rear ended a car on a left turn?

You are at fault, unfortunately. I know it doesn't seem fair, since Car 3 ran a red light, but in a rear-end accident, the car that was behind is always at fault. You are supposed to have a large enough following distance to be able to prevent such an occurrence.

Car 2 was obviously too close to car 1. You don't leave a safety zone, you hit the car in front, it is your fault. Yes, the trigger was the car that ran the red light, but car 1 was able to avoid the collision, and was rewarded by a person behind not paying attention and in a hurry. Sorry.

I'm pretty sure that anytime you rear end someone, it's mostly if not completely your fault, because you should always be following behind the car in front of you at a distance safe enough to completely stop at without hitting them.

In actuality car 3 is at fault but when cops look at your situation they will say you are because you were following to closely or some other bs.

Basicaly everyone answering is right. Im afraid you are at fault. Pay attention to your surroundings especially in front of you. Driving nowadays is no joke. Dont take it for granted. I learned the hard way.

Check to see if the redlight that was run had a camera that they use to ID liscense plates. If they did you're in the clear.

If there was no camera, and your story checks out with car 1's story, then you should be fine.

But it was deifnately car3's fault.

You were obviously following too close that you couldn't stop in time, so you are at fault.

Car 2. Failure to maintain control of vehicle.

when you rear end someone you are always at fault. sorry

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