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i've said it a bunch before, but when i ride a bike and have a unique vantage point to see into people's cars, it's really frightening what people do whole driving a vehicle.
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Sorry about the car and glad that your wife is okay.
I had my BMW wagon totaled a few years ago. It was a 3 series, but a quite rare, low mileage, last-year-of-production 5-speed wagon which commands a premium in the used market. They came in with a variety of "comps" that were for 3 series sedans in NJ which are much much more common. I countered with my own list of wagons, compiled nationwide. Most were priced higher than their offer but had higher mileage or were a year or two older. I presented the list along with a "counter" figure that was several thousand more than their offer. I expected we might meet in the middle, but they accepted the offer. You can probably do the same thing by presenting receipts for the parts and/or the work that was done. They've got some wiggle room for that in their estimates. One thing to remember, this from an insurance adjuster I met on a BMW forum. The adjusters just have a job to do. They're not trying to screw you. Be friendly and nice to them, and they'll be more inclined to spend a little more time on your case. And then give them the evidence that will allow them to justify paying out a higher claim. |
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Amazing what people do when they're supposedly driving. A lot of the problem is lack of law enforcement. Drive the speed limit and you get run over. Kill someone with a motor vehicle and you walk free. Saturday I sat in a parking lot next to a four way stop. Three corners were blind. The only cars that came to a complete stop were the ones that encountered another car on an opposing street. We're a nation of entitled crappy drivers. |
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I'm glad no one was hurt.
I'm also glad that authorities, the auto industry, and tech companies are taking these matters seriously and doing something about it... Oh wait... They're not. |
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That topped the woman eating a bowl of cereal balanced on the top of the steering wheel and the multiple people reading books or newspapers held on the steering wheel. Texting is too common to even bother mentioning anymore.
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I agree. It's probably not the fault of individual LEO's, just that it isn't an institutional priority. A few cyclists here or there get killed, meh, no big deal.
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I never understood why police don't stop people that are driving erratically due to cell phone use. I would be tempted to give them a field sobriety test. Back when they actually taught drivers ed here in schools, the kids were assigned to count how many people properly observed a stop sign. So my daughter sat in a lawn chair for a couple of hours and counted. Out of 30 cars, the only two people that actually stopped behind the stop sign were my wife and me. Some people ran the stop sign but had to stop for cross traffic, but that was a minority. Last edited by unterhausen; 12-01-2015 at 11:12 PM. |
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