The lighter side of car insurance claims

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following are actual statements found on insurance forms where the driver attempted to summarize the details of an accident in the fewest possible words:

• I was thrown from my car as it left the road. I was later found in a ditch by some stray cows.
• The direct cause of the accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mouth.
• Coming home, I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree that I don’t have.
• The other car collided with mine without giving me warning of his intentions.
• I thought my window was down but found it was up when I put my head through it.
• I collided with a stationary truck coming from the other way.
• A truck backed through my windshield into my wife’s face.
• The guy was all over the road, I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him.
• I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law and headed over the embankment.
• In an attempt to kill a fly I hit a telephone pole.
• I had been driving for forty years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had an accident.
• I was on my way to the doctor with rear-end trouble, when my universal joint gave way causing me to have an accident.

May these statements bring a smile –and may we never forget the importance of car insurance and the importance of the truth when submitting a claim. Fraudulent claims are criminal and a breach of contract!

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