:'( NOT My baby! No!... It has happened

He had the right of way from the other side of the hill, you're right. So I turned and then he came over the hill. Not much anyone can do about it now, especially not you. I was just sharing my story, and it happened to be about how tough my little tacoma was in this situation. Oh and I'm fine thanks for asking, I'm by no means asking for sympathy but what if I were posting this from a hospital bed with a back injury due to the same situation. Everyone in this thread would be saying "forget the truck man don't worry about insurance it'll work itself out, you just worry about getting back on your feet" and other positive things. I'm not seeking anyone's sympathy, just thought I'd post something other than how Toyota is gonna do a redesign on the tacoma in the next couple years and it'll over a v10 turbo diesel.

 

YOU CANT SEE THE FRAME

 

Sorry to hear this happened on the way to ks rocks. Hope you had fun out there. I went not too long ago. Was there anyone there besides you? Pcbuilder14 and I were the only ones there when we went. What trails did you do? Any blacks? My stock truck did all the blue just fine.

 

What is the area speed limit and distance to the top of the hill in relation to where you turned? If you can establish that he was speeding (and I don't doubt it) you could have something, there.

 

I was 3 hours from where I live and there weren't signs of any sort, it was way out in the sticks and most roads other than this particular road are gravel out there because they aren't traveled on enough to warrant paving or any signs other than a speed limit sign and a stop sign where needed. But I'm sure that's not true either you were probably in Kansas driving to Missouri just the other day and saw signs galore

 

If it was a blind hill and neither vehicle could see each other, it would be difficult to say who was at fault. I would say it would be the dodge because he should have slowed down for a blind turn/hill, yet the tacoma was stopped and obviously didn't see him over the hill. I've had a similar accident where I should have been at fault but there were weird circumstances. Don't listen to everybody else OP

 

Went with my roommate in his jeep and there were three other jeeps there as well as a bronco, I did all the blues and greens, my truck is pretty long so getting between some of the trees was interesting

 

65mph and MAYBE 50yds give or take a few, I feel that he was speeding because it was enough room to slow down enough for me to be out of the road before he passed without him stopping, however he did have a trailer so slowing down was a little more taxing for his truck than just hitting me. Hind sight is 20/20 though and I should have waited 2 more seconds to turn

 

Glad you were still able to make it out and enjoy yourself!

Please do let us know the verdict of the frame, think your rear bumper increased or decreased the damage? Just curious, I never put a ton of thought into what would happen from getting t-boned with a more robust bumper.

 

*shrug*

Given the description of the incident, I'd say it's a somewhat shared fault, since I can't see it and wasn't there.

I'd ALSO say the county/city/state should have a sign of some kind on that hill warning the drivers in the Dodge's lane that there's a blind turn just over that hill crest up yonder. If it's really that close to the crest of the hill with that high a speed limit, that's damned dangerous.

 

I think it's the reason I still have what is mostly a bed, but being that it is much more solid and did indeed cause the majority of the damage by bending I think it is possible there is "frame damage" but if there is it would be to the mounting points. I guess we'll let a professional who can see the frame decide wether it's damaged or not. The truck definitely still drives straight and the body/bed don't look out of line. But I'm not a frame specialist. And to give gelo760 the benefit of the doubt, none of the pictures are from straight on, I stood a little to the right to make sure you could see the damage

 

50 yards and 65 mph? That ain't right.

 

Im sorry this has happened to you..im glad your ok!

 

damn 65mph over hills with turns right over the top. seems like no ones at fault if you ask me. because even if he wasnt speeding and had trailer brakes on his trailer i feel like thats not enough time for him to react and stop before he hit you. also upon investigation you might find out he was on the phone and that hindered his driving and reaction time.

 

I'll never see him again, we were both just traveling through. No way to investigate

 

Not necessarily. Generally speaking, if the hit is mid car and forward, its the yielder's fault. If the hit is behind mid car, in this case, rear corner, the general assumption is the other driver should have had enough time to slow down/stop. Basically, if someone cuts you off when turning, you dont have the right to just plow them and hold them accountable.

In a nut shell, if it was determined the other driver could have reasonably stopped under the assumption he was traveling at the speed limit, but failed to do so, he would be at fault. If he wasn't able to stop because he was speeding, he would be at fault. If the hill (blind spot) was the culprit and it was determined neither driver could reasonably have seen the other, it would probably be no contest/no fault and each would settle with their own insurance.

Sounds to me like the other driver wasnt paying much attention either, hence the screeching brakes before the hit. If he was paying as much attention we are discrediting the OP with, he would have braked much sooner than the hit

Good luck OP, and be a bit more careful next time. A bit of aggressive driving has its merits. If you are turning with a blind spot, use more skinny petal

 

You didn't swap personal info?

 

your insurance company should do the investigating if the blame is on you. they will do what ever they can to pass the blame on to the other driver and checking phone records is something simple to do that could save them thousands

 

Damn... looks like the self proclaimed experts are coming out of the woodwork on this one

 

Damn man. Shit happens. Little piece of advice though. Never admit fault. Was the turn you made onto a maintained road? If so, don't be so quick to accept blame either. If it was a maintained road, poorly designed just past the crest of a hill, it is possible that it would be a true no fault accident. Neither party seeing the other until it is too late due to road design.