Extreme speeding and liability in a left-turn collision

6 C 312/93Tribunal de Primeira Instância18 de fev. de 1994Direito civilRejeitado

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Resumo Omnilex

The Eschweiler Local Court dismissed the plaintiff's claim arising from a collision between a left-turning driver intending to enter private property and an oncoming straight-ahead driver. The latter had exceeded the speed limit by at least 130%; under the stated circumstances, that speed alone entailed a liability share of at least 30% for the straight-ahead driver despite the left-turner's general duty to yield. The left-turner's alleged intoxication did not reduce the oncoming driver's responsibility, since the court could not assume that a sober left-turner would have assessed the oncoming vehicle's speed correctly and avoided the collision. The plaintiff was ordered to bear the proceedings' costs, and the judgment was declared provisionally enforceable.

Sumário Omnilex

In a collision between a left-turning driver subject to a duty to yield and an oncoming straight-ahead driver, exceeding the applicable maximum speed by at least 130% justifies a liability share of at least 30% for the straight-ahead driver. The left-turner's intoxication does not, by itself, reduce that share in favor of the straight-ahead driver. Such a reduction cannot rest on the assumption that a sober left-turner would have correctly estimated the oncoming vehicle's speed and avoided the collision.

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Amtsgericht Eschweiler — 6 C 312/93 — Urteil

Entscheidungsdatum: 1994-02-18

Aktenzeichen: 6 C 312/93

ECLI: ECLI:DE:AGAC2:1994:0218.6C312.93.00

Dokumenttyp: Urteil

Spruchkörper: Amtsgericht

Leitsätze

Bei einer Kollision zwischen einem Linksabbieger, der beabsichtigt nach links auf ein Privatgrundstück abzubiegen, und einem bevorrechtigt entgegenkommenden Geradeausfahrer führt allein der Umstand, dass der Geradeausfahrer die zulässige Höchstgeschwindigkeit um zumindest 130% überschritten hat, auch unter Berücksichtigung der grundsätzlichen Wartepflicht des Linksabbiegers, zu einer Haftungsquote des Geradeausfahrers von mindestens 30%.

Selbst eine Alkoholisierung des Linksabbiegers wirkt sich nicht zugunsten des Geradeausfahrers aus, denn es kann nicht davon ausgegangen werden, dass ein nicht alkoholisierter Fahrer am Steuer des Linksabbieger-Fahrzeugs die Geschwindigkeit des Geradeausfahrers richtig eingeschätzt und den Unfall vermieden hätte.

Tenor

    1. Die Klage wird abgewiesen.
    1. Die Kosten des Rechtsstreites trägt der Kläger.
    1. Das Urteil ist vorläufig vollstreckbar.Der Kläger darf die Zwangsvollstreckung der Beklagten gegen Sicherheitsleistung in Höhe von 120 % des zu vollstreckenden Betrages abwenden, wenn nicht die Beklagten ihrerseits vor der Zwangsvollstreckung Sicherheit in gleicher Höhe leisten.

Palavras-chave

traffic accidentleft turnspeedingliability allocationintoxicationduty to yield

Questões jurídicas principais extraídas pela Omnilex

Whether the plaintiff is entitled to relief arising from a collision between a left-turning vehicle and an oncoming driver who was speeding extremely.

The claim was dismissed; the oncoming driver's excessive speed would entail at least 30% liability, but the left-turner's intoxication did not increase the straight-ahead driver's share.

The oncoming vehicle's speed exceeded the permitted maximum by at least 130%. The left-turner's alcohol consumption did not benefit the oncoming driver, because it could not be assumed that a sober driver would have correctly estimated the oncoming vehicle's speed and avoided the collision.

Allocation of the costs of the proceedings.

The plaintiff bears the costs of the proceedings.

The judgment dismissed the plaintiff's claim and expressly allocated the costs to the plaintiff.

Provisional enforceability of the judgment and security to avert enforcement.

The judgment is provisionally enforceable; the plaintiff may avert enforcement by providing security of 120% of the amount being enforced, unless the defendants provide security in the same amount.

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