First car accident... need advice

Wow, I did not know that. I know my state laws pretty well because I used to work in the industry and got licensed for it several years ago. No idea it was so different over there on the east coast!

It really is crazy how much it differs. It's totally screwed up.

How does that work? Do you hear from the shop:

"Honey, we have an Audi or Corvette to "rent" this weekend! Which one do you want?"

You go into the middle of PA, and get into an accident and have to sue, and you'll be awarded a lot, same with the major two cities on each end of PA, Philly & Pitt. It's the suburbs, and certain Counties within them, where they have cracked down on large awards for certain types of injuries. You dread getting hit in Philly as probably 50% of the people do not have insurance to begin with, yet you would get a better award there and/or the person would leave the scene of the accident before a cop would ever show up. That happened to my BIL, when a woman hit him, claimed responsibility for it; and before he could even get all her information she took off, before a cop even got there. He ended up claiming it on his insurance It's such a gamble in PA with insurance and driving

How does that work? Do you hear from the shop:

"Honey, we have an Audi or Corvette to "rent" this weekend! Which one do you want?"

Though there have been times customer cars have been brought home for me to drive for a month or longer, to find out what the problem was they were having. One in particular was a Benz S Class, and it was a beauty, and it was hard to give that back

Okay, I so want to talk my DH into pursuing a similar career now. That's a pretty awesome job perk!

Oh, I would take the Audi over the Corvette - Corvette's ride like crap, honestly, I've driven them vs an Audi - and an Audi rides much smoother and you don't have to worry about bumps, dips, and whatever when driving an Audi vs a Corvette being so low to the ground

But it doesn't have the same coolness factor!

That's why I drove the Benz for so long

That car was a real head turner, freaking head rests in the back went down with a touch of a button, the sun curtain for the rear window did the same, the side view mirrors, with a touch of a button, would pull all the way in toward the car - came in handy went I went through the old 1-1/2 car tunnels we have around here from yesteryear - and didn't have to worry about those mirrors on that vehicle. It had so many kewl things on it - it killed me when hubby said it had to go back - that we had worked out all the kinks in it

Oh, I would take the Audi over the Corvette - Corvette's ride like crap, honestly, I've driven them vs an Audi - and an Audi rides much smoother and you don't have to worry about bumps, dips, and whatever when driving an Audi vs a Corvette being so low to the ground

I would buy a Car DVR to be put it in the car (point to the front). I would turn it on whenever driving the vehicle. It will help you when you file claim on this case since it will record the incident. You can get one easily from Ebay for around $30. You will need a SD memory card around $10 for 4GB. It will be good for 2 hours with self looping (VGA mode, always keep last 2 hours of recording).

Wow, that is pretty neat! I bet, I'd be sad too!


It really is amazing what kind of features they can put in a car now. I was just completely in awe when I was car shopping. I'm totally in LOVE with the features I have in my new car. And it's just little, things too! Like the blindspot mirrors in the corners of each of the sideview mirrors. The capless gas tank. (WHY did it take us so many decades to come up with those two things? ) All the voice-activated features, the seat warmers, the de-icing in all the glass and mirrors, the cell phone syncing, the list goes on and on.

I can only imagine what kind of features cars will have a decade or two from now! Probably won't have buttons at all anymore!

They rented one of my co-workers an Audi a few years back when he came out on a trip. The thing had a horrible ride. It made freshly paved, smooth roads feel like dirt roads!

Air bags going off - it's toast - they do so much damage to the interior it isn't even funny, let alone the damage to the front end of that.



Now you have to realize "everything" is in the Lawyer's hands - you have no right to talk to your "Own Agent" at this point in time once you signed on with an Attorney - do realize that - everything goes thru the Attorney - you do not even have the right to pull copies of your own medical records at this point in time - nor anything else - the Attorney is the only one that is able to do that - plus the Attorney will deal with the "value" of your vehicle - I would be in close contact with the Attorney about this - because this is the last thing they are truly worried about - how much you get back for this - they don't care about your "add on's, etc" - so talk to the Attorney about all of this - you should have when you first met with them - as every time you call them they are "billing you" - so you don't want to be making unnecessary phone calls, emails, nor faxes to them - that you do not have to - keep it to a bare minimum - as they bill you for everything - remember this - they are there to make "money" - even if they are not charging you until they get money back out of this - this aspect is called "COSTS" and they do add up over time - and by the time they settle this claim - and you go to all these doctor(s) - and they pull all the reports, photocopying, etc. - that is all included in the "COSTS" - including phone calls, emails, faxes, mailings, filings they have to to - and that comes off that top of what ever you are awarded - then their fee whatever the percentage is they quoted you. So be careful here with the Attorney - and make sure you do not "hound" them to death over this. FYI - been there done it, and I know that backing off and letting them alone sometimes is in your best interest - the wheels of justice turn slowly - plus any Attorney that handles these types of cases is probably handling around 150 or more of these cases at one time - and where are you in that line? How much is your case "worth" - depends on how quickly they work on your particular case - as to the value of your case - just letting you know this.

Though since you were unable to move it forward any other way - good for you

Btw, I just went to the Chiropractor today. He wants me in three times a week.

Of course he does... I thought there was a smiley like that with money instead of hearts? Can't find it...