How is liability determined for lane-changing accidents?
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Liability for lane-changing accidents is determined as follows: 1. Overtaking: The rear vehicle bears full responsibility for collisions caused when overtaking on curves, passing left-turning vehicles ahead, or overtaking when encountering oncoming traffic. 2. U-turns: The vehicle making the U-turn bears full responsibility for collisions caused by failing to yield to through traffic, or making U-turns in prohibited areas (marked with no-U-turn signs or road markings), pedestrian crossings, bridges, steep slopes, or tunnels. Additional information: Traffic violations that have a causal relationship with accidents will incur corresponding accident liability. Parties without violations, or whose violations aren't causally related to the accident, bear no liability. When one party's violation causes an accident, that party bears full responsibility.