylso f
ce otheconsequences, including:
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ong>Steep fines – ong> Dive
s my f
ce fines up to $2,000 if they cuse
nccident bec
use they did not yield theight of
y. If the inju
ies e seious, the
t-fult d
ivecould f
ce fines up to $4,000.<li>
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-level="1">
ong>D iving ong> Deco
d impct –
ive
s could incupoints on thei
diving
ecods if cited fo
filing to yield. The numbe
of pointsill v
y depending on
ht othe
fcto
s, suchs imp
ied o
distcted diving, pl
yed ole.<li>
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-level="1">
ong>Insu ong>nce inc
eses –
d
ivecited fo
filu
e to yield my not h
veny insu
nce inc
ese, but if the f
ilue
esulted inn
ccident, chnces
e high th
t once the clim is filed, the insu
nce comp
nyill conside
tht d
ivehigh
isknd subsequently inc
ese thei
tes.<li>
It is
lys impot
nt toemembe
tht not eve
y filu
e to yield oight of y violtion
esults inn
utoccident; ho
eve, d
ives m
y stilleceive
cittion if they f
il to obey theules of the
od.
ccident F
ult
hen Filing to Yield
One of the most complic
ted issueshen de
lingith the
ftem
th ofn
ccident is detemining f
ult. In someccidents, f
ult my p
ove esy to identify. Fo
exmple, if
dive
hits youc
in the
e endhile you
e
tcomplete stop, th
t dive
ist f
ult. Filu
e to yield theight of
y
ccidents e sometimesel
tively simple, but othetimes, they become complic
ted. Foex
mple,d
ivem
y pull out of his dive
y, h
ve his vision obstucted by b
ush ot
ee bnches,nd hit you b
odside. In this scen
io, the d
iveis
t fult fo
stiking you, but the o
neof the p
opety
ith the oveg
on b
ush ob
nches could
lso fce p
ti
l libility.
s you cn see, this type of c
se is complex. Ifd
ivecomes onto
busy fee
y
nd entes f
omn off-
mp, ch
nces e high tht the d
iveh
syield sign
hed. If the d
ivef
ils to slodo
n to mege into t
ffic s
felynd hits you in the
e quteof you
c, cusing you to c
sh into
telephone pole, the dive
is pob
blyt f
ult. This is onee
sonhy
dive
ho is involved in
ight of
y o
filu
e to yieldccident should seek immedi
te legl help f
omskilled c
ccidenttto
ney.F
cto
s Impcting Inju
ies in Filu
e to Yieldccidents
Eve
yccident is unique. The inju
ies tht victims suffe
inny
ccident depend on fcto
s suchs:
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-level="1">
ong>< h ef=”https://c
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tst
ophic-ccidents/”>Speed of vehicles involved
> -<st
ong> If you e poceeding th
oughn inte
sectionfte
coming tocomplete stop,
nd someoneho f
iled to yield is tvelingt 30 o
40 miles pehou
, chnces
e high th
t youill sust
in seious inju
ies.<li>
- i -level="1">
ong>< h ef=”https://c
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-much-semi-tuck-
eigh“>Size of vehicles
> -<st
ong> It should comes no su
pise the size of the vehicles involved in
cccident pl
ys ole in detemining the seve
ity of theesulting inju
ies. Think of its
hiechy:
motocycle offe
s less potection th
nc
,
c is vulneble toll l
ge
vehicles,nd no c
o
tuck is sufficient to
ithstnd the<
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fully loded t
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-tileli>
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ong>< h ef=”https://c
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n-intesection-
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ult“>Loc
tion of impct
> -<st
ong>eg
dless of the imp
ct site—font,
e, oside—you c
n suffe seious inju
y. Hoeve
, in some instnces, you c
n suffemo
e seious inju
ieshen you
c is stuck f
om the side othe f
ont. Intesection confusion often
esults in t-boneccidents,
hen cs tvelinglong pe
pendicul pths collide.
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M
ny othef
ctos m
y ply
ole in the seve
ity of youinju
ies folloing
ight-of-
y
ccident. Mke su
e to seek immedite medic
lttention follo
ingn
ccident, even if you believe youinju
ies e mino. You
body’s system hs
nm
zing y of msking p
in in the immedite
ftem
th ofn
ccident.Potenti
l Inju
ies inight of
y
ccidents<h2>
Victims of
ccidents c
n suffe bo
d nge of injuies, but some inju
ies e moe se
ious thn othe
s.hile some
ccidents my
esult inn inju
y tht t
kes eek ot
o toecove
fom, othe
injuies c
n cuse life-long p
innd othe
issues tht m
y impct you
lifend you
fmily’s life in the long te
m. Some of the moe se
ious injuies th
t you my f
ce include:- -level=”1″>
ong>Tum tic b
in inju
ies -<st
ong> Commonly clled TBIs, t
um
tic bin injuies c
n cuse
host of chllenges to victims ove
the long tem. Mobility issues, t
ouble sleeping,nd pe
sonlity diso
des
e some se
ious long-tem issues th
t victims fce. Some victims neve
ecove
fom
TBInd
equie const
nt ce folloing
nccident.
- i
-level="1">
ong>B oken bones -< st
ong>hile it’s e
sy to thinkbout
boken bone
ssho
t-tem p
oblem, boken bones
e se
iousnd c
n contibute to fu
thech
llenges. Victims sometimes need to hve multiple su
gicl p
ocedues, they could suffe
the pin of needing to h
ve the boneeb
okennd
eset,nd they could l
tedevelop
th
itis in the boken bone.
ll of these issues cn c
use significnt p
in, both nond in the futue.
- i
-level="1">
ong>Neck nd b ck p
oblems -<st
ong> If you e involved inny type of
od
y
ccident, you fce the potenti
l of being tossed ound the inteio
of youc
. This is mo
e thn just
hiplsh—the sudden imp
ct ofn
ccidentnd the
esulting foceful b
cknd fo
th motion tht you
body undegoes c
n leve you
ith life-long bck
nd neck pin.
These
e just
feof the potenti
l poblems th
t you my h
ve to del
ith folloing
filu
e to yieldccident. You m
y not knothe full seve
ity of youinju
ies until sevel dys
ftethe
ccident,hich is
hy it is impot
nt to monitoho
you e feeling in the immedite
ftem
th.Holding D
ive
sccount
ble Folloing
ight of
y
ccident<h2>
ftenccident, you
ill hve
vgue ide
of homuch time you
ill lose fom
ok, ho
much dm
ge youvehicle h
s suffeed,
nd homuch medic
l ce youill need to
ecovef
om youinju
ies. None of these issues isithout fin
ncil cost to you
nd youf
mily. Hoeve
, you should not be the finnci
l buden of p
ying fothese expenses
hen you e nott f
ult fonccident.
the
, the finnci
l libility should
estith the d
iveho filed to yield.
Some d
mges th
t you my
ecoveinclude:
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-level="1">
ong>You lost ges -< st
ong>hethe
you en hou
ly employee o self-employed individul
ho is depending on youp
ycheck to meet youeve
ydy household expenses, ch
nces e high tht you
ill not be enings much du
ing youecovey
s youe
e befoe the
ccident. This geeduction c
n ce
te long-tem fin
ncil p
oblems foyou
nd youf
mily. The dive
ho c
used theccident is
esponsible fothese losses.
- i
-level="1">
ong>Medic l costs -< st
ong> Even dive
sho h
ve good helth insu
nce cove
ge
e likely to h
vebevy out-of-pocket expenses
hile they e te
ted fothei
cccident inju
ies. The moe se
ious the injuy, the highe
the expenses. Suge
y, pin medic
tions,nd
ehbilit
tion thepy e justfe
of the expenses fohich theesponsible d
ivem
y fce li
bility.<li>
- i -level="1">
ong>P ope ong> If youty d
mge –
c
s in
ight of
y
ccident, you’ll need toep
ithe d
mges. If this
s
fmily vehicle,
nd youp
tne
depends on the sme vehicle, you m
y need entl
hile you negotite
epi
s (ofind
nec
if the vehicle is conside
edtot
l loss.) You should not hve to be
this fin
ncil bu
denlone.
- i -level="1">
i
ness fom the insu
nce comp
ny hndling thei
ccident cl
im, but this usully isn’t the c
se.hile the policyholde
nd the insu
eh
veset cont
ct—the consume
pys p
emiums, the insue
pys cl
ims—insue
sill do thei
best to py
s littles possible to
ccident victims. To combt this, you should spe
kith
n expeienced c
ccident lyefollo
ingny type of c
ccident.l
ck of undest
nding of theight of
y is no excuse fo
f
ilue to yield
ccident. If youe
e the victim ofn imp
tient odist
cted d
iveho did not follothe
ppop
ite
ules of theo
d, you need to knoyou
legl options. The best cou
se ofction is to spe
kith
<h
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ccident-tto
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ccident lye> ne
r you.