Recent comments in /f/Connecticut

gregra193 t1_jcyvzb0 wrote

Reply to comment by Prestigious-Tie2049 in Dash cams by [deleted]

I’ve never caused an accident either. But I had somebody hit me in a totally unavoidable situation last year. $3000 claim against their policy, and my insurance went up about 15%.

Taking a left turn (two lanes going left), after completing the turn this guy to my left starts coming into my lane. I slow down and hold the horn seconds before impact…but the guy keeps coming. My only other option was to hit the curb which is next to a sidewalk and a few businesses. Still impacts my rates.

Had a dashcam which recorded the other driver crossing into my lane and hitting me. Other driver admitted to police the situation, and he was given a verbal warning for failure to maintain his lane position. But my rates still went up.

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FEBRUARYFOU4TH OP t1_jcyq2a3 wrote

I’m trying to remain cool but it’s no reason I should be waiting for a physical license for a month & a half.

I feel like if you haven’t received your physical identification in the mail within the 20 business days, you should be able to pick it up directly from them.

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Ok_Repair_92 t1_jcynq3r wrote

Reply to comment by RededHaid in Dash cams by [deleted]

Unless you are incapacitated you can always go and get your personal stuff from the car at the scene. And even if you are nothing stops you from asking family or friends to go to the place it was towed to get it for you.

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Ok_Repair_92 t1_jcykfed wrote

Reply to comment by RededHaid in Dash cams by [deleted]

If you think you might at fault don’t tell other drive or cop you have a dashcam. Dashcam is there to protect you and only you. In the end the only entity that matter is the insurance company. I would only provide them with footage of the accident and nobody else

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SpoonLord23 t1_jcykam5 wrote

CT 58 (Black Rock Turnpike), specifically starting from the Hi-Ho Hotel, off exit 44 on the Merritt. Ride that up to Bethel, sometimes head to the Saugatuck Reservoir and drive around that.

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