Horrible advice on the accident issue!
You never, ever, ever, ever, EVER say you are at fault. NEVER!
Once you say you are at fault, you ARE at fault! Especially today with dashcams, cell phone cams, witnesses, etc.
My father sold insurance for many years. He had a client tell the LEO that was investigating on the scene of an accident that he didn't see the other car and he was at fault. Well, turns out the reason he didn't see the other car was that the driver was drunk off his butt and behaved erratically, driving too fast as well. Legally, the other driver was at fault EXCEPT that my dad's client said he was at fault. Game over.
Horrific advice for an accident. So in 99.999% of the cases you avoid nothing other than anger and watch your insurance go up for three (3) years. 0.001% of the time golly, your insurance still goes up and you avoid a confrontation.
Never say it's your fault.
Regards,
Doug
Horrible advice on the accident issue!
You never, ever, ever, ever, EVER say you are at fault. NEVER!
Once you say you are at fault, you ARE at fault! Especially today with dashcams, cell phone cams, witnesses, etc.
My father sold insurance for many years. He had a client tell the LEO that was investigating on the scene of an accident that he didn't see the other car and he was at fault. Well, turns out the reason he didn't see the other car was that the driver was drunk off his butt and behaved erratically, driving too fast as well. Legally, the other driver was at fault EXCEPT that my dad's client said he was at fault. Game over.
Horrific advice for an accident. So in 99.999% of the cases you avoid nothing other than anger and watch your insurance go up for three (3) years. 0.001% of the time golly, your insurance still goes up and you avoid a confrontation.
Never say it's your fault.
Regards,
Doug
You are absolutely right, that is horrible advice. I’m honestly surprised the OP had the audacity to post such nonsense. Never admit fault.
See what I did there? I don’t believe a word of what I just posted, but for a moment it allowed you to feel right and in control, leaving no need for further escalation on your part.
Sometimes in the moment, it’s more important for the other guy to feel right, than for you to be right... which I believe was exactly Craig’s point.
...Happens at least once nearly every time I go to the fairgrounds...
If this is true, what are you doing to frequently get into that kind of situation?
I often go to events at the fairgrounds, and have minimal difficulties.