determination of fault

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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 6:00 pm Post subject: determination of fault

We got into an accident which resulted because of my fault. But I have doubts with me being fully at fault I didn't have the right away and I went and she hit me. Her car was totaled. My doubt is with the car being totaled, if the posted limit was 35 could a car get totaled at that speed? It was a small car and so was mine. _________________ Register Now to have your Insurance queries solved.

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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:36 pm Post subject:

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if the posted limit was 35 could a car get totaled at that speed?

Yes... but you include almost no info to say any more than that. Modern vehicles are designed to sustain more body damage when in an accident. An impact is energy. If the vehicle is built ridged than all of that energy is transferred right into the cab and the occupancy. If the outer sheet metal bends and crunches, it absorbed that energy. Think about those metal balls that hang from wires. You pull one back and let it swing into the next one. All of a sudden the ball way at the other end bounces up, swings back down and the process continues. Almost all of that energy transfers through all of the balls in the middle and onto that last one.

I've also totaled out a car with $1000 in damages as it was worth $1200. I've also totaled out a truck with a large dent in the rear quarter panel (bed) as the labor involved to replace a quarter panel on a truck is a _lot_.

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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 11:32 am Post subject:

Was there police records and witness to the accident? How was the fault determined? If the police records and evidence says that you were at fault, then it must be the case. Low speed limit accidents can also total cars, that's not a wonder. _________________ Register Now to have your Insurance queries solved.