[Black Tooth]

Actually you are very wrong. If you caused the collision, you caused the collision, regardless if you feel you were negligent or not. The party that sustains damages or injuries is not going to care what the reason was for running into them.

Re-read. Catch up. There's a big difference between "being liable" and being "criminally negligent".

My quote said nothing about criminally negligent. You will be found *liable* if it's found you caused a collision. In some circumstances you may be found criminally negligent, but in most cases it's all about liability.

[m1-lightning]

In some circumstances you may be found criminally negligent, but in most cases it's all about liability.

That's the reason I posted this thread. The father is liable but IMO not criminally negligent. 12 years in prison for teaching his 15 year old how to drive in an empty parking lot is ridiculous. You've been posting up and down this thread that someone is "negligent" for every accident. Maybe you should have clarified that in your beginning posts.

[beezdotcom]

My quote said nothing about criminally negligent.

Forgive me for making the assumption you meant "criminally negligent". I claimed I wouldn't be found 'negligent', you said it didn't matter if I felt 'negligent', and a lot of the heat in this thread is surrounding the CRIMINAL charges being brought by the DA - so I think it was an easy assumption to make. But if you say that's not what you meant, that's good enough for me.

You will be found *liable* if it's found you caused a collision. In some circumstances you may be found criminally negligent, but in most cases it's all about liability.

Duh.