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Originally Posted by Mr78609
At least with the "black boxes" that are now standard in all new cars a record of SPEED AND EXACT TIME OF IMPACTS is stored and can be used in court andcell phone users can be held accountable for accidents they cause. The black boxes even tell you when the car is running or parked.
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Takes law enforcement interested enough to retrieve the data. Doesn't always happen. What's the process? Does it require a subpoena?
I live in an at-fault state, where an officer can arrive on the scene after the fact and determine fault. But as PROTOCOL, they don't. They will write infractions for any apparent violations (too fast for conditions, following too closely, crossing double yellow...)
In my city, it is even PRINTED on their accident reports that officers do not determine fault. So you must go to your insurance company and tell your story. Conflicting stories (or manipulated interviews) with the insurer of the driver at-fault will result in arbitration which right now is running about 5 months to get a hearing.
In the meantime, you can either drive a busted car (if you can drive it at all) or pay your own deductible and wait for subrogation.