How to spot a crash for cash accident

There is now an article on the Road Angel site that has some very interesting points about how to spot a crash for cash accident.

With an estimated 380 fraudulent claims being made daily to car insurance companies, its definitely something worth reading up on....Here is a quick summary, for more explanations please read the full article (link at the bottom of page)

The Driving

• Slamming brakes on is a big red flag 
• Speeding up / slowing down suddenly 
• Constant lane changing

Commonly fraudsters operate either first thing in the morning or late at night, why? - less witnesses, making it even harder to prove your case.

The Driver

• Did they have their details pre written out of a piece of paper?  if so why?
• Demanding cash on the scene-  don’t give into it.
• Don’t forget to give your attention to any passengers. 

What they’re Driving

• Does the car have other scrapes and dents that could hint at a previous attempt? 
• Are their brake lights working? (offenders disabling these to help cause rear-end shunts) 

Take as many photos of the car / situation as you can

Where

Some postal codes suffering more than others so be more aware in these areas:



Any suspected crash for cash incidents can be reported via ‘Cheatline’ on 0800 422 0421 FREE.

Evidence is everything. Without evidence, what case do you have? Crash for Cash currently adds around £100 to each of our premiums (http://ow.ly/4nmx5Q) with this figure only due to increase. It may just be time for you to start fighting back with our discreet accident camera system Road Angel Halo.

Full article: Road Angel
Image: Crime Stoppers

Still going to need a dash cam even in self drive cars!

We came across a great article that we want to share with you, we have done a short summary here:

The first self-driving cars are expected to hit showrooms within just five short years. Their capabilities will be largely limited to highways, where there aren’t things like pedestrians and cyclists to deal with. You won’t fully cede control, as long as the road is clear, the car’s in control. But when all that computing power senses trouble, like construction or rough weather, it will have you take the wheel. The issue however is, that switch will not—because it cannot—happen immediately.

Audi’s testing has shown it takes an average of 3 to 7 seconds and as long as 10 for a driver to snap to attention and take control, even when prompted by flashing lights and verbal warnings. This means engineers must ensure an autonomous Audi can handle any situation for at least that long. This is not insignificant, because a lot can happen in 10 seconds, especially when a vehicle is moving more than 100 feet per second.Which brings us to dash cam videos that  illustrate the myriad things that can, and do, happen on public roads. Here is just one random example:

so from realising what was happening to the accident was under 10 seconds, im fairly sure that a self-driving car would have been embedded in a cow! lets face it who is going to prepare a car with a simulation of what should happen if a lorry of cows unceremoniously "unloads" in front of you?

There are lots more random examples in the full article which can be found here
 

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