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Paying for a car crash!?!?!?

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Paying for a car crash!?!?!?

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Old Mar 26th 2009, 3:04 pm
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Originally Posted by hell its hot
Bear in mind I did not have a tape measure with me, and both the taxi and the car in front were saloons and approx 4.5m in length. According to the calculations on here I would have needed to start emergency braking before going into the first corner.
That's not how it works.
That like saying if there were 500 cars in front of you, you would have crashed before you even left home.
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Old Mar 26th 2009, 5:58 pm
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yes i always thought that in order to get a repair done at a garage you needed the police report
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Old Mar 26th 2009, 6:04 pm
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Originally Posted by busybee2
yes i always thought that in order to get a repair done at a garage you needed the police report
If it's minor damage, police report only required for insurance job.

Major damage requires police report - in case it's a hit and run
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Old Mar 27th 2009, 6:23 am
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Originally Posted by Roadking
If it's minor damage, police report only required for insurance job. Major damage requires police report - in case it's a hit and run
So who decides what's major and what's minor damage?
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Old Mar 27th 2009, 9:51 am
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Originally Posted by Shadya
So who decides what's major and what's minor damage?
I guess Major Minor Decider, Chief of Traffic Police.
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That's why everyone, who lives in Dubai, hates local taxi...
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