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Failure to yield the right of way
Can be when you proceed forward while disregarding right of way signs or signals for other cars. You may not be the car that is sopossed to go forward.
Collision
Pays for damage to your car caused by physical contact with another vehicle or with another object, such as a tree, boulder, guardrail, structure, or person.
Brake Build-up (Brake Lag)
Occurs just after the brakes are applied and continues until they lock.
Disregarding traffic controls
Can be going through a red light or stopping at a green light, diregarding special signals in traffic.
Actual Cash Value (ACV)
The value of your property, based on the current cost to replace it minus depreciation.
Tort
An injury or wrong committed, with or without force, to the person or property of another, which gives rise to a claim for damages.
Tire Problems
Under-inflation, the most frequent cause of tire failure, is considered the main culprit in the recent Firestone tire-failure fatalities. Uneven or worn-out tires are the next most serious problem and can also lead to tire failure.
Triangulation
Technique for scene documentation where items of evidence are located by measuring the distance between two (2) reference points.
Burden of proof
Measure of proof required to prove a fact. Obligation of a party to probe facts at issue in the trial of a case.
Affidavit
A written or printed declaration or statement under oath Affirm - The assertion of an appellate court that the judgment of the lower court is correct and should stand.
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