Accident Question

[Mahjong74]

Last month a taxi uncle hit my rear bumper and just a small dent. At first I thought is going to be a $300-400 repair job but after running around a few workshops with him. We were unable to get any quote >$1000. In the end he ask me to report and claim from his insurance. Car got fixed 3 days later by my insurance authorize workshop. Total repair cost $3,500.00 excluding lost of usage. Any minor repair could run into thousand here. Even I am surprise

 

 

It is $300 to $400 and can be cheaper if you tell the workshop you had cause the accident

yourself or got hit by a poor van or lorry driver.

 

If you tell the workshop that you got hit by a taxi,

automatically the repair cost will go up by a lot.

 

This is what I learn from my workshop mechanic.

Edited April 18, 2012 by Mahjong74

[Ahrex]

as i said b4.. my fren is willing to pay up till $200 for the damages.. but if the other party refuses to accept.. wat can they do with my fren's ic no, name n hp no? go to e police?

[Ahrex]

i also juz found out from my fren that e car insurance is under his father's name..

[0wnage]

as i said b4.. my fren is willing to pay up till $200 for the damages.. but if the other party refuses to accept.. wat can they do with my fren's ic no, name n hp no? go to e police?

They can of course go to the police but they won't do much as it's up to your friend's discretion to settle privately or to let him claim his insurance.

Anyway, your friend should have notified his insurance company of the accident by now or risk losing 10% from his NCD for non-reporting.

[Skyiet27]

i hope ur fren is not u....................

 

but i sincerely hope u n ur fren dun come near me by reading ur post

 

scary to be near u 2

 

 

[Ahrex]

both times its in a traffic jam at the custom.. he was playing with his hp n took eyes off the front.. normal driving he is ok one.. so pls dun come in n flame.. dun be an idiot n say dun come near u or smt cos me n my fren dun even know who the hell r u..

[Skyiet27]

ya idiot to play with hp while driving, really idiot!!!

 

lucky the jiu hu kia see ur fren idiot face carrot him $600 sgd, if kana me he would hv kana more than that

 

 

 

come in n use word 'idiot', sb eh sai

[Tripleh]

Sorry, borrow this thread to seek advice.

 

Facts of the Case

 

Had an accident early last year and the other party was fully at fault, though in his

accident report he claimed otherwise. I am very sure that if we were to go to court,

I would prevail.

 

Reported the accident to the appointed insurance workshop and I was advised to

claim from my own insurance company as I was under NCB protection.

I just had to pay the "excess" of $600 which I did.

 

The workshop promised to claim from the other party for the

$600 I had paid, plus the loss of use of car ( $400 car rental) on my behalf.

 

It has been more than one and half a year, and I still do not

hear any result of my claim. I have been calling the workshop and they

just keep asking me to wait. When I call my insurance company, they ask

me to check with the workshop.

 

Questions.

 

1)Do the workshop really help me to claim from another party if

the workshop already get paid for all the repairs? I don't find that they

have any incentive to help me.

 

2)What kind of recourse action that I can take to recover my damage?

I just don't feel good to pay for someone mistake.

 

 

Thanks in advance.

[Tripleh]

deleted... double post...

Edited September 6, 2012 by Tripleh

[Kangadrool]

Sorry, borrow this thread to seek advice.

 

Facts of the Case

 

Had an accident early last year and the other party was fully at fault, though in his

accident report he claimed otherwise. I am very sure that if we were to go to court,

I would prevail.

 

Reported the accident to the appointed insurance workshop and I was advised to

claim from my own insurance company as I was under NCB protection.

I just had to pay the "excess" of $600 which I did.

 

The workshop promised to claim from the other party for the

$600 I had paid, plus the loss of use of car ( $400 car rental) on my behalf.

 

It has been more than one and half a year, and I still do not

hear any result of my claim. I have been calling the workshop and they

just keep asking me to wait. When I call my insurance company, they ask

me to check with the workshop.

 

Questions.

 

1)Do the workshop really help me to claim from another party if

the workshop already get paid for all the repairs? I don't find that they

have any incentive to help me.

 

2)What kind of recourse action that I can take to recover my damage?

I just don't feel good to pay for someone mistake.

 

 

Thanks in advance.

 

If it's rear-ended case (by the other party) where it's quite clearly it's the other party fault, should always insist on 3rd party claim. Since you're claiming against third party, you can go to any workshop of your choice.

 

[RoadTricks]

both times its in a traffic jam at the custom.. he was playing with his hp n took eyes off the front.. normal driving he is ok one.. so pls dun come in n flame.. dun be an idiot n say dun come near u or smt cos me n my fren dun even know who the hell r u..

doesn't matter play hp, play psp, play with ur hands, normal driving or un-normal driving... once u r behind the wheels responsibility starts.It is obvious he (or u) needs to re-check his own mind first and stop driving irregardless jam or what not.just pay $600 and lesson learnt (if previous one he still haven't learn).

Serve as a deterrent next time.If knn still langgar again, its obvious that he (or u) deserved it!