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Originally posted by dolphinfan
reply to post by OutKast Searcher
McCain is right. This has been going on for decades. I lived in LA 15 years ago and it was a problem then.
Here is the way it works:
The illegal has no insurance and thus due to the law, you as the insured driver pays for the damage to both vehicles as well as being on the hook for any medical costs.
The cities (LA at least) is a sanctuary city and the cops are forbidden to refer the illegal to the INS.
The illegal hits you (never from the rear). You get out of the car and he tells you that he has no insurance (none of them do) but he is calling the cops because the accident is your fault. He also tells you that if you give him a couple hundred dollars he'll be on his way. Now you are confronted with having the cops come, nothing being done to the illegal because there is nothing they can do to him. They can't arrest him because the accident was not reckless and he has no insurance and the cops can't arrest him for that and if they give him a ticket he is not about to pay it, so they do nothing. They write up the accident and your insurance goes up several hundred dollars/year.
You wind up giving the illegal a couple hundy. They will even follow you to the ATM to get the cash.
The other method is that there is an illegal and a legal person. The illegal causes a three way accident and takes off. You're stuck with his buddy and the same deal happens.
This has been going on forever
Originally posted by cmkxlives
reminds me of the story my mexican grandma told me when she was stranded on the side of the road with three little ones in Arizona back in the 50s. 'No blacks, no dogs, no mexicans' sign on every restaurant window. I thank god this racist never became president. There are bad apples everywhere but this is going too far.
[edit on 21-4-2010 by cmkxlives]
Originally posted by guohua
Originally posted by cmkxlives
reminds me of the story my mexican grandma told me when she was stranded on the side of the road with three little ones in Arizona back in the 50s. 'No blacks, no dogs, no mexicans' sign on every restaurant window. I thank god this racist never became president. There are bad apples everywhere but this is going too far.
[edit on 21-4-2010 by cmkxlives]
Grew up in Phoenix, Globe and Yuma in the 50's. You will need to show me those signs your Grandma told you about.
I don't remember seeing those signs and I would have.
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
That may be "setting someone up"...but only if you are being a poor driver yourself...or unless they have some type of super brakes that cause their car to stop 100% faster than yours.
Originally posted by cmkxlives
i really hope mccain removes all hispanics from arizona. I want to see that. I want to see normal folk doing the crap jobs illegals only do then they have no reason to complain. They are a necessary evil.
Originally posted by prionace glauca
Originally posted by guohua
Originally posted by cmkxlives
reminds me of the story my mexican grandma told me when she was stranded on the side of the road with three little ones in Arizona back in the 50s. 'No blacks, no dogs, no mexicans' sign on every restaurant window. I thank god this racist never became president. There are bad apples everywhere but this is going too far.
[edit on 21-4-2010 by cmkxlives]
Grew up in Phoenix, Globe and Yuma in the 50's. You will need to show me those signs your Grandma told you about.
I don't remember seeing those signs and I would have.
He can't, its a page out of Obama's speech writer whats that teleprompter's name. I think its teleprompter number 2, might have to check with white house on it, but its pretty much where one has to personalize the situation then come with the 1-2 punch.
Originally posted by endisnighe
Yes, John McCain has to go. Time to get that DAMN RINO out of there.
Hmmmm, which McCain will show up tomorrow, the one that called for amnesty or the one that states the new Arizona Bill is a good one.
I still don't see what in this article is showing them intentionally causing accidents. Just because you run from the police isn't intentionally causing an accident.
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
That may be "setting someone up"...but only if you are being a poor driver yourself...or unless they have some type of super brakes that cause their car to stop 100% faster than yours.
The scams
Swoop and Squat. A suspect vehicle suddenly swoops in front of you and jams on the brakes, causing a rear-end collision. Often the suspect car has passengers who pretend to have painful back or neck injuries, even though the collision was at low speed. The driver and passengers then make large collision and injury claims against your auto policy, for example.
Drive Down. You're trying to merge into traffic, and a dishonest driver slows down and waves you forward. He then crashes into your car, but denies waving you into traffic and blames the accident on you. Crooked drivers may also wave you out of a parking space with the same come-on.
Sideswipe. Be careful if you're driving in the inner lane of a dual left-turn lane at a busy intersection. Crooks will deliberately ram you if you drift into the outer lane while turning.
Shady Helpers. A stranger may approach you at the crash site, or telephone you soon afterward. Maybe you just had an honest accident, or it was all a setup. Regardless, this stranger tries to convince you to get repairs at a specific auto-body shop, seek treatment from a certain doctor or chiropractor, or visit a lawyer he knows who can help you sue for injuries. Be careful — it may be a setup: That body shop may try to illegally pad your repair bill. The doctor or chiropractor may give you shoddy or no treatment, but bill the auto insurer thousands of dollars. The lawyer may encourage you to sue the auto insurer for thousands of dollars even if you have only minor or no injuries.
Originally posted by UncivilCivilian
I'm highly doubtful of illegal immigrants having insurance so.....
Someone is lying for whatever agenda.