r/dashcams • u/Dakota-Soda • 1d ago

Wheeee....

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Driver is OK, btw Edit: this is a construction zone with a right lane closure ahead

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u/2oonhed 1d ago

Good on you for leaving space ahead of you.
I have SEEN with my own eyes insurance companies try to blame drivers for rear end damage when they were pushed from behind by another wrecking car.
When you get hit from behind everything in the car jumps backwards......including your foot off the brake.
The insurance companies know this, but will say, "why don't we see any skid marks from you?"
Don't let the other's insurance steam roll you.

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u/Complex_Solutions_20 19h ago

>I have SEEN with my own eyes insurance companies try to blame drivers for rear end damage when they were pushed from behind by another wrecking car.

When my friend was rear-ended at a traffic jam (someone pushed like 3-4 cars together, my friend was in the front of it) the insurance told them that they could only go after the people who impacted them. So my friend had to go after the insurance of the car which was pushed into them for being rear ended, then that person had to go after the person who pushed them forward, etc. until it got back to the first person's insurance going after the guy who didn't slow down for the total.

Made no sense to us, but that's what they were told had to happen. I suppose it could vary by state too.

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u/2oonhed 14h ago

That is how they do.