Automobiles Traveling in Opposite Directions
If neither automobile "A" nor automobile "B" changes
lanes and both automobiles are on or over the center lane when an incident (a
"sideswipe") occurs, the driver of each automobile is 50 per cent at
fault for the incident.

If automobile "B" is over the center line of the road
when an incident occurs, the driver of automobile "A" is not at fault
and the driver of automobile "B" is 100 per cent at fault for the
incident.

If automobile "B" turns left into the path of
automobile "A", then the driver of automobile "A" is not at fault
and the driver of automobile "B" is 100 per cent at fault for the
incident.


If automobile "B" is leaving a parking place or is
entering the road from a private road or driveway, and if automobile
"A" is overtaking to pass another automobile when an incident occurs,
the driver of automobile "A" is not at fault and the driver of
automobile "B" is 100 per cent at fault for the incident.

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Revised: March, 2006