Beware crash for cash, Farnborough
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Silver Chrysler Voyager slammed on its brakes in front of my wife on an empty roundabout - the roundabout on the A325 / next to Farnborough Gate Retail Park back near the beginning of January. Not a lot my wife could do, and hit them at around 5 mph. Damage to our car? A cracked number plate, and a hole in the bumper where their tow bar ball went in to it.
Lone female driver in the Chrysler - had a call from our insurance company yesterday telling us that they have received 4 personal injury claims. As my wife is only 99% sure the driver was on their own, Direct Line have said that they have to pay.
The reason the driver suddenly stopped?? "I stopped so I could put my wipers on" - despite it having been raining heavily for at least half an hour beforehand.
So there you go - if you're in the area, keep your eyes out for the scam.
Lone female driver in the Chrysler - had a call from our insurance company yesterday telling us that they have received 4 personal injury claims. As my wife is only 99% sure the driver was on their own, Direct Line have said that they have to pay.
The reason the driver suddenly stopped?? "I stopped so I could put my wipers on" - despite it having been raining heavily for at least half an hour beforehand.
So there you go - if you're in the area, keep your eyes out for the scam.
I was in two minds as to whether to reply to this, but here goes.
I have no idea where ISmellSomeBS gets his/her facts from - I will agree that my wife offered her contact details to the driver of the Chrysler at the time, to see if this should or shouldn't go through insurance, as it was such a low speed bump that it seemed that only our car had damage as the Chrysler had a tow bar fitted. The collision happened at less than 5 miles an hour.
When my wife spoke to me about it, I told her to call the insurance company immediately as the reasons for the crash seemed very unreasonable - who stops on a roundabout to put on their wipers? We did not have the details of the Chrysler driver, so up until Thursday when we had a call from our insurers to tell us that there had been a claim, we assumed that nothing had come of it. Our insurance company were told about it within about 2 hours of the accident, so why would we lie about not having been there?
IF there were indeed passengers in the Chrysler, why did none of them get out of the car at the time of the accident, as that would have been normal behaviour, even if only to see what damage had been caused. Nor did the driver go back to the Chrysler to check if the occupants were okay - which again would have been normal behaviour.
I think ISemllSomeBS has a very appropriate username, and it's all coming from him/her.
I have no idea where ISmellSomeBS gets his/her facts from - I will agree that my wife offered her contact details to the driver of the Chrysler at the time, to see if this should or shouldn't go through insurance, as it was such a low speed bump that it seemed that only our car had damage as the Chrysler had a tow bar fitted. The collision happened at less than 5 miles an hour.
When my wife spoke to me about it, I told her to call the insurance company immediately as the reasons for the crash seemed very unreasonable - who stops on a roundabout to put on their wipers? We did not have the details of the Chrysler driver, so up until Thursday when we had a call from our insurers to tell us that there had been a claim, we assumed that nothing had come of it. Our insurance company were told about it within about 2 hours of the accident, so why would we lie about not having been there?
IF there were indeed passengers in the Chrysler, why did none of them get out of the car at the time of the accident, as that would have been normal behaviour, even if only to see what damage had been caused. Nor did the driver go back to the Chrysler to check if the occupants were okay - which again would have been normal behaviour.
I think ISemllSomeBS has a very appropriate username, and it's all coming from him/her.
Edited by james12345 on Monday 16th February 15:13
IsmellSomeBS said:
slander....
Surely for it to be slander, then the person mentioned would need to be identifiable. How is this person individually identifiable???IsmellSomeBS said:
However upon this happening I will now tell this forum that when the driver tried contacting your wife she then denied that it was her or her vehicle that was involved and that she had been at home all day!!!! please feel free to state that this was a lie which then makes you also a liar!!!!! Due to this happening the driver of the Chrysler then said that because she denied the incident took place that she would inform the police as she had a registration of the other car involved!!!! 30 mins later, you James then rang the driver back and admitted that it was your wife driving and who had hit the Chrysler and then you admitted liability to the insurers!!!!!???? please explain this???????
That is a total fabrication - we had no contact from the driver of the Chrysler, nor the police. I also have no contact details for the driver of the Chrysler, so it would have been impossible for me to call them.As a friend of the Chrysler driver, can you ask why she stopped on the roundabout to put on her wipers, when it had been raining quite heavily for the previous 30 minutes?
IDefinitelySmellBS
Yeah, I realise it's half term week - and I really shouldn't feed the troll!
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