# A question about highway driving

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-highway-driving/947156>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 23, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-highway-driving/947156 "2021-07-23T18:42:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-highway-driving/947156/41 "2021-07-27T19:00:58Z")

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From your link re Michigan no-fault, with my [comments in brackets] and my bolding that applies to OP scenario re repairs to C’s car:

_If you have an auto accident, no-fault insurance_  
_pays for your medical expenses [Personal Injury], wage loss_  
_benefits [Personal Injury], replacement services [Property Damage], and the **damage**  
 **you do to other people’s property [Property Damage]**. It does not_  
_matter who caused the accident._  
_Your basic no-fault insurance **does NOT pay for** _  
_**repairs to your car. [Property Damage]**_

re: OP using basic/minimum required insurance coverage:  
No-Fault = C repairs would be paid by B’s insurance, and quicker since there’s no need to determine fault.

At-Fault (Insurance only has to pay when insurance determines who is at fault) = C repairs would be paid by either A or B, or both, depending on who was at fault. I can see an argument that it was A’s fault (B claims A was only trying to avoid being hit by A, and that A caused B to hit C). So B’s insurance would not pay until forced to, and may only pay a partial amount. A is either long gone or insurance would not pay/partial pay for same reason since there is an argument A is not at fault for C’s damage.

Outside of minimum coverage, hopefully C has good insurance that covers damage to his own vehicle. In that case, C insurance would pay, and quickest.

Fault still matters of course (see post 30 re insurance subrogation), and the above just speaks to who would pay C and not if the insurance company would later get reimbursed or not.

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