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Involved in a Car Accident--Anything I can Do? (pg. 3)
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by london_ta
Thanks for that lesson teacher. Your a retard too! :disbelief |
, it's YOU ARE or YOU'RE |
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| Spam |
One time I was driving on the 427, it was late at night and dark outside. I was speeding, going 120km/h.
Suddenly, I noticed a darker area of the road about 300m ahead of me, I wasn't sure exactly why it was darker, but I knew the rest of the road was gray, so I should be careful and not simply continue to speed ahead.
When I realized it was a dark piece of sheet-metal that had possibly dropped off the back of a truck, I hit my breaks and didn't do any damage to my car. I didn't have to pay any deductible, and it was great dealing with my insurance company after that incident, because I didn't have to.
Moral of the story about road hazards? Pay attention! There's no excuse for driving straight into an obstruction on the road. |
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| Moral Hazard |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nick Cenik
Respectfully, I don't appreciate your condescending tone MH; it's unnecessary. |
Sorry about my tone, I just spend way too much time dealling with people who refuse to recognise their own negligence. |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
Ugh ing car insurance. Legalized extortion. |
:rolleyes: |
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| zokissima |
| As others have pointed out, you're pretty much SOL. Many people assume that insurance is there to cover your @$$! Its not! It is there to spread the high costs of the few amongst the low costs of the many, and for all of us who will, luck willing, only get into minor accidents, the insurance company will suck tenfold the money from you over your driving carreer than it will ever have to pay out to you in case of these small accidents. The few times you will be lucky/glad you have insurance is if you end up in a major accident, where you may seriously cause harm or kill another person, in which case your insurance, after your measly deductible, will pay out the extraordinary lawsuit, medical, etc. bills. |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by zokissima
As others have pointed out, you're pretty much SOL. Many people assume that insurance is there to cover your @$$! Its not! It is there to spread the high costs of the few amongst the low costs of the many, and for all of us who will, luck willing, only get into minor accidents, the insurance company will suck tenfold the money from you over your driving carreer than it will ever have to pay out to you in case of these small accidents. The few times you will be lucky/glad you have insurance is if you end up in a major accident, where you may seriously cause harm or kill another person, in which case your insurance, after your measly deductible, will pay out the extraordinary lawsuit, medical, etc. bills. |
and thats just for the third party that was hurt.....the money the insurance company would spend on your injuries, god forbid you get hurt, is very costly.
I have a claim right now where the insured was driving a 1993 Sunbird and totalled the car. The cost of the vehicle claim was $1000.00. To date, the insurance company has spent over $500,000.00 on her injury claim and I still have outstanding reserves on the claim of over $300,000.00. Then there is also the passenger that was severly hurt in the accident and will have a passenger hazard claim against her. I am not handling that claim but from the passengers injuries I would estimate a $250,000.00 settlement would be likely. That $100.00 a month the person was paying in insurance seems like nothing compared to the more then million dollars the insurance company will be paying. Oh and by the way, she was only insured with the company for 6 months. |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by london_ta
As I said before... your a retard. :whip: |
I'd love to hear your logic behind this. |
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
| quote: | Originally posted by london_ta
Thanks for that lesson teacher. Your a retard too! :disbelief |
listen you dumb you're totally wrong.. just sit down.. shut the up and take it in the ass. You got totally owned now deal with it like a sore ass little .
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| Pett |
| quote: | Originally posted by geroin
it was a huge ing ladder |
that's the number one random object i see left on the road, number 2 being mattress's |
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| london_ta |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit
listen you dumb you're totally wrong.. just sit down.. shut the up and take it in the ass. You got totally owned now deal with it like a sore ass little .
you |
The fact that I have went through this exact situation would explain my reasons to speak up.
You really need to not take my jokes too seriously. I hope we don't bump into each other anytime soon. :whip:
Anyone know this TA personally... please feel free to introduce me. |
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| zoogla |
wow this thread is so filled with nonsense! LOL
Nick, sorry to hear that, man. What time did this happen? You said it was morning but also that it was dark. Did you have your headlights on?
| quote: | Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit
listen you dumb you're totally wrong.. just sit down.. shut the up and take it in the ass. You got totally owned now deal with it like a sore ass little .
you |
LMAO :stongue: :stongue:
and Spam, your story was confusing. |
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| djeso |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nick Cenik
After dropping off my buddy at his apartment early Saturday morning I was making my way home to Mississauga via the Gardiner Expressway West. I was driving in the middle lane. In what seemed like a fraction of a second, I slammed head-on into a huge piece of debris that was sitting right in the middle of the highway. I still do not know what the debris was; perhaps it was something that had fallen off of a tractor trailer. Because 1) it was dark outside and 2) the piece of debris was black (or some other dark colour) I was unable to notice the obstruction until it was too late for me to avoid it. Significant damage was done to the front end of my car, particularly around the right side of the bumper. A police-contracted tow-truck towed my car to my house and later in the day on Saturday I had a tow truck from the Honda dealership (my car is on lease) tow the vehicle to the dealership. My insurance company is willing to pay any repairs after I pay the first $1000 out of pocket (as I have a $1000 deductible). I am disappointed by the possibility of having to pay all this money for an incident for which I feel I am not responsible. I am wondering if there are any avenues I may pursue re: not having to pay any money out of pocket to fix my car. I've already paid $145 for the initial tow. I would be greatly surprised if the total bill for repairs plus the towing does not amount to at least $2000.
If it matters, the police at the scene informed me that officers were en route to remove the debris from the highway before my car collided with it.
Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully, I'm not in the mood for any jackass responses :) |
First find out what the total damage is, if it's under 2g's pay out of your pocket, that way it won't affect your insurance costs in the near future |
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