[All] [Generic] IAM SOOO PI$$ED OFF!!!!!!!!!

[2Crooky]

After my accident on Friday when i rear ended someone........it then went into the hands of the insurance companies.

I was doing 40mph in a 40 when i applied the brakes to my car....This is when i got no response and the car, slowing down over a long distance, failed to stop.......hitting the person in front at what can only be 10mph or less.....

I get a call today......

"The third party involved has got solicitors involved due to claiming they have suffered whip lash"!!!??! Both driver and passenger said they were fine and didn't look to be in pain after the accident.

They are trying to take me to court over dangerous driving and causing injury!!! WTF!!!!

If i had slammed on the brakes far to late i would have locked up and left skid marks on the road!!! There are no tyre marks on the road surface.....

I hit the car in the left hand rear quater at less than 10mph!! How can both passenger and driver get whip lash??!!

THIS IS B0LL0X!!

[jimGTS]

its a stunt alot of people do unfortunatly...

[LuizeGT]

sorry to hear that.

whiplash desn ot come on straight awa so people who get out of the car holding heir necks and shout ahhh whiplash are lying unless something else has been hurt in the neck.
it normally starts about 6 odd hours later. i was hit from the side at no more than 6-10mph in my worksvan as someone pulled out and didnt see me so i swerved last second and they hit straight int my door instead of me hitting them head on.

i got whiplash later in that day and it lasted 3-4 days then went. yes it was painfull but no serious damage caused so i never claimed for compo.

id fight them and see if they went to the hospital, cus staff there are used to spotting fake claims and normally in their write ups.

[SimonPearse]

it is quite possible to get whiplash injuries in a 10 mph shunt, though they are probrably trying it on. Whiplash does not usualy show up until some hours after the accident.
Take photos of the scene asap showing no skid marks. Why did you "get no response from the car"? Are you saying that the brakes failed (be carefull, driving a car in an unfit condition...) or that t5he car skidded under moderate braking (be carefull, driving withoud due attention to the road conditions...) or that you simply didnt brake in time (due care and attention)
I am not trying to be a pain, but if you run into the back of another car you need a damn good excuse!
When someone ran into the back of my last tubbie it wrote the car off and gave me whiplash. It cost me a lot of time and effort to source a replacement car, I lost loads over the insurance, and it generaly bu88ered up my time for a good month.
The people you ran into are probrably more pi$$ed off than you are....

[2Crooky]

I ran into the back of the car due to the design fault of the vehicle!!!!

My brakes work, the car is taxed and MOT'd and fully road legal......

The ABS system has a reputation on the early revision cars of being dangerous in certain conditions. The ABS kicked in but actually stopped my braking as hard and as a result was not functioning properly.....

[LuizeGT]

mine does that if 1 wheel hits apot hole or grid in the road, its horrible

[SimonPearse]

I am not going to bang on about this beyond this post but....
From what you say you were driving beyond the capabilities of the car. You claim that there is a design fault and that you were aware of it, so why did you not make allowances for it? You said that the car slowed down over a long distance so why did you have to brake sufficiently hevily for the abs to kick in?,why did yo not then cadence brake?
You drove the car into tha back of another vehicle. Its YOUR fault. You made a mistake, we all do. Put your hands up and accept it.

[HighwayStar]

Dont think you'll get far trying to put it down to a design fault, I've never read of anyone on here suffering a similar accident due to poorly designed abs. I'm sure a court would take the view there should be no need for an abs assisted stop anyway..
Dont really think they want to take you to court either... what they want is compensation....
Refer it on to your insurance co and let them deal. Sorry for your troubles though.

R

[rossdymond3352]

I am not going to bang on about this beyond this post but....
From what you say you were driving beyond the capabilities of the car. You claim that there is a design fault and that you were aware of it, so why did you not make allowances for it? You said that the car slowed down over a long distance so why did you have to brake sufficiently hevily for the abs to kick in?,why did yo not then cadence brake?
You drove the car into tha back of another vehicle. Its YOUR fault. You made a mistake, we all do. Put your hands up and accept it.

I'm in agreeance sorry mate, if you hit someone up the rear its your fault automatically mate

[dawolf]

That's annoying. I suffered some whiplash after an accident about 5 years back. My neck was very achy for about 4 days then it went away. I didn't claim as it didn't last long but part of me wishes I had considering lots of people fake it and end up with a few thousand pounds.

[LuizeGT]

That's annoying. I suffered some whiplash after an accident about 5 years back. My neck was very achy for about 4 days then it went away. I didn't claim as it didn't last long but part of me wishes I had considering lots of people fake it and end up with a few thousand pounds.

same here. onepart of me does think that it woud have been an easy couple of grand to help towards my baby costs but then i feel totally guilty even though i was injured and not faking. i thought it wasnt bad enough to warrent a claim

NOW my mum is fighting a claim for the last year or so as she was hit up the rear when she was stationary in traffic and the other person was on the phone. she has got mega back troubles now thats getting worse, once it kicks in then shes bed ridden for a week or more and on high painkillers that make her look and sound drunk!
NHS is ONLY just considering giving her scans for disc problems but SHE has had 2 pay for the last 5 physeo (SP) sessions because insurance wont give anymore.
shes going to have this for the rest of her life and her job (school teacher) is proberbly going to suffer. her last refused claim she was offered was £2000!!!! UTTERLLY DISCRACEFULL IMO!!

[SLYME]

I agree with dawolf and luizeGT.

Think that claiming if you're not really hurt is wrong, but it's the ones who aren't really hurt that get a successful claim, the system sucks.

Claiming for the sake of claiming.

Sorry for your woes 2Crooky

[Harry]

Alex,

Sorry to hear about this and the compounded hassle too!!!

Bottom line it has happened impact from the rear is virtually putting one
on the wrong foot.This is where a good lawyer will help you hopefully you have
fully comprehensive via your insurance company who can defend yourself!

Personally I would make no comments and or statements to ANY-ONE!
And or get roped in to phone calls with any one too!!!

It has happened it will take its natural course now and that is just what the insurance is for it is an accident-PERIOD! Step back away from it and let a lawyer step forward for you!

Make the best of a negative situation!!!

HTH

Harry

After my accident on Friday when i rear ended someone........it then went into the hands of the insurance companies.
I was doing 40mph in a 40 when i applied the brakes to my car....This is when i got no response and the car, slowing down over a long distance, failed to stop.......hitting the person in front at what can only be 10mph or less.....
I get a call today......
"The third party involved has got solicitors involved due to claiming they have suffered whip lash"!!!??! Both driver and passenger said they were fine and didn't look to be in pain after the accident.
They are trying to take me to court over dangerous driving and causing injury!!! WTF!!!!
If i had slammed on the brakes far to late i would have locked up and left skid marks on the road!!! There are no tyre marks on the road surface.....
I hit the car in the left hand rear quater at less than 10mph!! How can both passenger and driver get whip lash??!!
THIS IS B0LL0X!!

[mr k's mister2]

yeah sorry mate, am afraid you've got to put your hands up to that one, drive up someones ar$e end and ya cant really get out of it.
if it had been the other way round and they'd drove into the back of you, there is no possible way that it could be your fault....... is there?

they just want some compensation and thats for the insurance to sort out, that's why we pay it. so i wouldnt worry too much cos its not likely to go to court anyway

[mr k's mister2]

fill in all the insurance paperwork, send it off and sit back. if anyone rings just tell them its in the hands of your insurance company and to contact them directly

[Caribbean_Blue]

Alex I very much doubty anything court wise will come of it. I had a guy drive into me at about 30 to 40 mph and he didnt go down for dangerious driving even though it layed me out cold!!!

Relax about it it will work out. You are at fault and thats it. Defo dont go down the route design fault etc as that could be translated as a faulty car on the road and insurance wont pay out.

Leave it to the insurance co. What damage to yours then, how bad is it?

Reece

[dragoonlordz]

i used to have a hell of a lot of trouble with things like this (i never drove into people though they like driving into me... must have sign on my butt saying road diversion this way) however these days if anything ever happens like that i make sure i have legal cover on my fully comp as optional extra just incase.
unfortuantly you will always 99 out of 100 times be the one whos gonna get the raw deal if you go up the back of someone, im guessing the 1 out of 100 left is where someone rams u up the ar$e which then sends your car flying forward up the rear of someone elses car

[2Crooky]

Thanks for the support from some of you

And to all the others.........

???????? I'm not denying the accident was my fault!! I accept full resonsibility!!

I am just shocked that after asking if they were ok and even after him asking me to give his girlfriend a lift to play tennis down the road!!!??!......That they suffered no injuries at all!! If they wanted me for dangerous driving why wouldn't they have rung the police, or if they were concerned they may have an injury or whiplash.....why didn't they call an abulance??

I crashed into someone and yes i know i'm at fault but i don't want to be suckered into court or anything similar over what is probably a scam!

[dragoonlordz]

this is why the country is going straight to hell in a handbasket, compensation culture...

[2Crooky]

we are slowly becoming america lol!