Drifting.... what's thatDrifting is a style of racing or driving. Basicly in drifting the car slides around sideways around a corner. The Japanese are crazy about this style of racing. In the orthodox racing, you brake before...
Station Wagon Recommendations NeededHi all, I need some opinions about station wagons, and which ones people would recommend. This is a nice forum for 'general opinions about general subjects', so I figured I'd post...
Well, at the worst, it was a cheap lesson. Small claims court is a crapshoot, unless you can ge breast in writing (her writing, signed) thaty she was at fault. Obviously, she's not going to use her insurance for this. If she was going to, she would have by now. You need to learn the procedures to foloow in case of a crash. You *must* get the otrher drivers license info (name, license number, address), insurance carrier, and registration info (owner of car,and address). If possible, get witness info. It helps tremendously if you can get the other driver to initial or sign a description ot diagram of the crash (yes, I've gotten other drivers to do this; they think they are in the right). Photos help, too.
Speed is of the essence. I had an incident sililar to yours: my wife's car was hit from behind by a guy who refused to tell me his indurance company. I gave him 5 days to give it to me or it was small claims court. When he was served with the summons, he tried to tell me that if I dropped the case, he would tell me the insurance company! He got two (automatic) delays, then asked for a third (said his grandmother died; I said life is rough). In court, he tried to tel the judge our VW bus was hidden behind a Pinto(!), then that she was backing up (at the stop sign of a Rt 101 offramp), then said he didn't see why I wouldn't let his (fictional) insurance company handle it. He lost. The insuranc check I giot listed the "Date of loss" as the date of the court case. I cashed the check, then called the insurance company that issued the check, to tell them of an "error"; the date of loss. Turns out they didn't have him as an insured on the date of the crash! They wanted the checkl back, I said I cashed in in good faith, and they were out of luck as far as I was concerned, and they should do better investigations on claims.
You should have proceded a long time ago. At this time, it will be difficult to prove anything. You're lucky it was only about $500; you could have been injured. Like I said, a cheap lesson. Good luck! -- Bill Funk Change "g" to "a"
Got a ticket todayDriving home, and there was a cop set up at a corner gas station. I wondered why he...
