accident

GreenMachine39 · 28-09-2007, 12:08 AM

Was out tonight doin a few laps , then everyone breaks hard and i run up the *** of some clown who brakes hard , Not making excuses i hit him , and yea , lets see what the insurance mob have to say , pictures to follow

V3RSAC3 · 28-09-2007, 12:10 AM

sorry to hear man ... how bad is the damage?

GreenMachine39 · 28-09-2007, 12:11 AM

shouldnt be too bad , front bar grill is smashed , im no expert but how hard i hit him its gotta be more then just the grill and front bar

DoreSlamR · 28-09-2007, 12:11 AM

Insurance mob will say you're at fault almost everytime when you run up someones rear end...

GreenMachine39 · 28-09-2007, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by DoreSlamR

Insurance mob will say you're at fault almost everytime when you run up someones rear end...

i was at fault i shouldnt have been so close , ill take the hit , but the cops are making the person i hit pay for the ss he hit , thank god

TwistedEL · 28-09-2007, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by GreenMachine39

i was at fault i shouldnt have been so close , ill take the hit , but the cops are making the person i hit pay for the ss he hit , thank god

Yeah that's how it normally works, the only person not at fault is the peson at the front of the pile up. Everyone else is responsible for hitting the person in front.

But I wouldn't go implying that you pushed him into the car in front. That could change things.

GreenMachine39 · 28-09-2007, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by TwistedEL

Yeah that's how it normally works, the only person not at fault is the peson at the front of the pile up. Everyone else is responsible for hitting the person in front.

But I wouldn't go implying that you pushed him into the car in front. That could change things.

i did push him into the car infront , he had no option he pulled up like 3 cm from the ss as it was

Yaw · 28-09-2007, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenMachine39

i did push him into the car infront , he had no option he pulled up like 3 cm from the ss as it was

that being the case and your insured, its a single claim with what ever your excess is and will cover both cars. I am sure though the insurance company will still check as to how many impacts the front driver felt becuase a lot of the time the last person does not know for fact they did push the car in front into the car in front of them.

fmc351 · 28-09-2007, 12:38 AM

Thats how it works. Each is responsible for the car they rear end. Each is supposed to maintain their gap.

Ninjas.

Yaw · 28-09-2007, 05:19 AM

Actually multi car pile ups are a nightmare to work out whos at fault for what damage.
The only one not at fault is at the very front, from there you have to work backwards.
You need to ask each car how many impacts they felt.
For instance a 3 car pile up. The front car says they felt one single impact is a pretty good indicator the guy at the back pushed the guy in front of him into the front car.
However if the car at the front says they felt 2 impacts it would indicate that the guy directly behind him has hit the rear of the car in front and then the car behind him has then hit the rear of the middle car, hence being 2 seperate accidents.
If person in the middle had called me to lodge a claim I would lodge 2 seperate claims, 1 at fault being for hitting the car in front of them and 1 not at fault for the car that hit his rear.

GT-E · 28-09-2007, 02:10 PM

just make sure you say you sneezed or you could be up for Neglegent Driving

GreenMachine39 · 28-09-2007, 02:55 PM

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just make sure you say you sneezed or you could be up for Neglegent Driving

it was settled with no cops involved , just dealing with the insurance companies now

GreenMachine39 · 28-09-2007, 04:23 PM

Im not gonna enter a debate anyway , this is what we sorted out , so thats how it goes either way its still going to cost me the same amount

GreenMachine39 · 28-09-2007, 10:16 PM

why dont u all just read the qld road rules about the distance you need between the car infront of you , the copper said to the fella ur paying for the rear end of the ss because you didnt allow yourself enough room incase a car hit u in the rear end , he is the one who clarified this so thats how we went ,

Keepleft · 29-09-2007, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by GreenMachine39

Was out tonight doin a few laps.

A few laps, on a racetrack or?

GreenMachine39 · 29-09-2007, 03:17 PM

people go out show off there stupid jap cars etc , they call it lappin ,

GreenMachine39 · 29-09-2007, 03:21 PM

and update on the damage , i have oil leaking , bent chassis , power steering rack front guard and grill needs replacing

NOS 247 · 29-09-2007, 03:42 PM

not the best news mate..

XBCoupeGuy · 30-09-2007, 12:10 AM

A friend of mine ran up the back of a car he was following through a round about when it suddenly slammed on the brakes.

The woman got out and explained that she had accidentally gone to change gears in the car (borrowed from a friend) and forgot it was an automatic (normally drives a manual) and had slammed the brake pedal to the floor thinking it was the clutch.

My mate had no chance and slammed in to the rear of her. He was found to be at fault and she was found to not be at fault.

Personally I think she should have been charged with negligent driving.

5.4 GT · 30-09-2007, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by XBCoupeGuy

A friend of mine ran up the back of a car he was following through a round about when it suddenly slammed on the brakes.

The woman got out and explained that she had accidentally gone to change gears in the car (borrowed from a friend) and forgot it was an automatic (normally drives a manual) and had slammed the brake pedal to the floor thinking it was the clutch.

My mate had no chance and slammed in to the rear of her. He was found to be at fault and she was found to not be at fault.

Personally I think she should have been charged with negligent driving.

Yeh the way they'll look at that though is that he should have been driving at a "safe" distance.