Your getting involved in a rear-end accident may be very frustrating for you. This is because you may find it a very simple rule of driving to avoid colliding with the vehicle in front or back of you. Nonetheless, external factors may come into play, and accidents happen. In fact, rear-enders are one of the most common types of car accident cases our firm deals with. If this is relevant to you, please follow along to find out who can cause a rear-end accident to happen and how a proficient Panama City car accident attorney at Manuel & Thompson, PA can help you possibly recover damages from yours.
Who can possibly cause a rear-end accident to happen?
It is quite often presumed that the back-end driver is at fault for a rear-end accident. However, the front-end driver may operate the vehicle negligently in one way or another, as well. Without further ado, below are examples of who can possibly cause a rear-end accident to happen:
- A back-end driver may be at fault if:
- They aggressively tailgated the vehicle in front of them and did not give themself enough time to brake.
- They drove above the enforced speed limit and did not give themself enough time to brake.
- They drove distractedly and did not know they needed to brake.
- A front-end driver may be at fault if:
- They abruptly hit the brakes without a traffic sign or signal prompting them to.
- They drove dangerously below the enforced speed limit while others drove at the appropriate speed.
- They came to a complete to a full stop with broken taillights at nighttime or on a poorly lit road.
How else can a rear-end accident possibly arise?
It is possible that both the back-end and front-end drivers were driving cautiously and safely in the moments leading up to the crash. In this case, other external factors beyond both of their reasonable controls may have contributed. For example, the front-end driver may have been driving a vehicle with faulty taillights that have yet to be recalled by the manufacturer. Or, the front-end driver may have had no choice but to yield to an obstruction on the road that should have been cleared by a city or state entity quite some time ago (i.e., large potholes, weather-related debris, etc).
Based on all this information, and your deep reflection on your car accident event, you may confirm with certainty that your rear-end collision was due to no fault of your own. At the very least, you may be confident that you were less than 50 percent to blame for the sequence of events. In either case, you hold the right to pursue legal action and attempt to recover from your incurred injuries and damages.
At Manuel & Thompson, PA, we share the same goal as you, which is likely to recover damages from your car accident event. So please do not hesitate to work with a talented Panama City car accident attorney from our firm today.
