How many feet?

[Shay-Pari'e]

I say this only as to offer some help. What you are thinking is very different than what you are writing. That is to say, please reread what you are trying to say. I do not know you, nor understand your question. Take a few deep breaths and concentrate, before writing... thank you

just look up his posting history and you will get the idea.

 

[Zigner]

I say this only as to offer some help. What you are thinking is very different than what you are writing. That is to say, please reread what you are trying to say. I do not know you, nor understand your question. Take a few deep breaths and concentrate, before writing... thank you

That sounds a like what somebody else said early in this thread

 

[trieroffact]

yeah, now get smart and get spell check.

The grammatical nightmare is beyond any software.

Ziggy??? middleschool??? gimme a break.

Is that advice? or do you just like to hear yourself spouting your typical non helpful non-advice?

 

[CdwJava]

How many feet does another vehicle have to be in order for your vehicle to enter into an intersection after stopping at a stop sign?

I believe that most every state is going to have language stating that you are not to proceed through the intersection until it is "safe" to do so. If you enter the intersection and are tagged by a vehicle with the right-of-way, you are likely to be considered the party at fault - at least by the police and under state law. However, insurance companies and even civil courts are free to assign fault by their own formulas - the police generally do NOT have that flexibility, and in the state I know of they cannot dived the fault among more than one driver.

So, the exact answer is not possible as it is subjective. And if your car IS hit by a vehicle with the right of way while you are passing through, then that is generally going to be prima facie evidence of an unsafe entry into the intersection.

- Carl

 

[Zigner]

I believe that most every state is going to have language stating that you are not to proceed through the intersection until it is "safe" to do so. If you enter the intersection and are tagged by a vehicle with the right-of-way, you are likely to be considered the party at fault - at least by the police and under state law. However, insurance companies and even civil courts are free to assign fault by their own formulas - the police generally do NOT have that flexibility, and in the state I know of they cannot dived the fault among more than one driver.

So, the exact answer is not possible as it is subjective. And if your car IS hit by a vehicle with the right of way while you are passing through, then that is generally going to be prima facie evidence of an unsafe entry into the intersection.

- Carl

Careful with those big words, Carl

 

[trieroffact]

That's just about all you do is ask questions... learn to be able to read the "rules of the road" before attempting to understand something so hard... This is not the free lecturing and questions asked forum. We all know your not going to give anything remotely like advice on something like this.

 

[CdwJava]

Careful with those big words, Carl

Sorry ... one of my former training officers lambasted me saying I often used "million dollar words with ten cent meanings." He explained that most attorneys wouldn't understand them.

(Just kidding!)

- Carl

 

[ecmst12]

I don't work with MA, but I don't believe anything like the 3/4ths rule would apply in a case like this. In a situation where one vehicle CLEARLY has the right of way over the other, and that vehicle would not normally be required to slow down, pause, or stop in any way, and the "yielding" vehicle pulls out in a manner that would force the first vehicle to slam on brakes, swerve, or otherwise take evasive action to avoid an accident, the "yielding" vehicle has failed to yield and will be assigned the majority of fault if an accident does occur. In some states (and MA may be one of them), the ROW vehicle may be assigned a small percentage of fault IF there is tangible evidence of extremely excessive speed, or if it can be shown that the ROW had the "last chance to avoid" the accident by taking evasive action, but did not. There, the 3/4 rule may come into play. However the PRIMARY cause of the accident will remain the failure to yield by the vehicle with the stop sign.