zzzona said:
I would not do it. I was running in a caravan up the Suncoast Parkway recently, and was following a vette with them. A car running further ahead had to slow suddenly, and the sun was shining right on the tail lights in front of me, and before I realized it I had to stand on my brakes. I could not see his brakes lights! I will not run behind someone who has black outs. :thumbsdown: JMO
:thumbsup: I agree 100% with him on this point.
I thought Florida auto insurance is basically "no fault"?
Insurance is considered "no fault" but if it were truly no fault, the lawyers would go broke:rofl1:
No fault simply means that your insurance company pays for your damages and thiers for theirs. It's then that the companies try to get thier $$ back from the other parties insurer.
Law enforcement determines who is "at fault" on scene through thier investigation.
It's later "re-evaluated", "revisited" and "reviewed" by an adjuster or worse yet, a clerk with little to no knowlege of crash investigation with one goal in mind...save the company $$$$!!!!
If you have black outs on and the other party (take the post above for instance) says they were following at a safe distance and speed and lets say there are witnesses to support this allegation, but couldn't see your brake lights?
1st, they will likely win thier case in court, then the attorney(ies) and adjusters assigned to represent the insurance company will begin attempting to subrogate damages. That means they are going to try to assign a percentage of "fault" to each party to limit what they are responsible to pay.
So, if you hit the guy in the back, although technically at "fault", you may be found not guilty due to the envirnmental factors (again as mentioned by the previous post), and the other parties insurance company may end up paying part of the damages due to thier modification of the vehicle in such a manner as to render it unsafe.
If you are the person who is hit, this may limit the amount of benefits ($$$) you receive or may cause you to have to hire an attorney to get them
.
In summary: (for those that didn't want to read all that mumbo jumbo):
1) Yes they are legal as long as the visibility limits are met.
2) There is still a possibility that you could be ticketed under a more obscure statute.
3) You may limit your benefit if hit in the rear, if your car is so equiped.
4) You may have a chance of winning your traffic case if you strike someone in the rear who has these installed.
5) You (your insurer) may be able to weasel out of paying quite as much if you/they can prove that the lenses were the
PROXIMATE CAUSE of the rear end collision!
:thumbsup:
Gordon