-
- Newbie
- Posts: 3
- Joined: Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:53 pm
No Charge, But Insurance Is Applying Failure To Yeild
So, I'm at a four way stop, except it isn't technically a four way stop. Imagine a conventional stop, but with the 6 o'clock position being the exit of a private drive way (a school parking lot). That's right, the school pushes traffic back out onto the road way at a four way stop. Technically, the stop sign is on school property and not part of the four way stop. Its technically a three way stop for normal traffic. I hope I've explained this well.
So, I'm leaving at 6 and turning to 9 (a left hand turn). I proceed after the traffic to the left has come to a full stop, I look to the right and no one is there so I proceed. In the time it takes me to make the left turn (out of the private drive onto the road) a car has come from the right (likely a rolling stop) and met my front passenger corner on the exit of the turn (ie. well out of the middle of the intersection). So my passenger front is hit by (sort of a meeting of two cars rather than one hitting the other) her driver front corner.
Now, there was no charge, but the insurance is applying the HTA in that I should have yielded to the right, so its my fault and thus an at fault claim.
My question is: Am I actually at fault here? If all of the other traffic MUST stop at the stop signs, do I need to actually stop or just ensure its safe to proceed (as is normal when exiting a private drive way).
Thanks in advance.