Yes to all of this. Assumptions aside, my insurance company has always gone to bat for me (especially when I provided copies of all of my personal documentation of the scene pre/post 'event').
Shady low-rate insurance vs shady low-rate insurance...both looking for an easy out to stick one or both of the drivers with the tab. Sorry for your bad situation. Lots of scum up there looking for a quick buck. Brandon Mathis KD7INF [email protected] On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 7:55 PM, Jerry Biehler <[email protected]> wrote: > Straying from the topic of the EDR, what is your insurance company doing > about it? They are the ones who need to go after the other company, not > you. That is their responsibility and why you pay insurance. It is > basically unheard of for the person in behind to be not at fault. > > -Jerry > > > On Mar 24, 2015, at 7:36 PM, Jason Plumb <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Wait, did you say TRUCK or MOBILE_HOT_TUB_SOAKING_UNIT_#1? > > > > If it's the latter, then clearly we need a more calculated/tactical > community response. > > > > -jason > > > > On 03/24/2015 07:25 PM, Mykle Hansen wrote: > >> HI all, > >> > >> Here’s an interesting one: my truck recently got rear-ended by a lady > driving a 2008 car > >> that apparently contains an Event Data Recorder — an EDR, aka “black > box” that is > >> supposed to detect collisions and record pertinent information, such as > the speed the driver > >> was traveling when the collision happened. > >> > >> That would be a really interesting piece of information to know, > because apparently > >> the lady who rear-ended my truck told her insurance company that my > >> truck front-ended her, somehow. (A bald-faced lie.) And her insurance > company says it’s > >> her word against mine, so they’re refusing to pay for damages! > >> > >> I’m working on the legal front, but the lack of witnesses was making it > an iffy case … > >> until I realized that her car probably recorded her velocity at the > time of the crash, which > >> would provide the evidence I need to win in a court case. > >> > >> Seeing as my truck is probably not worth $10,000, I may not be able to > get a lawyer interested > >> in this case, in which case I may go to small claims court, in which > case I may actually > >> subpoena the data in her car’s EDR as evidence. However, I’m really > not sure who extracts > >> that data, or how it’s done. I’m sure that as a plaintiff in a case I > can’t read it myself; there’s > >> got to be some credible third-party who reads these things. > >> > >> What’s funny is, I read online about how this data is “very complicated > to interpret” and > >> “requires specialized equipment costing $10,000 - $20,000”, but I also > read about how > >> the fifteen data points it stores are standardized values and is > readable through your car’s > >> data port. Which of those things is true, I wonder? > >> > >> Anybody had any experience reading a car’s EDR, or know anyone who has? > >> > >> -m- > >> _______________________________________________ > >> dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber > > _______________________________________________ > dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list > [email protected] > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber >
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