Got into an accident today...

[Seanr]

Fresh off the boat in a Mercedes M class?

When I say fresh off the boat, I mean Africans... lol
And it was a shitty 2000ish body style ML320, those ain't expensive nowadays...

[BerenTebogo]

Oh, lol

[Plow]

not to rain on everyone's parade but...


how fucking retardedly close do you have to be riding someone's ass to rear end them at 3 mph?

[Seanr]

not like I was riding their ass trying to have this shit happen, just pulled up a little too close behind them at the light. I was maybe a foot away

(And why did i know to dread your response when i saw you were the last poster lol)

[Nephlite]

Usually (and I say this just because i've been to civil claims court a few times in my career) the defendant will ask the officer to come in and testify on your (the defendants) behalf. It's clearly argued that if the officer put on his run sheet (which you can also get) that it was a minor collision, no injuries or damage and no action was taken, it will go a long way in your defense.

However, I gotta say big sleeze balls these days tend to work that neck and back thing all the way to the bone. Pain and suffering for those two specific areas are so hard to disprove (and science just isn't advanced enough to accurately capture the essence of "pain" in those areas) and can break a case wide open. You get in to an accident say you were walking across the street and someone accidentally bumped you with their car. At the moment you feel good and no injuries but the next day you wake up and your back/neck/side/hips/legs are totally stiff from pain. That's what sleeze lawyers who defend these people work on and the word of the cop has gotta be the best damn one you can get because in any other way without pictures and shit, they're going to fuck you sideways.

[Amelya]

Have the officer who arrives on scene to call for an ambulance. Then if the other party refuses medical transport or refuses to get checked out, they have to sign a waiver form. That's one way to make sure that you'll have on file, all you have to do is say look; they refused to get checked out by the medics and didn't want to go to the hospital. I'm not responsible if all of a sudden they start experiencing serious injuries, because they would have felt those at the scene.

This isn't really true...pretty much all that form does is say you didn't need emergency medical treatment at the time. You can still claim other related injuries later, and often times whiplash (for example) doesn't start hurting until several hours after the accident.

Obviously they can't start claiming that their leg is broken or some shit, but neck/back/chest injuries are hard to disprove. But if you have decent insurance the worst thing that is probably going to happen is your rate will go up.

[*Shinzon*]

This isn't really true...pretty much all that form does is say you didn't need emergency medical treatment at the time. You can still claim other related injuries later, and often times whiplash (for example) doesn't start hurting until several hours after the accident.

Obviously they can't start claiming that their leg is broken or some shit, but neck/back/chest injuries are hard to disprove. But if you have decent insurance the worst thing that is probably going to happen is your rate will go up.

Actually that's exactly the point. Major injuries will almost are always present at the scene of an accident and when they aren't it's hard to both prove and disprove those injuries. And these kinds of people don't usually sue over minor injuries because it's a waste of time. The point is to cover your own ass as much as possible to avoid any trouble. For example in this case, the woman was fine when he went over and then she starts limping when the cop shows? Nowai, have the cop call a bus and I guarantee she'll cut that shit out and instantly be fine.

[Effluo]

I hope they actually try to do some stupid shit and get smacked down. This is why I hate people.

GL OP. Maybe you should counter-sue for mental anguish or something.

[Cesaria]

When I had a genuine whiplash I felt relatively ok the day the crash happened (she went right in the back of me at about 40 mph so it was quite a big bang, and told a passing minibus full of police that she hadn't been looking where she was going) then the following day I bloody well knew about it.

Hate idiots who just try it on - husband had a bump a couple of years ago, rolled into the back of someone when he misjudged his stopping distance in rain, really low speed minor bump, no damage done - both went off about their business. The woman involved got home, and obviously told her husband what had happened - he came round with things he'd HAD to do, like hire a car for 2 days while the garage looked to confirm there was no damage etc, about 3 times in one afternoon... funnily the final time he came around, my husband was back from work and answered the door with his considerable height - the guy visibly wilted and we never heard back from him again - he was just chancing it and trying it on because when I'd answered the door he'd seen woman and assumed it was a soft touch.

[Denchi]

Couple months ago some dude backed into me at a stop light. Late at night, no one around, just threw it in reverse and backed into me......said he didn't see me there, wtf!

But he was a cool dude, ended up paying for the repairs out of pocket (new hood/bumper/headlight). I don't think I got the proper information and he really could have fucked me over, but just gave the repair shop his credit card after all the fixes. My car is a pile of shit too so I didn't bother with buffing out some scratches, which would have cost him an arm and a leg.

Anyways, there are some decent people still in this world. Somewhere.....

[AidenCarby]

I'm thinking if they try to fuck their car up more, then take more pics. The pics would have EXIF data on them, showing the time difference. Also the car I was driving has no damage, the License plate has a whole in it from connecting with her tow hook square thingy that was under the cover. That's about it.

Keep the badge number of the cop handy, if this goes to court he can be witness as to the damage of the car.

[Yuri-G]

why the hell would someone in a Mercedes even need to pull this shit?

fuck them. I hope this all works out for you.

[archibaldcrane]

You have insurance. They'll take care of it, you don't really have to worry. The situation sounds annoying, but whatever.

[Takedown3]

i, along with what seems like everyone in the thread, feel your pain friendo

i suggest doing something rash, along the lines of finding their home and/or work then proceed to facesmash

[Racey]

If you got a case number there is a record of it some where, or I guess in this case a record of the nothingness of it.

You should be happy there wasn't an official report, I got hit in almost an identical situation except some dick ran a red light so I slammed my breaks and the damage was pretty decent to both our cars, yes the dick just drove off like he didn't do anything wrong. Worst part is I'm worried about the 8 month pregnant college kid that hit me more than my little sore neck, and the day my police report became available I had some skeezy personal injury lawyer calling me at my work trying to convince me to sue this poor girl for a bump on my head, I kindly told him to fuck off. You'll be fine let your insurance handle it.

[Furtwangler]

why the hell would someone in a Mercedes even need to pull this shit?

fuck them. I hope this all works out for you.

I wouldn't be surprised if stuff like this, is how they got into the Mercedes in the first place.

[miokomioko]

Exactly. Same reason Scrooge McDuck was a stingy motherfucker.

[Rhyis.]

http://puesoccurrences.files.wordpre...oge-mcduck.jpg

Haters gonna hate.

[Beleron]

had an incident where I was stopped at a red and it turns green and I start to go through. Out of nowhere I'm hit in the front end of the car near the driver door by a jag going about 80km/h. My car goes spinning about 20 feet away. I was in a pretty big state of shock thinking about how I almost died. I get out of the car in a daze and this old guy is walking towards me (he looked late 50s or early 60s) and says, "do you always run reds like that?" I am thinking wtf you just smoked me. I look at his car and there is like no damage at all (fucking thing was like an iron tank) and my car is almost completely fucked. Thank god a bus driver witnessed it happen and told the cops when they came otherwise I coulda been fucked. The cop even pointed it out as it would have just been my word (some random kid) against a rich old guy. Thank god for kind strangers and fuck the assholes.

[Artemicon]

You rear-ended them its your fault 3mph or not, now you should have to feed their drug addiction and put their kids through college. (just kidding their kids are probably whores on the corner pulling tricks for ol' Lester)