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04-01-2011, 12:25 AM
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I've been a novice driver for quite a while now, and my parents are heading to Vietnam for 3 weeks.
Say during the time they're at Vietnam, I get myself into an accident with another vehicle..would the owner (parents) have to be called to deal with the situation? Or is there something I can do? We have insurance.
Help would be appreciated, thanks
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04-01-2011, 02:02 AM
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#2 | | 2x Variable Nockenwellen Steuerung
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You can call and make the ICBC appointment (or even file on line). At the claim centre, the adjustor / rep will take your information.
Your parents will get a snail mail letter saying that a claim has been opened against them etc etc.
All the pertinent information ie if your name is not on the insurance, you are @ fault etc comes in another letter after that. Quote:
Originally Posted by HelloSir  I've been a novice driver for quite a while now, and my parents are heading to Vietnam for 3 weeks.
Say during the time they're at Vietnam, I get myself into an accident with another vehicle..would the owner (parents) have to be called to deal with the situation? Or is there something I can do? We have insurance.
Help would be appreciated, thanks |
Last edited by godwin; 04-01-2011 at 02:08 AM.
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04-01-2011, 05:09 PM
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do you have a lot of accidents?? If not dont worry about it. Besides 3 weeks is nothing for a icbc claim. It took them months to deal with me being rear ended
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04-01-2011, 06:48 PM
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#4 | | MonoPod 1 of 3
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Before they leave for Vietnam, have them add your name onto the insurance as a secondary driver.
then you're good to go, just drive defensively.
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04-02-2011, 01:07 AM
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#5 | | Ready to be Man handled by RS!
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Thanks for the replies!
I have never gotten into any accidents; they're just worried I would get into one...and wouldn't know how to deal with the situation if it were to happen.
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04-02-2011, 01:22 AM
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go to your insurance broker, and as mentioned above, get them to add your name to the insurance name. while you're there, ask them for one of those "after accident" cards. in the case of an accident *knock on wood* you basically just fill that out. even has a few diagrams where you can draw out the accident, and has spaces to fill in all necessary info of both parties involved
good luck! if you need anything else you should speak directly to icbc
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04-02-2011, 01:24 AM
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#7 | | sneaky beaky like
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04-02-2011, 01:45 AM
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#8 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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Originally Posted by Jayhall do you have a lot of accidents?? If not dont worry about it. Besides 3 weeks is nothing for a icbc claim. It took them months to deal with me being rear ended | what kind of stupid answer is this? They're called accidents for a fucking reason.
OP is just wondering in the off chance that he will get into an accident, what the precautions are. Good for him for thinking ahead.
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04-04-2011, 03:33 AM
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#9 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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i think OP is gonna drive the car without his parents knowing and if he crashed he would want to fix the car without his parents knowing...did i hit the spot  ?
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04-04-2011, 04:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Nechako87 what kind of stupid answer is this? They're called accidents for a fucking reason.
OP is just wondering in the off chance that he will get into an accident, what the precautions are. Good for him for thinking ahead. |
The OP lives in Burnaby. Unless he lives in Richmond on No. 3 road, I don't think he needs to take this precaution.
If you're going to think ahead for this, you might as well plan an emergency route when the roof cave in while you're a shit. Afterall, accidents happen, right?
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04-04-2011, 07:16 AM
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knowledge is power. If I was him, I'd rather know ahead of time..then having an accident and then running to RS to ask for help and having 60% flaming replies and the other 30% be something that doesn't even relate to the op. To many ignorant posters here....the posters of knowledgable people to idiots is like 1:23498
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04-04-2011, 12:26 PM
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The main thing you want to make sure is that your added as a driver and that its not your fault  Other than that you should be fine, unless you total the car and injure yourself :P
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04-04-2011, 07:32 PM
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i thought there was no such thing as a secondary driver? just terms of insurance(ie, 10 years + experience or 25+)
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04-05-2011, 03:29 AM
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#14 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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Originally Posted by baggdis300 i thought there was no such thing as a secondary driver? just terms of insurance(ie, 10 years + experience or 25+) | if your not the primary driver and icbc finds out that you drive the car more than 50% of the month, they will not cover. to avoid this u add a secondary driver.
if this is the case for OP, just say that it was your one time driving this week, that u normally dont drive it but primary driver(parents prob) gave u permission to use it sometimes cuz they outta town, and it was for pleasure. this sentence will cover all bases if ur not on the insurance.
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04-05-2011, 07:21 PM
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#15 | | I'm invisible
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Originally Posted by geeknerd if your not the primary driver and icbc finds out that you drive the car more than 50% of the month, they will not cover. to avoid this u add a secondary driver.
if this is the case for OP, just say that it was your one time driving this week, that u normally dont drive it but primary driver(parents prob) gave u permission to use it sometimes cuz they outta town, and it was for pleasure. this sentence will cover all bases if ur not on the insurance. | Its kinda debateable re: 50% of the month. Its usually phrased as "who is the main operator throughout the insurance term?" If there is a change in po midterm (partially in the term), it is not required for the owner to change po; however it is very important on renewal that the po is correctly declared for the upcoming term. I've seen cases where there is a breach in principal operator, and the owner was on the hook for the all damage.
If you want to be safe and change po during the term; the insurance must be cancelled, and must be new plated again. The brokers are able to wave a $30 cancellation fee that is associated, if the vehicle is replated right away.
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04-05-2011, 09:31 PM
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from what i was old by an adjuster if you drive it more than 3 days out of a week then you have to be the principal operator
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04-06-2011, 06:54 AM
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[QUOTE=Nechako87;7371961]what kind of stupid answer is this? They're called accidents for a fucking reason.
They are called "accidents" because people will not accept responsibility for their actions, or lack of them. Very few crashes are pure accidents and are not avoidable...99.999% are the result of somebody screwing up. The only accident comes from the innocent party not being able to avoid the crash...and often it could have been avoided by them doing proactive driving.
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