tiguy99

I'll KISS. I'm on Lake shore drive this evening(4 lane highway) heading southbound by Navy Pier (for all my Chicago folks). I'm lane changing from the middle right lane into the middle left one and get about 60% into the lane when all of a sudden I hear a boom. A woman in a Camero from the left wall lane decides to lane change at the same time I do. She gets away with a scratch along her right door. While I'm stuck with the dents along my fender and driver door. At the apex of one dent, it looks as if she scraped my car and then pulled away. We exchange info, call 911. They make us come to station to file report (lazy bums). We get there, crazy cop yells because neither of us admits fault and we decide to get estimates and see if we can settle out of court. Sux...I'm off to bed. I'll have pics in the morning.

lexusondubs

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that sux man but at least everyone is ok

juan01

ack, glad you are still here able to post... sorry man, ***** happens sometimes.

Lexus007

glad you ok man.I hate bad drivers.

lexusk8

Nice to know that nobody got seriously injured in the accident, but I have a feeling this will take a long while to resolve who's at fault. Judging just from the details of the post, if the Camaro had a car in front of her and was intending to change lanes to the right side, then technically she made the mistake of passing on the right side and should most likely be at fault. However if there were no cars in front of either yours or the Camaro lane, then it's hard to tell who's really at fault

I guess your next step will be with the insurance and their adjusters' feedback, so just take it one step at a time and keep us posted!

flipside909

This would be a tough one to assess fault. I am an insurance claims adjuster by profession. It could be a 50/50 liability issue since both of you guys ended up in the same lane. Did you have your turn signals on? And what part of the car are you talking about? Your drivers front fender or your drivers side rear quarter panel? I'd have to see pictures to judge who would be at fault. If she was already in the lane, it would obviously be a right of way violation. This sounds more like a comparative damage issue than anything else.

Kohinoor

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dont people in the 'fast' (left) lane have right of way?

I DOGG

Man thst sucks!

93lexuses

That is really terrible. I sure am glad that you are ok.

tiguy99

Thanks guys...I didn't get the chance to take pics yet and get estimates. Too much stuff on the plate today. I plan on going in the morning. I can try to take pics tonight but my garage doesnt' have alot of good light to show the damage well. So bear with me. Thanks once again for the support. THe whole time I was thinking man I hope my girl isn't going to be pissed. The whole ordeal made me late from picking her up from work.

flipside909

Don't worry. With due time, your car will be back to normal in no time. Just get your claim handled and your repairs squared away asap.

tiguy99

Sorry for the delay...pics as promised....




We got the estimate...our guy's willing to fix the car for 400.00. I have yet to call the woman and settle the matter. We're doing it tonight. More details in a bit.

juan01

damage looks pretty minor... which is good news.

flipside909

If your deductible is $500, it would probably be best to settle outside of a claim.

Overclocker

Sorry to hear about this tiguy99, I think I know the exact stretch of road you’re talking about. Is it the sweeping S curves that have a bunch of scuff marks on the divider wall?

If anybody knows accidents based off of how many they've had, it's me. It doesn't look too bad and the $400 estimate doesn't sound too bad either.

This just goes to show you what's really important. We're driving very safe cars and normally don't have to worry about getting hurt.

I'm from a no fault state, but isn't there some tore (sp?) that you can do to try and recover some money from the other party of an accident?