Handling Accidents

You need to push your insurance company into handling this for you. Thats why you pay them the big bucks. Odds are he didnt have a clue he hit you, but ya never know.

Dont contact that trucking company again, the more info you provide them the better case they have against you in court. Even if they call you, I wouldnt tell them much. Instead give them the phone number of your insurance agent. Let them handle it.

 

I agree that she should push her insurance company to handle the issue.

 

The only thing I can tell by your account is that you were involved, I coa not say who was at fault. I pull doubles and trains and frequently have to start my turns from the lane next to the turn lane. Four wheelers and truckers alike are not very good at seeing turn signals flashing. Check to see if the County or City as a camera on that intersection. Also check for cameras on buildings that may have caught the accident. The other claims i see here on the board that the drive was at fault may have little or no merit. There are places where you could get hit by my rig and it is possible fro me not to know. Do not be to quick to judge if you were not a eye witness.

 

Keeping an eye on your mirrors will help one see if you have accidently clipped another vehicle during a turn.

They are there for a reason. Use them.

 

You really need to let your insurance company handle the rest.

 

Sounds like you might end up needing a lawyer just to squeeze the insurance company into paying you. You might be better off just taking the money and putting toward a new (as in nice used) car and a different insurance company. I wouldn't spend another dime on that car, shop bills or otherwise. That all falls on the insurance company no matter what they try to tell you.

Be careful around those trucks. With the new rules they're trying to cut our throats with, there's going to be more and more drivers on the road who don't know what they're doing.

 

First, I'm glad you weren't hurt.

Okay, you filed the police report, got the witness statements, and notified the trucking company. Turn the whole thing over to your insurance company, and have them get your car fixed. Trust me, the insurance company will get their money back from the trucking company's insurance company.

The driver can claim all he wants that he wasn't there, you have yourself and witnesses to prove he was, documented in an official police report, making it obvious he was there. While it is very likely a driver could strike your vehicle with the trailer and not realize it, the fact the driver is lying about being there tells me the driver knew ###### well he caused an accident.

 

Let the insurance companies take care of it. That is what you pay premiums for. Good thing on having a police report and witness. They could've made this a case of you being 50% at fault and then you would be no where. Stay on em and good luck.

 

It is possible the driver didn't know he hit the car unless he was looking in his mirror when it happened. This happened to me in 2001. I had just went over the big hill on 72 going eastbound in Huntsville Ala. It was raining and the roads were wet. Just as I checked my mirrors a 4 wheeler that was behind me pulled out to pass and lost control of their vehicle and slid into my trailer tandems, bouncing off them and sliding across the median, almost hitting a vehicle head on and landed on the roof in the ditch on the west bound side. I never felt the impact when she hit the tandems and I was looking at it in the mirror when it happened. Turn it over to the insurance company and let them handle it.