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THE BLAME GA A CAR ACC
Why You Should Avoid Admitting
Car accidents can leave anyone worried about repair expenses or insurance rates. But you can feel even more distressed if you think you’re the one to blame. It can be tricky to plan your next steps. Before we discuss what to do after an accident, we need to clarify that “fault” defined legally isn’t the same as how we use the word in everyday language.
Understand cause in fact vs. fault. You might think that glancing at a text or not using your signals could be reasons the accident is your “fault”; however, it would more accurately be described as a “cause in fact” instead. When you tell the police or an insurer that the crash was your fault or caused by you, that can lead to a legal admission of guilt that wouldn’t have occurred otherwise.
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A cause in fact is a factor or action that took place before the accident but is not necessarily what defines
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