Starting the year off with a BANG!!! Literally...
01-03-2008, 08:32 PM
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dude....wait...were you at the space needle that night? I think I saw your car!!...were you parked in the event parking?? I parked my car in there too. We were walking to our car and we saw this blue rx8 which looked exactly like mine!! was it yours?? Man....space needle's fireworks sucked big time that night! They said the computer meltfuntioned or something.
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01-03-2008, 09:03 PM
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lol i think its so funny how everyone always thinks it's the other persons fault lol. I think if you were driving down the road and some idiot pulled out of a parking lot right in front of you you'd be saying how stupid he is and how it's his fault.
This is like how last week a guy ran a stop sign while i had the right away and almost hit me in a parking lot. Then he honked at me even though I had no stop sign.
This is like how last week a guy ran a stop sign while i had the right away and almost hit me in a parking lot. Then he honked at me even though I had no stop sign.
01-03-2008, 09:04 PM
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01-06-2008, 06:15 PM
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I am an insurance claims adjuster. Part of my job responsibility is determining who is at fault for an accident.
Sorry to say, but you are the proximate cause of the accident. The insurance company will probably put the other driver a little at fault for the accident, but the other driver had right of way. it really doesn't matter how fast they were going, if you didn't pull out the accident never would have happened. If they do put fault on the other driver for excessive speed, it will only be a max of 20% - 30%.
You should definitely go through your own collision coverage. It will be near impossible getting the other persons insurance company to put there driver as proximate cause for this accident.
Sorry to say, but you are the proximate cause of the accident. The insurance company will probably put the other driver a little at fault for the accident, but the other driver had right of way. it really doesn't matter how fast they were going, if you didn't pull out the accident never would have happened. If they do put fault on the other driver for excessive speed, it will only be a max of 20% - 30%.
You should definitely go through your own collision coverage. It will be near impossible getting the other persons insurance company to put there driver as proximate cause for this accident.
01-06-2008, 06:35 PM
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I sympathise with you, but I'd have to agree. I'm a police officer with over 25 years in the job and when it comes to giving way, the laws in our countries are very similar.
The damage to your vehicles arn't consistent with a high speed crash, and you'd have a hell of a time proving it otherwise....unless you had photographic and expert evidence of his skids marks.
In a police report you would be listed as Unit "1", which is the main contributor of the accident. If you could prove he was speeding, at best you'd get away with 50% of costs against him.
To see a fellow RX8er the victim of these circumstances hurts.....but with a lack of evidence on the other driver...things look grim...
The damage to your vehicles arn't consistent with a high speed crash, and you'd have a hell of a time proving it otherwise....unless you had photographic and expert evidence of his skids marks.
In a police report you would be listed as Unit "1", which is the main contributor of the accident. If you could prove he was speeding, at best you'd get away with 50% of costs against him.
To see a fellow RX8er the victim of these circumstances hurts.....but with a lack of evidence on the other driver...things look grim...
01-07-2008, 02:24 AM
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I am an insurance claims adjuster. Part of my job responsibility is determining who is at fault for an accident.
Sorry to say, but you are the proximate cause of the accident. The insurance company will probably put the other driver a little at fault for the accident, but the other driver had right of way. it really doesn't matter how fast they were going, if you didn't pull out the accident never would have happened. If they do put fault on the other driver for excessive speed, it will only be a max of 20% - 30%.
You should definitely go through your own collision coverage. It will be near impossible getting the other persons insurance company to put there driver as proximate cause for this accident.
Sorry to say, but you are the proximate cause of the accident. The insurance company will probably put the other driver a little at fault for the accident, but the other driver had right of way. it really doesn't matter how fast they were going, if you didn't pull out the accident never would have happened. If they do put fault on the other driver for excessive speed, it will only be a max of 20% - 30%.
You should definitely go through your own collision coverage. It will be near impossible getting the other persons insurance company to put there driver as proximate cause for this accident.
01-07-2008, 02:28 AM
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I sympathise with you, but I'd have to agree. I'm a police officer with over 25 years in the job and when it comes to giving way, the laws in our countries are very similar.
The damage to your vehicles arn't consistent with a high speed crash, and you'd have a hell of a time proving it otherwise....unless you had photographic and expert evidence of his skids marks.
In a police report you would be listed as Unit "1", which is the main contributor of the accident. If you could prove he was speeding, at best you'd get away with 50% of costs against him.
To see a fellow RX8er the victim of these circumstances hurts.....but with a lack of evidence on the other driver...things look grim...
The damage to your vehicles arn't consistent with a high speed crash, and you'd have a hell of a time proving it otherwise....unless you had photographic and expert evidence of his skids marks.
In a police report you would be listed as Unit "1", which is the main contributor of the accident. If you could prove he was speeding, at best you'd get away with 50% of costs against him.
To see a fellow RX8er the victim of these circumstances hurts.....but with a lack of evidence on the other driver...things look grim...
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01-07-2008, 02:28 AM
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01-08-2008, 01:22 AM
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Chances are you need to learn how to drive better if something like this has happened to you twice in a year.
Learn to take a few more seconds when pulling out anywhere because it saves hours of work later and maybe a life.
Learn to be a bit more defensive while on the road and especially in parking lots.
Remember, everyone is drunk and everyone is out to hit you.
Learn to take a few more seconds when pulling out anywhere because it saves hours of work later and maybe a life.
Learn to be a bit more defensive while on the road and especially in parking lots.
Remember, everyone is drunk and everyone is out to hit you.
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Chances are you need to learn how to drive better if something like this has happened to you twice in a year.
Learn to take a few more seconds when pulling out anywhere because it saves hours of work later and maybe a life.
Learn to be a bit more defensive while on the road and especially in parking lots.
Remember, everyone is drunk and everyone is out to hit you.
Learn to take a few more seconds when pulling out anywhere because it saves hours of work later and maybe a life.
Learn to be a bit more defensive while on the road and especially in parking lots.
Remember, everyone is drunk and everyone is out to hit you.
01-08-2008, 01:31 AM
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I am an insurance claims adjuster. Part of my job responsibility is determining who is at fault for an accident.
Sorry to say, but you are the proximate cause of the accident. The insurance company will probably put the other driver a little at fault for the accident, but the other driver had right of way. it really doesn't matter how fast they were going, if you didn't pull out the accident never would have happened. If they do put fault on the other driver for excessive speed, it will only be a max of 20% - 30%.
You should definitely go through your own collision coverage. It will be near impossible getting the other persons insurance company to put there driver as proximate cause for this accident.
Sorry to say, but you are the proximate cause of the accident. The insurance company will probably put the other driver a little at fault for the accident, but the other driver had right of way. it really doesn't matter how fast they were going, if you didn't pull out the accident never would have happened. If they do put fault on the other driver for excessive speed, it will only be a max of 20% - 30%.
You should definitely go through your own collision coverage. It will be near impossible getting the other persons insurance company to put there driver as proximate cause for this accident.
01-08-2008, 11:55 AM
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Chances are you need to learn how to drive better if something like this has happened to you twice in a year.
Learn to take a few more seconds when pulling out anywhere because it saves hours of work later and maybe a life.
Learn to be a bit more defensive while on the road and especially in parking lots.
Remember, everyone is drunk and everyone is out to hit you.
Learn to take a few more seconds when pulling out anywhere because it saves hours of work later and maybe a life.
Learn to be a bit more defensive while on the road and especially in parking lots.
Remember, everyone is drunk and everyone is out to hit you.
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