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Originally Posted by Sixxxxer
Wow, Just like that he went right over...So without your dash cam I assume he claims you sideswiped him and he walks away with a decent insurance payment.
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And there's far too much of that, around here, which is why I run cameras. It's also why I pointed the cameras out to him, in case he was thinking of reporting things differently. The Police and insurance companies are on notice that I have the video. Police didn't care, since they wouldn't really be able to make a charge stick without having been at the scene. The insurance company hasn't asked for it yet. Presumably they will if his company denies fault.
Here are a few more for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXydk4FLrvo
There are two collisions in this one. One of them is me getting tapped from behind while the other is a van driver who I believe was on his cell phone, plowing into the vehicle in front of him pretty quickly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kHzrWIL0bo
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Originally Posted by pauldun170
When I'm in Atlanta, I'm always fascinated by the amount of cars driving around on bald tires.
New cars, old cars, expensive cars, it makes no difference.
Down to the steel belt seems to be the general guideline for tire usage down there.
In Atlanta, it appeared that there was an unwritten rule that whenever a car is aquired, the stock wheels are to be discarded and replaced with aftermarket wheels. Those wheels are to be then shod with low profile summer tires and then those tires are shaved down. My guess is that the owner wasn't happy with the lowness of the profile and wanted it even lower. That or "it just like racing slicks".
All driven by people who embrace tailgaiting, and drive like assholes.
I can only imaging what its like when you toss in snow and ice.
As for ice and snow, I live in a hilly neighborhood filled with dead ends that the town rarely visits. My house is at the top of a hill with a steep driveway on a dead end that rarely gets plowed and we never get salt. At most, its a local guy in a pickup tossing some sand down. As long as you keep your distance and travel at a safe speed, its all shits and giggles for me. My fwd drive car with all seasons gets me where I have to go.
I driving a manual with no ABS, no traction control, no stability control.
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While I was at the collision reporting centre, yesterday, I heard three people saying that their tires were bald. I wonder why they were there? Hmmmmm.....