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xpl0sive · 06-29-2013, 04:42 PM

your brother shouldn't be talking to ICBC about this anymore. he shouldn't even have given them a statement over the phone.
Hopefully your brother's lawyer isn't a retard and will argue with ICBC. Worst case scenario, this type of claim will end up 50/50, if there are no witnesses and it's his word against the cop's.
In an accident situation, ICBC has to take statements from both drivers at equal value. If the stories don't match, it's deemed 50/50. Sounds like ICBC was favoring the cop and giving him 25% fault so his rates don't get affected.
It's hard to judge an accident from reading a story from a third party who was not involved, so there may be more to the story here. But based on the story posted and there are no witnesses, it sounds like a 50/50 situation.

06-29-2013, 04:42 PM	#12
xpl0sive My homepage has been set to RS Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Burnaby,BC Posts: 2,053 Thanked 1,185 Times in 304 Posts Failed 115 Times in 62 Posts	your brother shouldn't be talking to ICBC about this anymore. he shouldn't even have given them a statement over the phone. Hopefully your brother's lawyer isn't a retard and will argue with ICBC. Worst case scenario, this type of claim will end up 50/50, if there are no witnesses and it's his word against the cop's. In an accident situation, ICBC has to take statements from both drivers at equal value. If the stories don't match, it's deemed 50/50. Sounds like ICBC was favoring the cop and giving him 25% fault so his rates don't get affected. It's hard to judge an accident from reading a story from a third party who was not involved, so there may be more to the story here. But based on the story posted and there are no witnesses, it sounds like a 50/50 situation. __________________ Fast, Reliable, Cheap A car can be only 2 out of the 3.