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mfp-6s,7s,9s's avatar

hmmm...well, other than the fact that it appears you completely missed the point of the post---several weeks ago, i was in the generic gas-and-go getting a cup o joe because i was late to a shitty work meeting...when i came out, some idjit with a mini-suv had backed into my less than 25K miles-having car (in nearly the exaxt same spot as the man in the video)...yes, i was pissed and could have punched the old hoosier, but he at least waited for me and handed me his info and i went to the shitty work meeting and called the police later (which, as most people never stop to think, you can do nearly worldwide in order to get the paperwork for insurance purposes)

of course when i called his insurance company 3 days later, his policy was expired, because 50% of people who buy car insurance get the card for cops and never pay another payment---small claims court??...please---file with my insurance, pay the $500 deductible and have my rates go up?...hell no---ask around because we are ALL (trust me, ALL) less than six degrees from car-body-working-on guy who'll look at it and say '$200, bring it to my house, i'll fix it'---Hell Yeah, and i'd have paid him $400 and been happy to keep it off my insurance

keep in mind that this was another 3000 lb vehicle and the damage it can do, not a Kid On A Bicycle

which brings me back 'round to my earlier premise...that you missed the point(s) of my post, which i'll kindly re-iterate for you---1) sometimes shit happens, and there's no one to make pay for it, esp when there's a 90% chance that kidmom didnt have insurance---2) it was a Kid on a Fucking Bicycle, ferchrissakes, who was knocked unconscious, and All Involved Parties should have been more concerned with that---3) Americans, please--for the good of all humanity--suck it up and stop being such whiny-ass titty babies

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Vagenda and Pee-ara's avatar

I like your "facts" - that 50% of all people don't have insurance, and that this girl's parents don't have the money to pay for the damage to this guy's car (because they're black?), which is "only" $200, because everyone knows someone who does cheap body work.

Sure, I can see all that being true, except most people who drive have car insurance, and if her parents are so poor it's odd that she has a bike and they have a TV to watch a football game with. Since the work was "only" going to be $200, maybe he could just take the bike and the tv and they could call it even...in your world.

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