What to know about left-turn accidents
Traffic accidents always come down to a blame game and the
person making the left turn is often in the wrong. About half of
all crashes at Canadian intersections involved a vehicle that was
turning left, according to a 2007 joint study by the Traffic Injury
Research Foundation and the Insurance Institute for Highway
Safety.
With so many claims stemming from those incidents, the Insurance
Bureau of Canada considers all left turns into traffic that lead to
an accident, as against insurance company policy.
Before trying to beat the light and making an ill-advised left
turn, here are some things drivers should consider:
Different types of insurance
