A couple of weeks ago...
I was driving home and stopped for a pedestrian who was inexplicably walking down a country road, but the car behind me decided not to. After four hours I gave in to their insurance company hounding me and booked my car in to have the necessary repairs, the following day had to go to the doctors for the neck pain which was diagnosed as 'whiplash that'll need physio'. So as I'd been instructed, I rang their insurance company and relayed the information, answered a few questions, waited on hold for a minute, and was then told that I'd be getting £150 for the physiotherapy and £700 compensation. For a claim I had no intention of making. I had the option of going through the courts and claiming more, but it turns out that £700 is exactly the amount of money it takes for me not to be arsed. AND the car got valeted.

So to answer the original question, I'll let someone drive their car into mine and have a few days of hurty neck in exchange for £850 and a clean vehicle.
(slocey doesn't get out often, Fri 15 Apr 2011, 20:42, 2 replies)

I had
the same thing. I was only a passenger in the car, and I did have my coxyx whacked - which bloody hurt to be fair, was told to go to the docs (by pretty much everyone - mum, dad, gf etc...), went there, he sent me for physio - which did bugger all to stop the pain. Then about a year after, I got a cheque in the post for 1700 quid.
I hadn't even thought of claiming for compo. The thought hadn't even entered my head.
(dchurch bah, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 8:42, closed)

It's cunts like us (Yes, I've had the exact same experience) that are causing the car insurance industry...
...... to screw over newly qualified drivers, and make them pay 5 times the value of their car just for insurance.
(essexfriend, Sat 16 Apr 2011, 22:59, closed)