We Found Insurance Fraud in Our Crash Data

Re:We Found Insurance Fraud in Our Crash Data by hermitShell on Monday April 28, 2025 @11:02AM (#43822258)

I had an incident where an older couple were stopped at a green light, angled down hill, in a snowstorm, with parking brake instead of foot pedal, in a borrowed vehicle.

When they asked me for insurance I just dragged it out and made friendly conversation(eventually giving the insurance slip). They got increasingly irate and panicked. Maybe because it was only a glancing blow and wouldn’t exceed even a slim deductible.

Anyway, I should probably get a dash cam…

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Re:We Found Insurance Fraud in Our Crash Data by Noumenon72 on Monday April 28, 2025 @11:08AM (#43822336)

This story doesn't make sense: it's not clear who hit who, whether you were scamming them by not giving insurance, or how a dash cam would help when no real damage was done.

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Re:We Found Insurance Fraud in Our Crash Data by NoMoreNicksLeft on Monday April 28, 2025 @11:19AM (#43822458)

The older couple hit him, with their motionless, parking-braked vehicle. Possibly by using dark matter/energy to cause space-time expansion that pushed his car into theirs.

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Re:We Found Insurance Fraud in Our Crash Data by steve_adams_86 on Monday April 28, 2025 @11:39AM (#43822678)

Snow storm detail indicates the road may have been slippery. They might have locked their wheels on an icy hill and skated into the other car. It happens a lot where I live.

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Re:We Found Insurance Fraud in Our Crash Data by jstanley on Monday April 28, 2025 @11:15AM (#43822420)

I don't really understand what you're trying to say here.

Did you try to avoid giving them your insurance details? Why?

What would the dash cam have shown?

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Re:We Found Insurance Fraud in Our Crash Data by Tireings on Monday April 28, 2025 @11:10AM (#43822352)

I would find it weird too if someone would stall.

And you always need to be able to stop your car independently of the other do. You know minimum braking distance?

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Re:We Found Insurance Fraud in Our Crash Data by InitialLastName on Monday April 28, 2025 @05:45PM (#43826480)

If you rear-end someone, it's pretty much always your fault. People are allowed to be stopped in the road for any number of reasons, and it's your responsibility as a car operator to be aware of your surroundings and able to stop your own car without hitting anything.

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