Regardless of where they are going or what type of vehicle they are operating, everyone who drives on public roads in the Lone Star State must obey traffic laws, adhere to traffic signals and signs, and watch out for other people and vehicles around them at all times. Additionally, drivers here are expected to know when to yield the “right-of-way” to another driver at intersections without traffic lights, and to properly follow right-of-way rules in order to avoid causing collisions.
However, not everyone follows or even knows the right-of-way laws applicable to Space City drivers, and the crashes they may cause through their misconduct can sometimes have life-altering consequences. Getting help from the knowledgeable auto accident attorneys at Mostyn Law can help you understand and enforce your right to civil recovery after a failure to yield car accident in Houston.
Subchapter D of Texas Transportation Code Chapter 545 establishes the right-of-way laws for various circumstances that a driver on Texas public roads may encounter. In general, drivers are expected to always yield the right-of-way to oncoming traffic when turning left or entering a roadway, to pedestrians in crosswalks, and at posted yield signs. Things can become slightly more complex at intersections with multiple stop signs, but generally, the driver who arrives at the intersection first has the right-of-way to proceed through it first.
Anyone who proceeds out of turn and violates any of the regulations outlined in this subchapter has violated the “duty of care” they have to act lawfully and responsibly behind the wheel. If such a “breach of duty” is the main and direct cause of an otherwise avoidable traffic accident, the driver who committed that irresponsible act is legally at fault for the wreck based on their “negligence”—all things our attorneys can help establish to a civil court’s satisfaction during your failure to yield car crash claim in Houston.
If a police officer witnesses someone violate right-of-way laws or otherwise finds evidence demonstrating that, after responding to a crash scene, they can issue a citation for a moving violation against that person, which can later be used as evidence of their negligence during a civil lawsuit or settlement demand. However, if there is no mention in a police accident report of such a citation being issued, it may fall to you as the person injured in a Houston failure to yield car accident to prove on your own that someone else was to blame for your injuries.
This may require various forms of evidence drawn from various sources, including eyewitness testimony, input from subject matter experts, traffic and/or dashboard camera footage, and photos of the crash scene, both immediately after the crash and under normal circumstances at other times. Once again, our team can help you find, preserve, and effectively utilize all available information to increase your chances of securing the restitution you need.
It can be hard to know what to do in the wake of a traffic collision, especially if you suffered serious injuries as a result of the incident. Things can get harder still if you have to prove that someone else advanced into an intersection a moment too soon in order to recover civil compensation from them.
Fortunately, you do not have to handle either of these aspects of the civil litigation process alone, and our legal team can help accomplish these things and many more in pursuit of fair financial restitution. Call today to discuss your options for suing over a failure to yield car accident in Houston.
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