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Originally Posted by AnnieK

We had to take my grandads car off him when he turned 90, he was becoming a menace. He was a good driver but the older he got the slower he drove. He was never the same after my dad and uncle took it away, he had lost the last of his younger life and independence. The news last night said that he is fiercely independent so probably was clinging on to that. Will be interesting to find out the details and who was at fault.

He was pulling out into traffic with right of way and his car was hit side-on, which means that it was his responsibility by default (as he was the one breaking the flow of traffic). That is unless the oncoming car was speeding - which seems very unlikely, as if they were someone would be dead or seriously injured.

It is possible that he was blinded by the sun but that doesn't negate him being at fault, as the rule is always "if you can't see that the road is clear, assume that it isn't".