pathetic whip lash claims

[richatnort]

Thought i'd post a rant about whiplash and how annoying people are with it. I was in an accident about 3 weeks ago and ended up going into the back of someone at around 10-15 mph. At the time all out all friendly and not a single injury apart from my pride.

Two weeks later i get a letter from one of these no win no fee boll** companies saying one of the passengers is claiming whiplash injuries. I think to myself ok one isn't too bad it must be genuine. I had a letter through last night from the same law firm saying that the driver is putting one in. All i'm thinking now is how stupidly high my claim is going to be with the repairs to my car, his car (very little a new bumper was my guess) and now all these fking bull st whiplash claims. The worse thing about it is there were 5 people in the car so i'm expecting 5 claims to come through.

So annoyed right now.

Before it comes i know it was my own fault for going into the back of them but it genuinely couldn't be helped.

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OzzyR1 said:

richatnort said:

Before it comes i know it was my own fault for going into the back of them but it genuinely couldn't be helped.

Why "couldn't it be helped"??

he'd stopped at a zebra crossing and the sun was in that awkward position where it temporally blinds you and by the time i'd moved my head i saw him and slammed on.

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Dog Star said:

It boils my piss; real whiplash is bloody rare and these parasites make me sick.

The thing that really gets me is that these nobheads will be playing sport, rugby, going skiing, falling down drunk etc etc and yet, miraculously, suffer no ill effects.

Just out of interest OP, where was your crash? What make of car did you run into?

Crash was in Sheffield on the A61 and i was in a black Civic. If anyone wants any pictures i'll pop them up.

I was honest as well and said 100% my fault which i could of said oh he slammed them on or what ever and gone 50/50. To some people they probably think oh great a crash i'll claim and put that money towards a holiday. I've got the persons number and soo tempted to ring him and have a massive go.

I'm not looking forward to the end claim. I had protected no claims but i very much doubt it'll make a difference. I'll probably be looking at a 20k claim after all this bullst whiplash

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The Surveyor said:

Back in the real world, people have accidents and people make excuses.

The point the OP was trying to make here I think, is that insurance industry is turning a blind eye to fraud. These days, the no-win-no-fee brigade are tolerated too much by the insurance industry and instead of throwing out all but the genuine whip-lash claims, they just pay-up.

Yes, it's picked up by the OP's insurance but that isn't the point. Just think how much cheaper our insurance would be if these speculative claims were thrown out!

Yes unfortunately this is what i was trying to say but it seems it went a bit off topic due to me putting the bit about unavoidable. If it makes people feel better then OK it was my fault i should of been wearing sun glasses/ more observant so i'll take that point out.

I just know that with all these whiplash claims and as one person has said at around £1500 each that's 3k before we even get to the repairs. The most annoying part about it is i know there were 5 people in the car so it could go up to £7500 just on whiplash claims. So when i come to renew next year a claim that could of cost maybe 3-5K it will most be like 10-20k because of the whiplash claims. I just wish the insurance would fight it a bit more.

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Well got the car back today with about 3k worth of damage. After having a different car and getting back into it I stalled straight away. I wasn't bothered about the hire car it was only a lot corsa but did the job of getting me from a to b!