Devastated

[markmclauchlin]

Thanks Tim

Hey Mark,
I feel for you.

Me I've beenon both sides of the coin. So I can offer a balanced view. Yes, you're insurance company will get you to pay the excess. But the patrol will be repaired or replaced.

As for the unlicenced mongrel, you can take civil action against him for loss of income, the excess payment, any holiday booking fees lost, and the Yellow Canary Ticket that youwould notreceived if you had been on your way with rods in it.

At the moment any words will seem shallow, but they say that looking at ifs and butsdon't help. We have to se the positives, and the biggest is your family still have YOU in one piece.

With sincerety I write this and send this with a note of positiveness, not meant with any maliciousnes.

Tim

[NissanGQ4.2]

x 50 on what everyone else has already said mark, yes one would be very p!ssed of about the insurance and yellow, but at the end of the day your alive and that's all that matters.

A lot of families out there that no longer have there loved ones with them because of some stupid driver. Even drivers that aren't at fault, have not been injured but have been involved in a fatality, can end up with there lives completely destroyed.

Have a look @ this link: http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...crash%3A+truck

Post # 10

I still don't think he has driven a car since

Chin up mark and count yourself as one of the lucky ones, luck was on your side that day.

Cheers

Todd

[taslucas]

Hadnt seen that yet Todd. Thats not good at all...... All the best to him

[perni_a]

+1 for mandatory jail time for unlicenced / uninsured / unregistered drivers.

[cookpa]

shocking luck there mate ,unlicenced should be jailed ,and those fishing rod holders are totaly banned here in NSW i didnt think it was in other states too !

[Biscuits]

I feel for you mate, I agree with the guys that say you shouldn't have to pay the excess, a couple of months ago We were rear ended by a drunk driver @ 10 in the morning, unlicensed, unregistered, uninsured. doing twice the posted speed limit. Seeing as he was at fault, He was responsible for the entire lot!!! My insurance had to take him to court for it, but as an unemployed gentleman... $55,000 at $15 a week will take them a while to recover it




Where the lady on the far left is where the nose of my car was parked


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[Sprattman]

That really sucks. I hope you are back to full health and the troll is getting fixed up well.
I agree with the ferret. take that lil prick to court and milk him for all he is worth. even if he cant pay you back he will have to declare bankrupt, then he will remember how much of a fool he was for a long time.

[chevracer383]

That sux mate. Your truck should hopefully be all fixed by now. Hope you feeling better. Neck injuries aren't fun.

[vk3mnm]

I feel for all people involved in a collision whan they are not at fault, insurance companies are some of the biggest scammers among us, I was hit by lady once totally her fault, funny thing was we were both with GIO, the shifty buggers tried to get an excess out of the both of us, me because she said I ran a red light and her because she turned in front of me on a red arrow.
Hope it's all sorted for you guys without too much hassle.
Cheers Illya

[GQ TANK]

My wife was driving down the road, a lady backed up of a car park on the other side of the road, doing a reverse u-turn and t boned her.

The insurance claimed it was half my wifes fault

I agrued that the ladyhad made a illegal u turn, and did give way to oncomming traffic. - they still hit us for excess