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Originally Posted by Mister Coaster
2 weeks later I get a call from my insurance co telling me that I may get my policy cancelled because I had neglected to report an accident. Turns out the bitch is suing me, stating that I'm at fault! The frikkin' nerve of this bitch!
I straighten things out with my insurance and its painfully obvious that she's at fault. Thankfully it turned out OK for me, but what a freakin hassle.
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This is an old thread, but everyone needs to know this: report all accidents even if no claims are going to be filed against your insurance. Always get a police report unless the at-fault driver hands you a wad of cash for repairs on the scene. You don't just pay your insurance company to cover damage to your car, they have lawyers who will do their best to see that their clients get any restitution that's coming to them.
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Originally Posted by JumpinJesus
Seriously? Did you not pay attention in driver's ed?
When faced with a tailgater, easing up on the gas is the most effective method. Not only does it lessen the impact of a collision if the hypermasculine retard can't stop fast enough, but it also informs the tailgater that they're too close, just in case they aren't paying attention.
If they're too hyped up on aggression to notice this, it's not my responsibility to placate them by not making them mad. Chances are, they're perpetually angry already.
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Getting out of the way so they're someone else's problem is more effective at making sure that when they crash, I'm not involved. I used to shift down into third and slow down until they passed, then smile and wave or blow a kiss when they did, but I cut that out when a woman in an H2 tried to run me off the road after I did it. Fortunately, there was nobody behind me and I could stop a bit faster in my little Buick sedan than she could in her big fucking truck.