Was the Crash all that Bad??

witnesses that you know are not applicable as they're opinion may be biased towards you..

i'm not seeing your argument mate, your car doesnt look that bad, if its written off, you'll get a good bit of the price back, buy the car back off the insurance and either fix it or strip it for parts.. with that money, get a new car, change the insurance over and you'll be driving again.. its unlucky about your sister, but you dont have to stoop to the level of the bmw driver she hit...

i know the trucker made you more angry by trying to pay you off, but think of the shit he'll get from his bosses when they find out hes damaged one of the fleet vehicles.. either way mate, its your own decision.. hope you get it sorted.
 
i didnt bother getting the police involved because i thought it was a minor crash and the guy said he would pay for the damage (at first). I have the two friends in the car, who have to give a statement on the incident. if i dont get to use any of the witnesses i know then, there wont be any witnesses at all, and so it will still be 3 word against his 1
 
thanx dub. i wish more people posted like you, instead of having a total bitch at me. you voiced your oppinions without making me look like a bastard. thanks for your oppinion. it makes me feel abit better, rather than having everone having a hissy fit.
 
if it was a high speed crash there would more than likely be brusing or friction burn or something where the belt comes across, at low speed you wouldnt get that so as far as they are concerned you were wearing your belt right? :)
 
u can transfer the insurance to another car and pay the extra or mayb get some bak.
u should get your neck checked out asap by a doctor as it would either confirm your suspisions or say its fine, + u could use the doctors notes as a good basis to claim aswell.
do it soon tho

p.s. can u get whiplash without a belt??? (rowdy got any experience with tht?) u may have brusied a muscle
 
harryd1986 said:
p.s. can u get whiplash without a belt??? (rowdy got any experience with tht?) u may have brusied a muscle
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I thought that when i read it, but did some research on google and found you can get it with or without a belt, at anything over 15mph, i emphasize the word can there. I still really really get annoyed by people who put false claims in.
 
one thing i dont get here (not having a go, so feel free to put me right). he reversed in to your car, therefore meaning your head would be going back wards with the force of the impact, so wouldnt it just hit the head rest? well thats assuming it was even quick enough to move your head, but assuming your head did move backwards with the impact its just going to hit the soft head rest, which would stop it moving without putting much strain on your body at all imo, afaik whiplash is caused by the head moving quickly and unncontrolably in an impact, from what i can figure out yours would have gone back then stopped on a padded foam head rest?

also, how quickly was he reversing? the damage to your car is all superficial really, there soft parts of the car designed to "crumple", so in reality a car barely moving could cause damage like that, surely? especially a high car, im sure those warriors even have a chrome metal bar running across the back dont they? thats not likely to crumple, meaning all the energy is going in to your car, likely to cause what looks like major damage even at low speeds imo, as Kelvin says whiplash can be got at over 15mph, assuming you stopped when you seen him reversing surely he wasnt reversing at 15mph+?

not having a go, just dont understand certain things about what your saying, and a court could just as easily make the same points (assuming the points made are correct obviously).

good luck getting it fixed and if done properly it wont be any harder to sell on, previous crash damage on an older car is nothing, aslong as its been repaired properly nobody in their right mind will care, previous damage is very over rated alot of the time imo, it makes no difference to how the car looks and drives (if it does make a difference then it hasnt been done properly). even on a new car it doesnt mean anything, i bet a huge amount of cars in this club alone have been crashed and repaired and the owners dont have a clue
 
one thing i dont get here (not having a go, so feel free to put me right). he reversed in to your car, therefore meaning your head would be going back wards with the force of the impact, so wouldnt it just hit the head rest?

no, if he reversed into the front of your car then the head would go forward, since the driver was not wearing a seatbelt then if he gets any form of injury then too bad.

If you have any pain from this injury and your head did not hit the windscreen then it's probably more likely to be insurance claim pain than real pain. Also since you probably saw the car coming towards you, the nervous system would have tensed up the muscles bracing for impact, reducing the risk of injury further. Another point, the others in the car havent got whiplash?? hmmmmm.
 
Whiplash on anything over 15mph?

That damage was not caused by a 15mph crash. For sure.

Your two pals claiming as well for whiplash? Nae seatbelt either?

Sprint - Not affecting it's sellability? Crash damage doesn't. Being a write off will.
 
thinking about it without a belt his body would have moved forwards with his head, whiplash is caused from the head movement while the body is strapped tight and youd brace for the impact.

also no way that is anywhere near 15mph bump and who in their right mind would be reversing fast anyway.

i bet i could cause that much damage with one kick

Sorry if it seems like im having a go it just really doesnt seem to add up, ive had a crash at 30-40mph into a roadsign, only very slight injury was one of the passengers, lanky git so his knee was very near the dash board, slight bruise, nothing special.
 
dub_almera said:
he COULD tell them he was wearing a seatbelt, its hard to proove that he was (or wasnt) though..
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it does make the whole thing seem very dodgy though, as said before by somebody, his whole body would have moved, that wouldnt cause whiplash in my basic understanding of it, the car doesnt look to have been hit at anywere near the speed needed to cause it either (obviously that assumes my basic understanding is correct and the info on speed needed is also correct)

ill think of you when im getting bent over for my insurance next year, honestly, if its a fake claim just dont do it, you will end up paying it back in the end when everybody else makes the same claim and we all end up paying ever more rediculous insurance premiums.

i could bend the slam panel with my hand, the bonnet damage is minor and the headlights cant be hard to move, plus you would have noticed him and therefore prepared yourself for the impact, im a trusting person and i normally believe what i read to a point but i just cant possibly make myself believe you have whiplash no matter how hard i try, sorry.
 
sprint said:
if its a fake claim just dont do it
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think its too late for that sprint -.-, if he's already put in the claim for whiplash, it'll look very dodgy if he turns around and tells them that his nech has miracolously healed over night.

Jonjoe said:
my neck is seriously sore. i didnt have a seatbelt on,
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Jonjoe said:
he must have fleet insurance. He bloody best hope he has.
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Jonjoe said:
Why should i suffer for losing my car becuase this guy is to lazy to twist his head round and look behind him.
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Jonjoe said:
i know its a bitch when someone claims wiplash and its not fair. But im well aware that if i ran into somebody else, they would claim on me. The idea for that sort of cash is just to tempting.
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Jonjoe said:
if i dont claim i am finacially screwed, because of this guys mistake.
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Jonjoe, in all honesty, did you actually get neck pain or anything, I'm really sorry about your car and all, but the story doesnt add up I'm afraid, one minute you are saying that your neck is sore, then the next your saying that you want your own back on the guy, could you clarify that you actually do or do not have whiplash.. i think alot of us are confused on this point... (or maybe its just me :confused: :confused: )

i'm sorry if we've misunderstood you, if you have whiplash, then by all means, claim his insurance. but its really hard to beleive from the pics of the damage and from your posts..
its not true that if you ran into the back of someone, they're automatically going to claim on you, i know a good few of my friends who have been rear ended, but they never claimed. i've also ran into the back of someone (back in my first year of driving) and he didnt claim whiplash off me, and i hit him at 40 mph!!!!!
 
I dont think you needed to write the car off to be honest. A new slam panel is £54.50 delivered to your door, around £120 to weld in, your lights arent smashed so they could be re-used along with the bumper, a bonnet can be found at the local scrappy and P1 grilles are tuppence. So thats around £200 to fix the car, if he was driving a big 4x4 he can go without a weeks petrol money.
 
The insurance shouldn't write the car off mate, and if they want to argue with them! it's more hassle than it's worth and even if you buy it back you'll never be able to sell an insurance write off for a reasonable price.

As Corbs says, it's piss easy to fix and although £200 is a fair amount of money if you've got none, it's sure as hell better than not having a car or spending that or more buying it back.

My fella got his parked car driven into by a builder and that's costing £1750 to fix...they tried to pay him off with £100 so I understand how frustrating it is when they try to fob you off, but just be glad that your car isn't actually a write off! Hope it gets sorted whichever way. Good luck.
 
jonjoe you`re not doing yourself any favours. You start this thread with pictures of your car with very minor damage, number plate visable, state you`re claiming for whiplash and then admit to not wearing a seatbelt!

Your a young lad who was involved in a little shunt, I`ve seen people roll cars and have no injuries. You`d put your body under more stress playing a full contact sport or falling off a pushbike.
 
I'd personally try and fleece the bloke for a few hundred and be estactic with that.

My bro in law went into the side of a black cab at about 10mph, completely wrecked the front of the mera, bonnet pushed up almost a foot. Nobody was injured tho...

If you got whiplash from someone reversing into you to cause that damage, I'd recommend you wrap yourself in cotton wool for the rest of your life. The world is clearly too dangerous for you.
 
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