Here is a description of an accident, parts of which, might be of interest to some members of this group.
A SoCal resident wrote: > Well, my 2015 Plug-In was totalled by a driver while I made a left turn on a > left arrow. My car was pushed around about 90 degrees. Front right crushed > (suspension seemed unharmed!), Left quarter panel pushed out so that it > blocked the driver's door from opening more than a third of the way (getting > out was a challenge). All of the airbags deployed, which may have saved me > from hitting my head on the side window, but ran up the damage total like > crazy (the steering wheel tearing open really adds to the expense, and > headliners are just so pricey ... Body shop declared it totalled without > bothering to open the hood because the obvious damage was so expensive. State > Farm was great to work with, paid quickly and at what my research said was a > very fair price. Apparently, it was a Prius Plug-In Advanced, which I didn't > know, and was considered to have some vast number of options, which I think > were actually standard. > > The only problem with State Farm was that the first people I worked with said > that I had to get the video from the external cameras on the parking > structure that I was turning into. Mall security said they only turned over > recordings to the police. When I went to the LAPD station (parking half a > mile away because the situation is insane), they refused to even take a > report, much less do anything to get the video. Wish it was our tiny Town > next to LAX, where the police aren't so busy and would have happily written a > letter. (When I lost a set of my wife's car keys, a detective took my call.) > > My only injury was skin scrapped off the back of my right hand, apparently by > the rough surface of the steering wheel airbag. I had some lower back > stiffness in the afternoon, buy it went away by bedtime. Then the muscles > connecting my neck to my shoulders (sides) just really stuff and sore > overnight and I had to take some ibuprofen in the middle of the night. > However, that was gone by morning. I did feel my brain bounce around a little > inside my skull during the acceleration from the impact, but not the > slightest sign of concussion. > > Overall, I'm really, really pleased with the crash safety of the Prius. > > The big frustration of all this? The other guy wouldn't talk to State Farm > and his insurance company didn't even respond to State Farm! So, the whole > thing is still in subrogation and I'm still waiting and hoping to get my > deductible back. Gerry _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
