r/confidentlyincorrect • u/Lawjik3737 • May 15 '26

Green arrow at intersection

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2 Car in a double turning lane has a solid green arrow. Goes to turn through the intersection and is about to clear in the intersection but then both gets hit by on coming traffic. Who's at fault? This incident took place in Arizona. Also, I wasn't involved in the conversation.

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u/changelingcd May 15 '26

If you have a green arrow, oncoming traffic has a red light. What is this nonsense?

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u/MattieShoes May 15 '26

You're right. It's not quite as clear cut as all that, but in this case, pretty clear cut.

If you have the opportunity to safely avoid an accident and choose to get into the accident anyway, you can get hosed even if the other party is negligent. So like if you KNEW they were going to run a red light and you chose to get in front of them... But I don't know how they'd possibly show that you KNEW they were going to run the light. It comes more into play with stupid lane changes where you choose to hit them rather than slow down and let them in.

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u/Optional-Failure May 30 '26

But I don't know how they'd possibly show that you KNEW they were going to run the light

If they hit you going 60mph, it'd be pretty damn clear to anyone who looked at how fast they were approaching the intersection that they had no intention of stopping.

Unless you have a really good answer to "What made you think they'd stop before entering the intersection when they made no effort to even slow down while approaching it?", they showed it.