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Originally posted by Wookie+Oct 19 2004, 12:42 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Wookie @ Oct 19 2004, 12:42 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Reaper@Oct 18 2004, 03:23 PM
Drivers in Calgary seem to have a serious problem with moving their vehicles safely out of traffic when there is an accident. It's one of my pet peeves. I can't tell you how many times I've driven slowly through an intersection because of a small rear ender between two cars. While the drivers could have simply gone around the corner and got out of everyone's way they simply chose to throw their cars in park so they can stand beside them and chat on their cellphone. I've said it before and I'll say it again. I have no idea why they call it common sense because not everyone has it.
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Well to be fair, if someone crashed into my car, and I was planning on waiting for a cop, I'd be hesitant to move my vehicle at all due to is changing the scene of the accident. Sorry but I'd want to make sure the guilty party was at fault and all the evidence available would still be relevant to make my case... [/b][/quote]
Absolutely correct.
I used to get very upset with people leaving damaged vehicles in the way of traffic, but then I was nearly burned by moving my vehicle off the road when involved in a no fault accident.
I was driving in my residential neighborhood, coming up to a T intersection, in the middle of the summer. As I approached, I saw a Honda Civic coming around the T, and heading down the street I was on. The driver was reading a map, and not watching where she was going, and was coming right down the middle of the road. I was only going about 25Km/h, and quickly moved to the side of the road, and stopped beside the parked cars. She continued to move towards me, and crossed the middle of the road. I honked my horn, and she finally looked up, just as she plowed into the side of my pampered, mint, non winter driven IROC. She hit at the front wheel and wrecked the front fender, crushed the door, and wrecked the rear quarter panel as well. I was about 1/2 block from my house, so I limped my car back to my driveway.
The young woman couldnt quit saying how sorry she was, and how she knew it was all her fault. She was visiting her sister a few houses from mine, so we both went home after exchanging information (her car was too wrecked to drive, but it was towed). The cops finally came and I filled out a police report later that night, explaining everything that had happened. To my great fortune, a neighbor also came over to my house to say that he had seen everything, and I could call him if I needed anything.
A few weeks go by, while the body / suspension shop worked on my car. When it came time for her insurance to pay the bill, they would not. They claimed it was me that crossed over center and hit her!!! The eye witness saved me, and testified on my behalf. Without him, I would have been out almost $7000.
Moral of the story? If you are in an accident that requires Police involvement, NEVER, EVER move your car until you have filled out the police reports, and the police have signed off on the crash site.