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Moved in to my new digs last week.
Monday, 18 wheeler was in the parking lot.
The truck and trailer were just too big for the apartment complex.
The driver drove over the curb and smashed the bumper of my car.
Called insurance agent. They told me to call the cops and get a report.
Did that.
Cop asked me if I saw it in person; answer: no.
Cop says, no witness, no case.
The tracks in the landscaping (over the curb) are so obvious that nobody could deny who did it.
Folks at the apartment complex were able to identify the trucking company and the first name of the driver.
Time to take a loss ?
The car is sitting in the same place, untouched since the incident. I have a few pictures.
Haven't called the truck company at this time.
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Your insurance agent/company should be contacting the trucking company, not you. They should also take care of fixing your car immediately, regardless of how it happened.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I was thinking the same thing. 
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You pay insurance company to take care for such things as contacting the other side and do some investigation if needed...
Such a chutzpah!!!
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: chutzpah
Since you are from Israel and all, I will let that slide. 
My father in law is Jewish by blood (not practicing), and uses the term "mashugana" a lot. He grew up in the NYC area.
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C-P-User-3 wrote: Cop says, no witness, no case
I think this depends on the country.
In France, cops are not allowed to refuse to take up claims, whatever it is. The insurance then intervenes, based on the police report.
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If something were to happen to the driver and nobody saw it, they would have no case.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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The first question to ask your ins company is - will this call cause my rates to go up?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Correct.
All advice here has been read and assimilated.
Adjuster is scheduled to visit me and advise me.
(Hope no one is offended, but his advice will count more than those here; still, thanks for the insight from the gang here.)
So, I'm screwed. I will now go set off my solarbanite device.
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C-P-User-3 wrote: Hope no one is offended
So you are going to take the advice of a professional insurance adjuster who holds your premium rate in his hot little hand over a bunch of geeks who may not even live in the same country as you - tcha what cheek!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Great commercial. I chuckled a bit on this one.
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Questions about the show:
0) By my estimation, they've been on "zombie time" for more than a year, yet we haven't seen any shows addressing winter weather, where things freeze solid for a week at a time. What's the deal in that regard? What would happen to the zombies in freezing weather? It seems to me that they would become unable to move because they have no functioning circulatory system to warm their bodies. It seems to me that they've demonstrated no sense of self-preservation beyond eating the living (humans and animals), they probably wouldn't seek out a place to keep warm, and since they have no real functioning circulatory system, huddling together would be like standing dead sticks against each other and would provide no protection against freezing. Even if it did, walking briskly past a group of huddled zombies would cause the group to disperse in order to chase you down, and they'd eventually freeze because they're fully exposed to the weather.
1) Do the zombies eventually starve to the point that they can't muster the energy to remain ambulatory? Wouldn't they eventually consume each other in that case. Since they're dead, even after being frozen, they'd thaw out and be even hungrier.
2) Is this a world-wide event? I don't see how even the new Fear the Waling Dead show could answer that question since it seems to me that communications have already broken down completely.
3) When are we going to find out what actually caused the zombie apocalypse?
EDIT ========================
Apparently, someone attempted to mark this message as spam. LMRNFAO! Nice try, ass hat. Why don't you be a f*ckin man and post a message about it instead of hiding behind anonymity?! I really despise cowardice.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
modified 8-Oct-15 11:31am.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: 2) Is this a world-wide event? I don't see how even the new Fear the Walking Dead show could answer that question since it seems to me that communications have already broken down completely.
One episode talked about the French doctors nearly figuring it out, but then they were overrun by zombies and eaten. This suggests that it's worldwide.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: One episode talked about the French doctors nearly figuring it out, but then they were overrun by surrendered to zombies and were eaten. This suggests that it's worldwide.
FTFY 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: 3) When are we going to find out what actually caused the zombie apocalypse?
Maybe just like in Resident Evil
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Also Zombies are decomposing aren't they give them enough time say 6 to 8 months and they become dis-articulated bones?
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We haven't actually seen that on the show, though. I do recall hearing something regarding the Fear the Walking Dead show regarding their ambulatory speed being faster because they're freshly dead and not as "starving" as the ones on the original show.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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In the UK 'Fear The Walking Dead' is on a separate channel from the 'Walking Dead'. The worst bit was the channel was not encrypted for the first episode but was subscription only after that. I was at my parents who had a satellite feed when the first episode was on so watched it there. 
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The show is written by Java developers, so that should explain the thought process.
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 That made my day. 
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: 1) Do the zombies eventually starve to the point that they can't muster the energy to remain ambulatory? Wouldn't they eventually consume each other in that case. Since they're dead, even after being frozen, they'd thaw out and be even hungrier.
Are you trying to apply physic laws to zombies ? How paradoxical...
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It's physics not biology! I don't think they would consume each other as in series 1 Rick & Glenn cover themselves in Zombie bits to escape a hoard if I remember, the virus makes them unpalatable to themselves....
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I honestly can't imagine a zombie trying to eat another zombie, and going "Ewww!"...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: a zombie trying to eat another zombie, and going "Ewww!"...
Huh. Too bad you missed our sales conference yesterday.
Software Zen: delete this;
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