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Yes, the important part is you weren't hurt. I know it's a pain in the a$$ but things can be replaced. People can't (unless you ask your boss!)

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a frend of a frend (yea this MAY be an urban myth...) was following this lady who, at each intersection read the newspaper while waiting for the lights to change, she knew when to go when the cars behind her started tooting.
this guy however, getting sick of loosing green light time tooted while the light was still red, sure enough, she floored it, and got T-boned.

actualy, the way my frend told it, he was in the car as well, so it may not be an myth, but then, with him you never know.

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People are inherently stupid.

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Generally, one person makes more sense than a crowd.

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the person who hit me.... no insurance http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif more headaches... how can someone drive with no insurance

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In germany a car-insurance is necesarry to be allowed to drive a car.

While we are it, whats "T-boned" ? That sounds more like a wwf-move than what i guess it does mean (car crash)

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T-Boned: When one car smashes into the side of another car, forming a rough T shape, one car being the top piece of the T, the other being the vertical part.

By the way, in Canada, where Tesco lives, car insurance is necessary to drive. Unfortunately, some people choose to ignore this law, and can be sued if they end up in a car crash that is their fault.

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It's not that people choose to ignore insurance - it's because they can't afford it in many cases, but need a car to work etc. Crazy insurance costs in Ontario make this situation very common - like paying $5,000 a year for a vehicle that doesn't even cost that and not necessarily because you are a bad driver...

Like say you drove for 20yrs with a good record and then lost your job and didn't have a car for a couple of years and no insurance, but then get a job that requires a car and then the insurance companies want to charge you as a new driver etc. What to do? Take the risk?

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Tesco shame about the car but glad you're OK. IMO the law we have here as well (next to Germany, Canada, and the rest of the EU, and perhaps other countries as well) should be passed everywhere. OK, if you're a filthy rich A-hole, you could pay the damage to another person's car plus compensation, but if you've just barely managed to get enough money to actually BUY a car (and you drive a Trabant or Lada), you'll need insurance.

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In the US, or at least in Indiana, you are required to have full coverage insurance if you have a note/loan out on the car. For example, I had to get a loan to buy my current car and until I pay that loan off I will have to keep full coverage insurance. Once my loan is paid off I will be able to drop that full coverage to just liability insurance. I will choose to keep full coverage, however, as we have idiots around this part of the woods and I have almost been hit many times.