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Hypothetical question. WWYD
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<blockquote data-quote="dilligaf" data-source="post: 924199" data-attributes="member: 11476"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="color: #800080">Tooner, having driven commercially for many many years, one of the first things I learned (not UPS) was to do everything possible to avoid an accident but NEVER EVER leave the roadway to avoid a collision. Now mind you, this was in relation to avoidance of a </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">collision that is out of your control and many years ago. Had to do with insurance and who was responsible for paying for damages. I would think that this would still apply. If you chose to go onto private property and caused damage for doing so then the insurance company could claim that the damage was your responsibility. If you were forced (via a collision) onto private property then the responsibility would fall to the person that forced the damage. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">Brownslave hit on another issue that falls into this. Proof. If there is no damage from the other vehicle it is hard to prove that the other vehicle was even there. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">Regardless of UPS's position, your scenario was the right thing to do. </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dilligaf, post: 924199, member: 11476"] [SIZE=3][FONT=comic sans ms][COLOR=#800080]Tooner, having driven commercially for many many years, one of the first things I learned (not UPS) was to do everything possible to avoid an accident but NEVER EVER leave the roadway to avoid a collision. Now mind you, this was in relation to avoidance of a [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][FONT=comic sans ms][SIZE=3][COLOR=#800080]collision that is out of your control and many years ago. Had to do with insurance and who was responsible for paying for damages. I would think that this would still apply. If you chose to go onto private property and caused damage for doing so then the insurance company could claim that the damage was your responsibility. If you were forced (via a collision) onto private property then the responsibility would fall to the person that forced the damage. Brownslave hit on another issue that falls into this. Proof. If there is no damage from the other vehicle it is hard to prove that the other vehicle was even there. Regardless of UPS's position, your scenario was the right thing to do. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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