It looks to me like the other driver is turn right from the middle lane. Idon’t see any indicatio non Google Maps that there’s a dual turn lane (and I don’t see any reason why there would be).
No wonder NYC is so bad! There’s a food cart RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE of the intersection! Obviously unfamous driver was just avoiding the NYC-unique road hazard.
I thought that was a typical two lane turn at that light. Both cars are expected to stay in their own lane.
If that’s not the case then maybe the other driver is at fault.
They’ll report who got ticketed in the next day or so.
It’s just a fender bender. Not much damage but those carbon fiber body’s are expensive to repair.
Without any evidence I still expect that idiot Morgan caused the crash. He probably zoomed out of that dealership like he was in a Formula 1 race.
And I can’t help mentioning that I hate him because the cutest girl in the 6th grade was named Tracy Morgan and as soon as I saw him on SNL that memory was ruined for me forever.
Yes, by far. According to the second link in the OP, he allegedly won $90 million. So, a slightly used Bugatti is just pocket change to him.
So, there’s an interesting legal question here.
A routine fender bender takes place, where the damage to a normal car would be of the order of $1000. Party A is 100% at fault (and it’s not in dispute), B is driving an exotic car, and the damage to the car costs $100,000 to repair. What is A’s liability?
On common sense grounds, it seems unjust that A should be liable for more than ~$1000, since drivers have a reasonable prior expectation of potential liability when driving based on sharing the road with “normal” cars. Although B was not at fault for the accident, B was responsible for elevating the level of risk 100-fold beyond normal expectations by taking such a valuable car on the road. B’s actions seem almost analogous to driving a normal car with a fragile $100,000 sculpture sitting on the seat beside him, and then claiming for the value of the sculpture if it’s damaged in a fender bender.
I’m not sure though. I know there’s a doctrine in criminal law known as the eggshell skull doctrine, or you take your victim as you find him. This says that if (say) you punch someone, an act that would cause only minor injury to most people, but it turns out that your victim has a medical condition that makes them especially fragile and your punch kills them, you are guilty of homicide. Wikipedia says it’s applicable in tort law as well as criminal law, but all the examples are of personal injury, not damage to property.
Seems like Bentleys are the priciest cars I see around here. Always kinda gets my attention, to think someone would be comfortable driving that much $ around w/ all these yahoos (including ME!)
When I had an antique car, I was glad it was not so pristine that I would go nuts over every ding and scratch.
I certainly have never driven a Bugatti, but I know some high-powered cars drive differently enough from mass market cars that it is a good idea for the driver to seek some training/experience before getting into heavy traffic.
IANAL but I have watched numerous episodes of Judge Judy. According to her you pay for the damages you cause. OTOH if you have a “You break it you buy it” policy in a store you have to make sure fragile items are well secured so they don’t break from incidental touching. But I have my doubts that the other driver will be found liable in this case anyway.
Well, acey is not completely off the mark. Cars like that have very little clearance. I’d never drive one in Manhattan because the roads are in such poor shape - you’d smash up your front spoiler on the bumps in no time. Lamborghini has a front suspension lift system to try to make them a bit more practical:
It says it was shared with Fuqua and another link says Tracy is worth 12 million. So I think it’s unclear. But it’s still affordable for him.
Even if that was the case, there’s likely not an on ramp in the dealership parking lot.
Did they actually assign fault yet. I saw this posted the other day and it just said they didn’t know who caused it, but had a feeling it was the CRV.
I think at this point, if I were Tracy Morgan, I’d just become a pedestrian. Someone clearly put a car-related curse on him.
So, isn’t there an argument that if your car is valuable/fragile enough to sustain $100,000 damage in a fender bender, your duty to secure it implies that you should not take it on public roads?
They haven’t assigned fault yet.
I’ve speculated based on TMZ’s photos but was careful to point out it’s not clear which vehicle violated their lane.
Hey now, he picked up a 7 year old used car in that 2012 Bugatti Veyron. So he’s not going TOO crazy.
And yeah, it’s definitely the other driver at fault for making an illegal right turn from the center lane.
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Well, acey is not completely off the mark. Cars like that have very little clearance. I’d never drive one in Manhattan because the roads are in such poor shape - you’d smash up your front spoiler on the bumps in no time. Lamborghini has a front suspension lift system to try to make them a bit more practical:
[/QUOTE]Sure, but there can be equally bad roads between where you live and the highway anywhere. This can be a problem with any sporty type low sitting car. I’m sure I would have had some mufflers last longer in cars I’ve had like that if I could only drive them on the highway.
I will say though, if for some reason I was forced to live in NYC I wouldn’t keep a good car there. Although I think it would be impossible to force me to live there, if you held a gun on me I’d just say ‘shoot’.
TMZ just said that Tracy Morgandid not, in fact, crash his $2,000,000 car. An NYPD officer happened to see it happen and said the CRV hit him.
According to TMZ, a NYPD traffic agent witnessed the accident and has stated that it was the other driver’s fault.
It depends on your policy. I think the minimum required is 50k in liability. I think that is also supposed to cover medical expenses. But I can’t say for sure.
Yeah, admittedly Damon Wayans was pulling that $90 million figure out of his ass.