I NEED some information.

I just got word from my insurance company that they are finding me 100% at fault for the accident I was just in due to the way the police report was written. If it's the same report I have, I don't see how they could have come to that assumption.

I did some investigation of my own (since the police didn't measure my tire marks, I did).

I need to know the stopping distance for a 2001 Tiburon 4 wheel lock from 60-0 mph. (50-0 mph would be best, because it's a 50 mph zone)

Look here for diagram of the accident:
Diagram of Accident

Here's the skid info I found...

Left wheel skid ONLY, due to me trying to manuver around this guy: 39 ft.

All wheel skid: 46 ft

After collosion skid (my rear end skidding around): 11 ft

I had one passanger other than myself in the car. Total passenger weight is 390 lbs + 50 Lbs of stuff in the trunk.

I have 205x40r17 Falken Zien tires. Stock Brake system.

Can anyone figure out how fast I was going? I think I was traveling between 50 and 55 mph. The police report says I was going between 55 and 70 mph... which is bogus, cause my airbags would have gone off and I'd probably be in a hospital.

 

Little Update:

I found Stopping distance for a 1998 Tib.

Braking Distance (60-0 mph): 148 ft.

So I still had over 50 feet to go if I was doing 60 mph... which I wasn't... interested...

And thanks to itsBrad and Random for giving me some advice on what to do so far..

 

if you (or anyone) can get the friction coefficent for those tires (or that tire compound) on whatever condition pavement the accident too place on, it wouldn't be hard to figure a theoretical distance.

 

Should of just aimed for the front of the vehicle lol in many states hitting the rear of any vehicle would suggest fault to whomever is in back. Since you hit the rear of the vehicle you were considered at fault for which you were either speeding or not paying attention to your surroundings. Yes the van should of yeilded but thats how it goes.

 

unfortanetyly aoshi is right....another thing...you were in the left lane...was there anybody to your right??? did you just pass somebody...because if your were just in the left lane and nobody was in right lane...you are breaking the law....the law requires you to move to right after passing...therefore if your not passing anybody and sitting in the left lane...you could get a ticket for improper use of the left lane!! thats another consideration...because say that your where in the right lane when they got out infront of you you could have avoided the accident totally...thats probably what the insurance company is looking at. your best bet anyway would have been to move to the center lane...so if they hit your car...its their fault...if you swerve left...the car brakes....nothing...but if go right and the car breaks...bang! i have taken sooooo many classes due to my accumulation of points that i have acctually learned alot about how to handle situations...just a thought and thats my .02

[ April 10, 2003, 06:02 AM: Message edited by: ONLY1DB ]

 

let's try to keep this thread on topic about braking distances.

If you guys want to discuss the accident, please start a seperate thread in "off topic".

I'm moving this to BRAKING/Suspension/Wheels