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Netizens furious over drunk-driving accident
Zenzen
inSing.com - 20 hrs 35 mins ago
<cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; ">One of the cars involved in a drink-driving accident. (Pic / Internet)</cite>
Drivers! Did you know that you cannot claim damages from drunk drivers if you get hit by them?
Netizens are discussing a recent drunk-driving accident and many are furious about the supposed "injustice" of the situation.
A car was recently waiting at a traffic light when he was hit by a drunk driver in another car. The victim attempted to claim damages coming up to $70,000 from the culprit's insurer, but was denied as the culprit was drunk.
Unknown to many, a driver's insurance becomes voided if he gets into an accident while drunk. This has many implications, for example, victims hit by the drunk driver can no longer claim damages from the culprit's insurer.
Some suggest a possible solution - Claim damages but say that the driver wasn't drunk.
Netizen "tckrto" said, "Claim the insurance without reporting that the driver is drunk. Between justice and money, I choose money. And this really happened to me five years ago."
Another netizen, "nifeng80" explained, "If the drunk driver is poor, there is really nothing you can do to him. However he may be jailed and get his license revoked."
Zenzen
inSing.com - 20 hrs 35 mins ago
Drivers! Did you know that you cannot claim damages from drunk drivers if you get hit by them?
Netizens are discussing a recent drunk-driving accident and many are furious about the supposed "injustice" of the situation.
A car was recently waiting at a traffic light when he was hit by a drunk driver in another car. The victim attempted to claim damages coming up to $70,000 from the culprit's insurer, but was denied as the culprit was drunk.
Unknown to many, a driver's insurance becomes voided if he gets into an accident while drunk. This has many implications, for example, victims hit by the drunk driver can no longer claim damages from the culprit's insurer.
Some suggest a possible solution - Claim damages but say that the driver wasn't drunk.
Netizen "tckrto" said, "Claim the insurance without reporting that the driver is drunk. Between justice and money, I choose money. And this really happened to me five years ago."
Another netizen, "nifeng80" explained, "If the drunk driver is poor, there is really nothing you can do to him. However he may be jailed and get his license revoked."
