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Originally Posted by Yahooligan
Glad everyone ended up OK.
A couple of points...
What triggers airbags is not just speed or where the impact is, there are a lot of variables involved and the airbag unit takes all of them into consideration to determine if the airbags should be deployed or not.
Also, you got the ticket because she was in the intersection before the light turned. Regardless of if the light was red for her and green for you, she entered the intersection before the light changed and has the right of way to complete her turn before you were to enter. You're very lucky that's all you were ticketed for, you obviously had time to react appropriately, ramming someone's car because they didn't get out of your way is not appropriate. It doesn't matter why she was still in the intersection, the accident was avoidable and it was caused by your actions, not hers.
Honestly, I'm surprised nobody else has commented on your irresponsible action, you could have killed someone.
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I won't side with anyone. I put the blame 50/50 on this one with the info we have all read. It is against the law to block an intersection. You are not suppose to enter the intersection unless you have safe passage through it and where I live you will get nailed for this. Even if the light is full on green and you sneak out there to make a left turn across traffic you can be ticketed. One strike against her. 1goose should have been more defensive and stopped, he misjudged what she was doing and crashed into her, one strike against him. The right of way could go either way. If she stopped in the intersection and the light was red she is blocking the intersection and blocking his right of way, she failed to enter the intersection with a safe passage all the way through, too busy paying attention to improperly seated children, strike 2 and 3 on her.
IMO they both made mistakes.
Bottom line is I hope the kids OK and hope the leech of a women gets nothing for acting the way she did.