grth2004 Posted 6 June 2008 Posted 6 June 2008 yesterday i was driving to work down the A46 the traffic became heavy because there was a tractor in front and everyone was trying to get past in the fast lane , then all of a sudden the traffic came to a holt and the girl in the car behind me wasnt looking going full speed into the back of my car , her car was fine but the back end of mine was a write off. at the time i felt fine but as the day went on my shoulder neck and arm became stiff , basicaly i have whiplash , now my dilema is do i claim , and how does it all work. Ive never made a claim before and wondered if anyone else has any advice. and what did they get for there injury?
Tilley Posted 6 June 2008 Posted 6 June 2008 I've got on going through at the minute, I got smashed off my moped from behind. Mine is for knee ligament and ankle damage and loss of wages for three sodding months. Takes a while pal. Just contact a no win no fee solicitor. EDIT: Also, I've already been paid out for my moped and the clothes i was wearing. I used Sydney Mitchell solicitors.
Tilley Posted 6 June 2008 Posted 6 June 2008 & go doctors for 3 - 4 weeks, Get pills etc, Then claim, Dont ring up straight away!
Guest Posted 6 June 2008 Posted 6 June 2008 No wonder everyones Car Insurance keeps going up!!! Exactly. I don't think you get much for whiplash, and you'll end up paying it back in premiums.
Daggers Posted 6 June 2008 Posted 6 June 2008 I am sure that grth2004 is a lovely person with oustanding features, but I ****ing hate the system where people claim for absolute bollocks. Take a couple of damn paracetamol and get on with life.
Zingari Posted 6 June 2008 Posted 6 June 2008 just seen this at the top of the page before i logged in whiplash http://www.injurylawyers4u.co.uk/Tracker/t....php?ref=google coincidence or what anyone else remember the TV series of the same name ?, it was set in australia's gold rush http://www.classiccar.com/garage/blog/inde...tical-Joke.html wonder if this bloke got some whiplash
Tabou Posted 6 June 2008 Posted 6 June 2008 Jeeez. You need to stop scrounging boyo. I'm sure if you scroll down through the forum, you will find a topic on car insurance. The reason why youngsters cannot afford insurance is because we live by this "Where there's blame there's a claim" ethos. I agree with Daggers, get some paracetemol, book a day off work, have a warm bath and some sleep. Stop trying to play the system because you want a few quid!
Vardinhio Posted 6 June 2008 Posted 6 June 2008 Bit harsh, If it's genuine whiplash he has every right to claim. That's why the insurance system is there. It's the girls neglectful driving which has bought pain, potential lost earnings, inconvienience to him. I'd claim, as for the rest of you if you get hit by a car going at full speed and develop whiplash take a paracetemol and then go back to the doctors 6 hours later when the effects wear off...
Daggers Posted 6 June 2008 Posted 6 June 2008 ... as for the rest of you if you get hit by a car going at full speed and develop whiplash take a paracetemol and then go back to the doctors 6 hours later when the effects wear off... Been there, done it. Got hit from behind by a car doing 60mph, which concertina'd my Sierra estate into something resembling a ****ed up Fiesta. I claimed for a new suit as it was drenched in dog shit (splattering from the Old English Sheepdog being propelled from the rear seat) as I caught the mutt before it went through the windscreen. I hobbled for a couple of days and simply got on with it. Amazingly, I have gone on to not sue the council for tripping over a cracked pavement and not sued the NHS for catching my finger in a door. Sure, it is the woman's fault - but she'll not be out of pocket for the claim, we all will. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should do something.
Tabou Posted 6 June 2008 Posted 6 June 2008 Bit harsh,If it's genuine whiplash he has every right to claim. That's why the insurance system is there. It's the girls neglectful driving which has bought pain, potential lost earnings, inconvienience to him. I'd claim, as for the rest of you if you get hit by a car going at full speed and develop whiplash take a paracetemol and then go back to the doctors 6 hours later when the effects wear off... Why does he? How will a financial settlement help? Lost earnings? A day ? two max?
Uncle Albert Posted 6 June 2008 Posted 6 June 2008 Why does he?How will a financial settlement help? Lost earnings? A day ? two max? I am sure you would be complaing about whiplash if you had an accident. And of course he has every right to claim. Anyone with half a brain would.
Vardinhio Posted 6 June 2008 Posted 6 June 2008 All I'm saying is he has a right to claim. You don't know the extent of his injury and neither do I so we can hardly judge. It would have been fairer to say he perhaps shouldnt claim if it wasn't causing him discomfort, which he indicated it was. Blame culture or not, we pay insurance for a reason. Use if if you have to.
Tabou Posted 6 June 2008 Posted 6 June 2008 All I'm saying is he has a right to claim. You don't know the extent of his injury and neither do I so we can hardly judge. It would have been fairer to say he perhaps shouldnt claim if it wasn't causing him discomfort, which he indicated it was.Blame culture or not, we pay insurance for a reason. Use if if you have to. Well enough to be on this forum.... People have a right to claim, yes. That is what we pay insurance for. But unless this accident has serverely impacted his life, then I don't see the benefit in claiming? A no win - No fee solicitor will take atleast 50% of what you do win, which, tops, would be £1000. Given it will take atleast 8-9 months to go through....is it really worth it? And Uncle Albert, I was in a crash a year ago, whiplash, dislocated shoulder and broken nose, hit by a speeding driver, and didn't claim Too much hassle!
Uncle Albert Posted 6 June 2008 Posted 6 June 2008 Well enough to be on this forum....People have a right to claim, yes. That is what we pay insurance for. But unless this accident has serverely impacted his life, then I don't see the benefit in claiming? A no win - No fee solicitor will take atleast 50% of what you do win, which, tops, would be £1000. Given it will take atleast 8-9 months to go through....is it really worth it? And Uncle Albert, I was in a crash a year ago, whiplash, dislocated shoulder and broken nose, hit by a speeding driver, and didn't claim Too much hassle! Was the accident your fault though? If it wasnt your fault then you are a mug.
Zingari Posted 6 June 2008 Posted 6 June 2008 make sure you claim that it has affected your personality , and you now go around nicking stuff from shops and have developed an insatiable appetite for sex you'll get lots more cash and sympathy
Tabou Posted 6 June 2008 Posted 6 June 2008 Was the accident your fault though?If it wasnt your fault then you are a mug. No the accident wasn't my fault. Why am I a mug? A years' worth of dealinng with a snotty solicitor, to earn £500? No thanks.
Uncle Albert Posted 6 June 2008 Posted 6 June 2008 No the accident wasn't my fault. Why am I a mug? A years' worth of dealinng with a snotty solicitor, to earn £500? No thanks. Thats why. £500 for filling in some forms and going to court.
breadandcheese Posted 6 June 2008 Posted 6 June 2008 Was the accident your fault though?If it wasnt your fault then you are a mug. I don't consider him to be a mug. He seems to have some integrity. As long as he's not financially out of pocket, where is his claim. You seem to feel that he's a mug because he's not trying to make some money by doing someone down. You see claiming as a way of rinsing money. Insurance claims are there to put the "victim" back to the position they were in before the accident. In this case, it could mean private physio if it means a better level of treatment, as well as obviously looking after his car.
Uncle Albert Posted 6 June 2008 Posted 6 June 2008 I don't consider him to be a mug. He seems to have some integrity. As long as he's not financially out of pocket, where is his claim. You seem to feel that he's a mug because he's not trying to make some money by doing someone down. You see claiming as a way of rinsing money. Insurance claims are there to put the "victim" back to the position they were in before the accident. In this case, it could mean private physio if it means a better level of treatment, as well as obviously looking after his car. And Uncle Albert, I was in a crash a year ago, whiplash, dislocated shoulder and broken nose, hit by a speeding driver, and didn't claim Too much hassle! This suggests that he had time off work with a dislocated shoulder and a broken nose. Nobody can go without money from work for that length of time whilst recovering from a dislocated shoulder, by not claiming for this money that he has lossed out on then he is a mug for not claiming.
Zingari Posted 6 June 2008 Posted 6 June 2008 fookin hell ; its like he's committing the crime of the century for wanting a bit of compensation for pain and suffering ;
Tabou Posted 6 June 2008 Posted 6 June 2008 This suggests that he had time off work with a dislocated shoulder and a broken nose. Nobody can go without money from work for that length of time whilst recovering from a dislocated shoulder, by not claiming for this money that he has lossed out on then he is a mug for not claiming. I was off work for one day. I had a headache the next day, but the problem with our society is that everbody thinks that they have an entitlement to something. Everybody feels that society owes him/her something. You talk of form filling, and going to court. The time spent doing this will surely result in further financial loss. The lady who crashed into him obviously didn't mean to, she probably feels upset and guilty. I'm sure she is not suing ITV for having programmes on late at night, meaning loss of sleep, meaning reduced concentration, resulting in this accident Accidents happen, deal with it.
grth2004 Posted 6 June 2008 Author Posted 6 June 2008 i am off work today , i havent decided wether i should claim yet , it depends on how long the pain lasts , the doctor has told me to take some pain killers. ive paid insurance all my driving life and never claimed for 20years , if it was the other way around and i had driven into the back of somebody at 60mph and they were in pain id tell them to claim some compensation.
Zingari Posted 6 June 2008 Posted 6 June 2008 i seem to remember a kid falling off a school gate ( while he was breaking in ) and claiming compensation ; he got a lot more sympathy from FT posters ( some of the same ones who are against compensation now i think)
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