Had an accident, what a joke

YuGoStaR · 17-02-2006, 07:52 PM

Ok so I thought I would share this with you guys, I thought it was rather amusing anyway.

I work occasionally as a Pizza delivery driver for StAlbans Dominos, and last night as I was waiting to turn right and park infront of the store, some guy reverses out, no idea I was waiting and clips my rear driver side corner. Im sitting there in my car saying something like 'What are you doing !' when I look over to the guy and his mate, we were looking at eachother when they just take off down the road. So I take down his rego as I go to park my car.

Anyway, I get out of the car my manager comes asking if they hit me, he takes a look and starts laughing. I was pretty ticked off so I ask him what was so funny, he tells me that guy had just applied for a job, giving all his details in the process. Now seriously how stupid can you get...

Ok so I call the police, this was about 10pm. They say they will come down soon, I'm waiting for 2 hours when I decide to call and ask where they are since I'm still technically 'at work'. I find out there is no record of my call...? So I make another claim of the accident and apparently someone will come down soon. So as I'm once more waiting, I get a call, from the Police. The lady says they can't send someone down since no one is at the scene of the accident, I have to go to the police station in Keilor and tell them in person.

So I go down there after work with my boss. I get there and they tell me off for leaving the scene of an accident....Righto...After that they call the guy up. He denies any knowledge, but suddenly remembers after they threaten to arrest him. But now his mate was driving the car....in the meantime the other officer checks the number plates, and apparently they don't exist. And to top it off his license has been cancelled.

After a few minutes the guy hangs up on the Constable. So she calls him back, and he hangs up again...

Eventually they said I could go and they going to charge him with something tomorrow. I called insurance today they handled it, so that's OK.

There really are soom loonies out there, it's not enough if you drive carefully you also need to watch out for their stupidity. What can you do.
Rant off

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fiery · 17-02-2006, 08:03 PM

wow...
well I guess you should be really happy he had just applied for a job eh, if he hadn't goodness knows the outcome..

At least your car will be fixed and you wont have to pay anything.

sorry, but yeah it is funny.. not the fact he hit your car, but omg how dumb can he be... apparently very dumb

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Psycho Chicken · 17-02-2006, 08:07 PM

It's a wonder some people can breathe.

sfr rob · 17-02-2006, 08:12 PM

hahah thats a ripper.
what a crazy stupid moron!

YuGoStaR · 17-02-2006, 08:18 PM

Indeed, I hope they get him and his boyfriend good.

chief · 17-02-2006, 11:44 PM

Some people are only alive because it is illegal to kill them. How dumb do you have to be. Oh no the cops wrang. If I hang up on them they will go away.

keenaz · 17-02-2006, 11:51 PM

the sad thing is... these people reproduce!! we're all doomed

347_XR8 · 17-02-2006, 11:56 PM

The world is full of idiots

The Monty · 18-02-2006, 02:18 PM

Greg Murphy applied for a job at Dominos? Damn.

bobski · 18-02-2006, 05:06 PM

Apparently 1 in 10 drivers in Sydney are unlicenced or driving an unregistered car. Scary stuff when you think that they are all uninsured!

And I agree - some serious loonies out there!

guym · 18-02-2006, 05:39 PM

whats even more scary is the cops don't give a darn and so these morons know they can get away with it

bobski · 18-02-2006, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by guym

whats even more scary is the cops don't give a darn and so these morons know they can get away with it

The cops in NSW have a new camera that can detect stolen cars, what would be nice is they also used it to pinch those driving unregistered cars, or cars registered by people whose licence has been cancelled since they registered it.

Yeah yeah - sounds like a police state. But looking at some of the t**ds living in Sydney these days, I'd rather have less scum and more law abiding citizens.

eXi7w0unD · 18-02-2006, 07:00 PM

but if u got insurence to fix it, dont you have to pay an access? say 400$, and so it wouldnt be worth it cus next renewal or next year ur insurence goes up cus u made a claim..?

aimzes · 18-02-2006, 07:09 PM

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what would be nice is they also used it to pinch those driving unregistered cars,

they do have a camera that does that. its the same one as the stolen car cam. it goes by the plates. so i think it even goes off if the owner of the car with licence plate abc-123 has warrants and stuff.thats what ive heard.

Falchoon · 19-02-2006, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Lukey_XF

The world is full of idiots

Are you talking about the guy who hit him or the coppers? They both sound as bad as each other to me. Luckily it wasn't some life and death situation for YuGoStaR because the cops never had a record of his earlier phone call. And then after the cop on the phone tells hime to go to the station to report the acco he gets chatted for leaving the scene of an accident. I bet you if YuGoStaR was seen doing 65 in the 60 zone there would be 10 cops there before you could say "revenue raiser".

To be a little less critical to the cops I guess they are understaffed/underesourced but IMO that is no excuse for giving the wrong/conflicting information about a fairly mainstream/common incident.

pauljh74 · 19-02-2006, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by eXi7w0unD

but if u got insurence to fix it, dont you have to pay an access? say 400$, and so it wouldnt be worth it cus next renewal or next year ur insurence goes up cus u made a claim..?

If you give them the name of the at fault party, you don't pay the excess - at least some of them do it. It's then up to the insurance company to chase the money.
But it was nice for they guy to leave his details in the process of applying for a job

YuGoStaR · 19-02-2006, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Falchoon

To be a little less critical to the cops I guess they are understaffed/underesourced but IMO that is no excuse for giving the wrong/conflicting information about a fairly mainstream/common incident.

In regards to that I saw approximately 7 of their cars as I was taking deliveries earlier in the night, prior to the accident. They didn't look overly 'busy' to me.

In regards to the excess, AAMI said I did not have to pay any excess, since it was not my fault. That's what they said....now what they do is another thing

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Ringo · 20-02-2006, 09:38 AM

The idiot can be charged with leaving the scene of an accident can't he ????

Redrum where are you ???

XR Martin · 20-02-2006, 12:27 PM

Ironically the other day I had a mate who was rear ended while working for Dominos, and guess what? They guy who hit him was unlicenced and the car unregoed.
Both cars were written off, luckily the guy hung around till the cops showed, but he still has no money and is unlikely to pay off the damages any time soon.

**Professor Farnsworth** · 20-02-2006, 12:37 PM

AAMI are usually pretty good like that. My mrs was in a minor prang, where she was leaving a carpark and someone backed into her. AAMI took care of it and no excess was ever charged, they just pursued the guilty party (who i believe was uninsured).