My car is getting fixed!!!! Wreck not my fault!!

[nlzmo400r]

thats all that counts, can't wait till you get her back to 1oo%

[darkeagle]

Thats great to hear your going to get your car fixed. I bet you cant wait to get it on the road and driving it again. Goodluck to ya.

[Spectre]

What scam? I've never heard of that. And it would make no sense for someone to try and make a planned scam out of this type of loss. The more typical scam is the swoop and squat. A car gets in front of the victim and establish their position. Then another car cuts off the car that is in front of the victim causing this car to slam on it's brakes and causing the victim to rear end it. A rear end accident doesn't leave much room for a liability argument. Someone pulling out of a driveway leaves a lot of room and if the scammer were unfortunate enough that a witness was around, his own insurance would end up paying...

I should have explained: Texas has a law that states in a rear end collision, it is automatically the fault of the driver who did the rear ending. The only way to change who's at fault is to argue with a judge.

[PalmerWMD]

How so? I've been adjusting auto claims in California for nearly 6 years and never heard of this. Our fraud investigation unit has no warnings out on this type of scam.

Looks like I been a victim of sensationlized TV coverage.

Fred..:oface

[Nathan]

I've heard of that same scam on the news here in Texas...what Spectre said

[UncleBen]

...Texas has a law that states in a rear end collision, it is automatically the fault of the driver who did the rear ending. The only way to change who's at fault is to argue with a judge.

That is rediculous.

[C-Kwik]

I should have explained: Texas has a law that states in a rear end collision, it is automatically the fault of the driver who did the rear ending. The only way to change who's at fault is to argue with a judge.

But everything is subject to interpretation. I'd agree that any straight up rear ender is the fault of the driver who is behind. But not every rear ender is cut and dry. Add a lane change. Or a person backing. Or a person who fails to yield and enters a street. Or even in one scenario that I've heard of, a poor attempt at a swoop and squat that failed and the driver trying to cause a victim to hit him didn't get hit, so he kept going and then would keep stoppong in front of the same car. Well finally the driver behind hit the guy. But not before several witnesses noticed the erratic driving and pulled over and gave testimony. The guy got found at fault and busted for attempt at fraud.

I've been to my company's Dallas office to help with an audit. They don't seem to look at liability too much differently than here in cali.

[UncleBen]

:Werd

[audtatious]

Congrats Ben. One less worry on your mind

[UncleBen]

Exactly. I can't explain how much of a load was lifted off my shoulder when I heard it wasn't my fault and would be getting fixed *not* at my expense.