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¿Qué determina quién tiene la culpa en un accidente de tráfico?

En Texas, al igual que en todos los demás estados, existe un conjunto de reglas oficiales que dictan cómo se supone que debe conducir. Sin duda, cualquier persona con una licencia de conducir de Texas está familiarizada con muchas de estas reglas, pero muchas personas las violan intencional y accidentalmente todos los días.

Cuando ocurre un accidente, las compañías de seguros analizarán las circunstancias del choque para ver si uno de los conductores tiene la culpa. Por ejemplo, si un conductor pasa una luz roja, casi siempre tiene la culpa del choque. En otros accidentes, sin embargo, la culpa no es inmediatamente obvia. En estos casos, la culpa se determinará por la regla de la negligencia.

¿Qué es la negligencia?

En el contexto de un accidente automovilístico, la negligencia se refiere a la falta de cuidado ordinario por parte de cualquiera de los conductores. En nuestro ejemplo anterior, pasarse un semáforo en rojo se consideraría un comportamiento negligente. Aunque esto es bastante fácil de entender, probar la negligencia en los tribunales es mucho más complicado.

DEBE ESTABLECER ATENCIÓN ORDINARIA

Para probar negligencia en un accidente, primero debe probar que el otro conductor tenía la obligación de usar un estándar ordinario de cuidado. Esencialmente, este es el grado de cuidado que una persona de prudencia ordinaria usaría en circunstancias similares. Los conductores tienen la obligación implícita de permanecer seguros en la carretera, y el Código de Transporte de Texas define claramente esta responsabilidad, por lo que generalmente es fácil de probar para un abogado.

DEBES PROBAR QUE EL OTRO CONDUCTOR NO TUVO CUIDADO

Después de haber definido qué es el cuidado ordinario para las circunstancias de su accidente, debe probar que el otro conductor no usó el cuidado ordinario. Aquí es donde las cosas pueden ponerse complicadas. En nuestro ejemplo de semáforo en rojo, el otro conductor claramente no estaba actuando de la misma manera que actuaría una persona de prudencia ordinaria. Sin embargo, si ambos autos se fusionaron, probar que el otro conductor actuó con negligencia puede ser mucho más difícil.

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Demostrar negligencia es solo una pequeña parte de un reclamo por lesiones personales. Si resultó lesionado en un accidente automovilístico o de camión, llame a los abogados con experiencia en lesiones personales de Austin de FVF LLP. Estamos orgullosos de defender los derechos de las víctimas de lesiones y trabajaremos incansablemente en su nombre cuando retenga nuestra firma. Entendemos que la vida después de un accidente puede ser muy estresante, por lo que no le cobramos un centavo hasta que ganemos su caso.

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