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Originally Posted by QShip
Who's typically liable in this type of two-car crash on a private track? Is it a "no fault" kind of think or is car that clearly hit the other accountable?
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I think in California they allocate liability by relative negligence. The M3 driver should not have been distracted by the indicator light an the GT3 driver should have seen the other car and/or not been passing aggressively on blind corner when car on front was offline / behaving oddly. For good measure, the track, the organizers, BMW and Porsche would probably get dragged in if big $$ were at stake.
Since it was not a race, hopefully the two insurance companies will simply duke it out. I assume the M3 will come out fine, but the RS guy will get screwed because insurance company won't want to pay replacement value (MSRP+$40K or whatever), they will want to pay a depreciated value (MSRP - 25%).
-Chris