re: Ever been hit by a fuel transport truck? I have now

Did you hit the pavement and start rolling?

Prepare for a low ball offer.

CALL GEORGE SINK. DIAL 999-9999.

It ain’t near as easy to “get paid” in these situations as most people believe it is....unless you are truly injured or have an unlimited amount of time to waste at a doctors office and physical therapy most people are lucky not to be out of pocket in an auto accident. It’s waaaaaaay harder to collect anything than the actual property loss than most people think. For instance the beat up OP has had back problems in the past.....right off the bat that’s limiting. If you ain’t missing a bunch of time from work and spending a bunch of time at the doctors office even billboard lawyers will tell you there ain’t no there there. Frivolous law suits brought by productive people are almost unheard of because they don’t have time to spend trying to collect what will usually amount to very little given the effort required. Now if you got plenty of time it’s a different story but if you got a job and pay your bills on time you best off hauling your sore arse to work the best you can and hope you ain’t underinsured and out of pocket when they tell you your $60k pickup truck you owe $25k on is worth $19k!

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Yep. That first offer from them is probably only going to be enough money to grab something to eat from Sonic.

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We’ve lost 2 in 2 years to rear end accidents. Both times the FINAL offer was about 90% of what a comparable vehicle would cost to replace.....initial offers were about 85%. neither time was there a lawyer who could do anything because luckily we weren’t injured. The property loss is basically cut and dry.....your vehicle is worth what the insurance company says it is, regardless of what it will cost to replace it. You can counter but they have a couple of years to settle by statute as long as they are attempting to do so in good faith. Meanwhile you gotta have a vehicle. They won’t pay
for a rental for long.....as soon as you counter they are out on the rental....they’ve fulfilled their obligation on that front. They will also immediately pay the lien holder about 70% of what they are going to pay as a sign of good faith....and you won’t even know they’ve done it until you make a payment and notice the payoff is less. So here you are without a vehicle, facing uncertainty as to what’s going to happen, and you go out to buy a car
cause you gotta get to work and damn if even your good credit don’t result in a higher
interest rate because you got two or more vehicle loans now! It’s a rare occurrence for anyone to be whole after an auto accident....if you and yours can walk away afterwards and it doesn’t cost you more than a couple of thousand out of pocket you’ve gotten by fairly clean......

Alexander Shunnara

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Maybe there's a hit out on you, and they're trying to make it look like an accident.

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Possible, I have made many enemies on the internet

You’re in the insurances business right? You know the drill

If anyone was gonna put a contract on V&S it would be bowljackson. Hell, he'd likely have on of Drake's boys do it