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Tricky Car Accident Situation

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    #62
    2yung2adm
    Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭2yung2adm


    djimi wrote: »
    Suggesting that people come out with written acceptance of guilt at an accident scene is absolute madness and can make life much more difficult for all concerned.
    It is known as "honesty" and any decent person is morally obliged to admit they are wrong when they are wrong. You cannot defend the indefensible. If more took this attitude this world would be an easier place to live in.


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    djimi
    Registered Users Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    2yung2adm wrote: »
    It is known as "honesty" and any decent person is morally obliged to admit they are wrong when they are wrong. You cannot defend the indefensible. If more took this attitude this world would be an easier place to live in.

    Its not about morals and honestly tho. Okay if you hit a parked car or run up the back of someone at traffic lights or something like that then absolutely; own up and pay for the damage, but in the case of a two car collision then its not always as clear cut. Admitting liability in a situation where you might not have the presence of mind to do so correctly is leaving yourself dangerously open to taking the blame for something that is actually not your fault. Even if you are in the right state of mind to make such an assessment it might not necessarily be the correct one. For instance, what might seem like 100% your fault could have been, at least in part, the result of something the other car was doing in the wrong which you might not have realised.

    And also, what happens if there is an incident where one party aggresively bullies the other person into wrongly admitting liability. Would you tell your wife/sister/mother to give the other party written admittance of liabilty in the case of an accident, when in actual fact they might not have been at fault and the other party just intimidated them into it? Better to get them to say nothing and admit nothing if you ask me.


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