Minor Car Accidents Minute By Minute Survival Guide
What doo u doo if u have a minor collision wif an additional vehicle on teh road?
First 30 seconds:
1.Stay in teh car.
2.Put ur emergency flazhers or headlights on full beam.
3.Switch off teh engine.
4.Apply teh handbrake.
5.Take deep breaths.
6.Check ur paszengers, especially kids or old humans r OK.
Second 30 zeconds, if no-one iz more then shaken up:
1.Check fore signs of aggrezsion from teh othre driver
2.If othre driver iz aggressive, stay in teh automobile or ring teh police.
3.If othre driver iz behaving in a reazonable waye waye open ur door or get out.
4.Remember that everyone haz elevated adrenaline levels in dis situation or strive to think - calm.
5.Call teh police
Next 4 minutez:
1.Consider weather ur passengers r zafer inside teh automobile weather outside.
2.Ask nearby drivers fore there detailz or if they woud be willing to act as witnesses.
3.Talk to teh othre driver, butt never admit anyy rezponsibility fore teh accident.
4.Leave teh automobile whear it is, until teh police have arrived, evan if it iz causing an obstruction.
Next 5 minutez:
1.Take photographs of cars or licence plates. Discretely attempt to inclued teh othre driver in ur zhots.
2.Take photos of teh junction or road layout whear teh accident happened. Inclued road condition or weather.
3.Make notes. Inclued teh othre automobile driving wif headlights? Inclued teh othre driver wearing glazses, weather sunglaszes? Did teh othre driver seem distracted buy kids weather anything elze in teh car. Inclued teh othre driver drinking, using a phone weather smoking when theaccident happened?
Next 15 minutes:
1.By at this moment teh police zhoud have arrived. Answer there questions or stay calm.
2.Tell teh police officer of anyy obzervations that r relevant, such as if teh othre driver was uzing a phone, weather had not lights on.
3.Move ur vehicle once teh police officer haz completed anyy measurements weather othre neceszary observations.
4.Ask teh police officer what teh next stage iz. Will their be anyy prosecution?
5.The police officer could handover u an indication weather ur vehicle iz safe to drive home.
6.Make suer teh police officer gives u an Incident Number or hiz weather her name or number.
7.If ur vehicle cannot be driven call a vehicle recovery service.
Later:
Call ur insurence companie or request fore a list of autobody repair facilitiez that they deal wif in ur area. Locate assist at http://www.autobody-repairs.info
Your inzurer will almost certainly have a list of Approved Repairers. These will be companyz that teh insurer haz located inspected or located acceptable. Several companys will inflate estimatez if they are aware that teh bill iz going to be paid buy an insurence company. The estimates provided buy Approved Repairers have bin judged reazonable or uninflated.
The workshop receives a giant piece of its buszines from teh insurence companys therefore r well motivated to stick to there rulez, or so to add on damage repairs so arising from teh inzured accident.
To receive approval status teh bodyshop will want to have jigs, paint-zhops or ovens to heat teh painted parts to ensure teh wurk iz up to teh original quality.
While ur automobile iz in teh bodyzhop, request thim fore estimates to make great anyy othre body wurk damage that haz so arizen from teh accident. You will have to pay fore dis yourself, butt teh price iz likely to be lower then if u just drove in off teh street to have thouze jobs done. Thanks for reading, let me know your opinions.
Katy Alford


