Police: Crash Gangs On The Rise
Drivers warned that car crash fraudsters are now making £200million a year
Drivers are being warned to look out for criminals who stage road accidents to claim money on insurance. The 'cash for crash' scams are snaring thousands of motorists and experts believe it now costs the insurance industry at least £200million a year.
The scammers often make innocent drivers crash into them so that they can claim for damage and injuries such as whiplash. Usually they will brake hard so that the driver behind goes into the back of them.
Police are now telling drivers to be on the look out for the practice, which is often carried out by well organised criminal gangs. The practice is apparently spreading at an alarming rate and recently the Insurance Fraud Bureau smashed a number of gangs across the country.
Overall motor insurance fraud is costing an estimated £1.6billion a year and around £50 is being added to the average drivers policy to cover the losses. Superintendent Glyn Jones of the Metropolitan Police said: 'Some people see this as a victimless crime but it certainly isn't. Criminal activity like this pushes up everyone's premiums.'
Last year, we'd just swapped from a £10k Mini to a £700 E30. We went 3rd party as it saved £200. 3 weeks later, my girlfriend drove into her mum’s car at a junction (they were all going out for a family meal)
The insurer with a long nose just paid out the damage to the mother’s car (£3500) no questions. No inspections.
It would have been annoying to prove it was all innocent, but that could have easily of been a setup!
I think its disgraceful and i totally agree with some other comments on here, i hope they do themselves some serious injury, and them ask themselves was it really worth it?
Then no matter how hard they brake you should have time to react
nail hit squarely on the head there.
Even at a roundabout you should keep back enough and wait for the car infront to clearly pull away just incase, I know its how to do it. But I guess we all at some point get too close!
Still I think a mass culling of these kind of people wouldn't go a miss, propbably get some more votes in for Gordon if he did!!!
Then no matter how hard they brake you should have time to react
Then no matter how hard they brake you should have time to react
nail hit squarely on the head there.
Even at a roundabout you should keep back enough and wait for the car infront to clearly pull away just incase, I know its how to do it. But I guess we all at some point get too close!
Still I think a mass culling of these kind of people wouldn't go a miss, propbably get some more votes in for Gordon if he did!!!
Fortunately the insurers were very helpful/useful and I don't believe they ever got a penny (accident was 2 years ago).
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