who is to blame is this texas car accident?
I was driving on the lane next to the exit ramp lane. I checked if any one was in the exit ramp lane and no one was in it only a car behind me. so I turn my signal light on and start to turn and when I am about half the lane in both my mother and my brother yell “watch out” and out of the corner of my eye I see a car speeding pass me and I manage to clip him on his left rear side. When we parked our cars we met each other and he said ” I am sorry bro I saw you signal but I thought I could make it” but then when the cops came he changed his story. He says that he had turned to the exit ramp and passed me then I turned then hit him. Think about this if he was in back of me, how in the world was he able the pass me with out speeding because the speed limit of the main lane is 60mph and the exit ramps is 50mph. I was going about 60mph before turning to the exit ramp so if he says he had passed me how can he explain appearing in front of me with out speeding remember he was in back of me and if he turned to the exit ramp he had to have started to reduce his speed. Still the cops gave me a ticket for an unsafe lane change and he gave the other driver a ticket for not having a license and it was not suspended or expired nor revoked he just had never taken the test before. please give me your thoughts. I want to add for your better understandment that my car was insured but I was not covered by it. and he also did not have insurance. who is to blame???? I also understand how it appeard to the police the did not see the crash so when they arrived all they saw was where I hit him and said that I was at fault. given what I just explained do I have a reasonable case to fight? The other driver either saw my signal but thought he could make it or was not paying attention and managed to get away with it becuase had spead up and I manage to hit him from the rear side????