swedge
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i wouldve actualy been happier if i done it in my car as my mum needs her car for work but she's just got insured to drive mine just now
i just hope it aint a right off
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Mike
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Originally posted by swedge
the woman i hit she called an ambulance n everything the old bag, you would think i ran her over they way she was getting into the back of it
im awaiting a wiplash claim in the post
Idiots like this put our insurance up
Should've give her the need for an ambulance
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Paul_J
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your mum will lose her no claims bonus too if you need to claim on it.
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Paul_J
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what if she actually had whiplash?
it looks a fairly big smash.
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Mike
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
what if she actually had whiplash?
it looks a fairly big smash.
Mmm, s'pose, I just have a tendency to think the worst of people 
Sorry poor old lady if it's genuine 
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Paul_J
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Thing is, if this post was the other way round...
Say swedge was driving normally round a bend and someone else completely lost it in the wet and slid into his car...
we'd all be going 'what a twat that other person was for driving too fast for road conditions'... most likely people would be saying 'apply for whiplash too!' etc
just seeing the other side of the story. I know if swedge had just smashed into say my mum - i'd feel bad for her, and if she had a bad neck / back as a result I'd definately make her put a claim in.
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swedge
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but if i had been hit i wouldnt have been sad enough to claim for something i didnt have
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Sunz
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Haha gets you back for the scooter boys, Owned.... 
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swedge
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Originally posted by Sunz
Haha gets you back for the scooter boys, Owned....
lol a bit over the top for payback but i see where ure coming from
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Colin
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Ouch....I bet mothers amused!
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swedge
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over the moon lol, now she has to drive my corsa n she hates it lol
or as my stepdad calls it
"a bucket"
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swedge
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dont you think the airbags shoulda went off?
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Colin
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Airbags only go off if you hit hard enouth & usually square on front!
The bit behind the wing is structural isnt it, thats the bit that would write it off, the rest is just panels
I done this to mine :-
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/6930/mk423.JPG
£3k damage!
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Mertin
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Can hardly see an astra sliding into a 4x4 resulting in the 4x4 driver having whiplash and needing an ambulance.
tbh I dont see the need for police, they come and just stand there and wait for the car to be moved. AMount of traffic james iv seen cause the police just stand there and look at the car thats hit a sign or sometihng and dont even attempt to move it off the road
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WU-TANG- DAN
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What else can the police do apart from direct traffic?
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16V_1600
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Didn't you see the car stopped?
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notts.pirate
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unlucky mate
as said tho if she claims for whiplash that she hasnt got then shes needs shooting, i fucking hate people who claim for stuff that hasnt affected them
get some pics of your mum up
driving the corsa like a loon
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swedge
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quote:
Originally posted by 16V_1600
Didn't you see the car stopped?
i saw the car go turningand going down the hill but didnt think it was stopped at the bottom, i took the same turn and the roads were slippy and the car just slide
heres my Paint version of what happened lol
Pink line is my line of travel
Red line is the hill that you go down
Green car is the car i hit
green spray represents a hill
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swedge
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quote:
Originally posted by notts.pirate
unlucky mate
as said tho if she claims for whiplash that she hasnt got then shes needs shooting, i fucking hate people who claim for stuff that hasnt affected them
get some pics of your mum up
driving the corsa like a loon
i will try lol but she dosent like driving it so she gets me to take her n drop her off then pick her up again
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ainsley_brader
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quote:
Originally posted by Mertin
Can hardly see an astra sliding into a 4x4 resulting in the 4x4 driver having whiplash and needing an ambulance.
Why not because a 4*4 doesnt bend so the driver takes even more of the impact?
Wasnt exactly a low speed crash was it!
Yes we do all pay more insurance because of people who claim whiplash when they don't have it. But young lads also pay more insurance because some young lads drive stupidly!!
Sorry to hear about your accident btw!
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Paul_J
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^^ well said imo. There's no reason or proof that the woman didn't have whiplash. She unlike swedge would not of known the impact was about to happen, so wouldn't be bracing for it.
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Colin
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Wouldnt say its been a high speed impact, mine looked worse & happened ot 10-15mph. The astra probably looks worse because the large 4x4 has crippled it.
Ambulance possibly a bit over kill.
[Edited on 21-03-2008 by Colin]
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ainsley_brader
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I never said it was high speed. I had a corner impact like that in a corsa at 20 and didn't look half as bad as that! every accident is different!
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Richardhhha
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id dont have to be high speed at all to wreck a car,
i remember comming out of work one day and a guy called Dave was driving his grand cherokie out of the yard, pulled out like normal, and whent to turn right at the bottom of the road, brand new MR2 going i wouldnt say more that 20mph didnt see him with his indicator on and went down the side of the car....
lets say cherokie had a small scrape and a little ding on the bumper..
MR2 didnt have a front wing, or a rear wing, or a ns door and the roof was caved in... total right off and that was at 20mph or so
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by ainsley_brader
I never said it was high speed. I had a corner impact like that in a corsa at 20 and didn't look half as bad as that! every accident is different!
You said it wasnt exactly a low speed crash was it. Im just commenting I dont think it was particularly high speed. 
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