View Poll Results: Charged for 'causing' a crash?!?!
Ha Ha they saw you coming...
2
12.50%
If you do the crime.....you pay the fine
13
81.25%
It should be split between drivers?!?!
0
0%
No idea
1
6.25%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 16. You may not vote on this poll
Paying for a car crash!?!?!?
Mar 25th 2009, 11:50 am
#16
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Re: Paying for a car crash!?!?!?
Do the fines come with any kind of accident?
All kinds of scrapes need the pink slip to get fixed... and the wife has had a few
(Never any other car involved... just her, the car and a wall/pillar/bollard)
All kinds of scrapes need the pink slip to get fixed... and the wife has had a few
(Never any other car involved... just her, the car and a wall/pillar/bollard)
Mar 25th 2009, 11:58 am
#17
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Re: Paying for a car crash!?!?!?
Are you Bison in disguise? Not only will you have to pay the excess on your insurance policy and the fine but you will also find that next year your insurance premium will go up. Happy days! Next time you may may wish to get the number of the taxi cab...they have them written on the bodywork...or the registration number.
Mar 25th 2009, 3:39 pm
#19
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Re: Paying for a car crash!?!?!?
When you come off a round-a-bout into tall chevrons and turn a blind corner where the rear end of a stationary car greets you due to the taxi infront stopping in the middle of the road for no reason, you can't really do much about it......
Both Me and the other driver agreed that it was the taxi's fault but as he didn't stop I am left out of pocket again.
I really should stop using this forum for reference, and use it for what it's here for, putting people down......
Both Me and the other driver agreed that it was the taxi's fault but as he didn't stop I am left out of pocket again.
I really should stop using this forum for reference, and use it for what it's here for, putting people down......
Mar 25th 2009, 6:06 pm
#20
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Re: Paying for a car crash!?!?!?
Guarantee you were going faster than 30kph.
30kph is pathetically slow - try it sometime.
There's areas in dubai that have 30kph speed limits and sometimes I drive at 30 just to wind the missus up saying "but it's the speed limit".
It really is very slow - and i'm certain there are no roundabouts in dubai that have such 'blind' corners that you couldn't stop if you were doing 30
Can I clarify:
You were following another random car.
You both went round the corner.
There was a taxi stopped there.
The car in front of you had to stop for the parked taxi?
He did so successfully?
You ran up back of random car?
That the case?
not sure I got it right...
30kph is pathetically slow - try it sometime.
There's areas in dubai that have 30kph speed limits and sometimes I drive at 30 just to wind the missus up saying "but it's the speed limit".
It really is very slow - and i'm certain there are no roundabouts in dubai that have such 'blind' corners that you couldn't stop if you were doing 30
Can I clarify:
You were following another random car.
You both went round the corner.
There was a taxi stopped there.
The car in front of you had to stop for the parked taxi?
He did so successfully?
You ran up back of random car?
That the case?
not sure I got it right...
Mar 25th 2009, 6:18 pm
#21
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Posts: 23,434
Re: Paying for a car crash!?!?!?
Guarantee you were going faster than 30kph.
30kph is pathetically slow - try it sometime.
There's areas in dubai that have 30kph speed limits and sometimes I drive at 30 just to wind the missus up saying "but it's the speed limit".
It really is very slow - and i'm certain there are no roundabouts in dubai that have such 'blind' corners that you couldn't stop if you were doing 30
Can I clarify:
You were following another random car.
You both went round the corner.
There was a taxi stopped there.
The car in front of you had to stop for the parked taxi?
He did so successfully?
You ran up back of random car?
That the case?
not sure I got it right...
30kph is pathetically slow - try it sometime.
There's areas in dubai that have 30kph speed limits and sometimes I drive at 30 just to wind the missus up saying "but it's the speed limit".
It really is very slow - and i'm certain there are no roundabouts in dubai that have such 'blind' corners that you couldn't stop if you were doing 30
Can I clarify:
You were following another random car.
You both went round the corner.
There was a taxi stopped there.
The car in front of you had to stop for the parked taxi?
He did so successfully?
You ran up back of random car?
That the case?
not sure I got it right...
Mar 25th 2009, 6:19 pm
#22
If I have to explain...
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Location: Where ever the road takes me
Posts: 3,999
Mar 25th 2009, 6:27 pm
#24
If I have to explain...
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Location: Where ever the road takes me
Posts: 3,999
Mar 25th 2009, 6:50 pm
#26
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Location: Dubai
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Re: Paying for a car crash!?!?!?
I'd be surprised if there wasn't 12metres visibility.
...and as I was implying....the other car managed to stop.
Last edited by Jeeper; Mar 25th 2009 at 6:54 pm.
Mar 25th 2009, 6:53 pm
#27
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Re: Paying for a car crash!?!?!?
Nevertheless, when turning into a street and all of a sudden the car in front of you stops, and you brake only half a second late, you're done...At 30, half a second is probably 5 metres...
Mar 25th 2009, 7:04 pm
#29
If I have to explain...
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Location: Where ever the road takes me
Posts: 3,999
Re: Paying for a car crash!?!?!?
At the end of the day, if you can't stop while the car in front can, you are too close or too fast.
Buy a Volvo XC60 and the thing will stop for you if you're not up to it yourself.....
Mar 25th 2009, 7:06 pm
#30
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Re: Paying for a car crash!?!?!?
Who's to say it won't change it's mind and accelerate???