Most Ukrainians are sure that anyone can get on swindlers, but only not they. A loss of vigilance, uncertainty in your rightness, panic in stress situations puts you at risk to become the easy booty of swindlers. Today exists hundreds of scenarios of tricks on a route. Legal illiteracy of autoproprietors, chaos on roads, unwillingness to engage the employees of police to the incident allows the adventurers to earn millions, frooking the proprietors of solid ” Lexus” and shy drivers of “Tavriya”. The specialists of company “Insurance Concierge” are ready to give a few advices, how not to become the next victim of malefactors and to defend oneself in ” false” situations?
The basic scenarios of tricks
Action of swindlers are thoughtful and concerted. In most cases a few machines work , that an accident looked maximally realistically. After accident moral pressure goes from every side on the choosen victim, swindlers start to talk invented stories from life. They give to understand to driver that it is better to pay, not attracting the employees of police, allegedly – it cheaper and quicker. Here example of basic scenarios of machinations from our experience:
- You are moving along your lane, the driver who follows you is signaling, flashing lights, insistently hinting that you urgently must give way to him. At the moment when you are rebuilding, suddenly a prestigious car appears in front of you and you “cling” it. The enraged owner and a couple of stalled accomplices of the”trick” begin to demand money for repairs.
- Imagine that you are riding on a busy road, ahead stays a car at the traffic light, as soon as it starts, and then suddenly brakes, you will definitely push it.
- The car in front slowly starts to roll back, until it rests against the front bumper of your car. It would seem that you are not guilty, but believe me, you can fully feel the gift of persuasion of fraudsters who claim damages.
- You leave the store, and then notice how a solid man or woman, gesturing, lets you know that you moved his leg. You’ll have to pay off.
Not simple situations are many and they occur every day. If you are tried to accuse in incident, don’t be upset, if machinations will wait till employees of Police arrive a damage for them will recover insurance company. In any case it is better, than undertake charges on repair of your and stranger’s machine.
Your actions: what you have to undertake, to barrier yourself from a swindle?
In any non-standard situation on the road it is necessary to observe recommendations due to which you will protect your saivings and go out from her with a minimum of losses. Advices of lawyers :
- In no case do not leave the place of accident before arrival of patrol service;
- do not give anyone your telephone, personally notify Police about an incident, call relatives, loudly and distinctly pronounce the number ” of false” car, brand, color and other “special signs”;
- if you clashed on the way with a car that cut you suddenly, try to wait till police arrive sitting in your car;
- greatest chances to be deceived has those, who likes to communicate by phone behind the wheel, rushes from row to row, has the special sign ” Student”;
- do not walk away from a car and do not let strangers come near it;
- let them understand, that you will operate only by law, and won’t pay any sums;
- do not be afraid of threats in your address, bringing in of mythical friends, advocates or workers of Police it is a game and bluff;
- since important moments will be entered in the protocol, depart from the scene of accident, otherwise squeeze can be continued.
A swindle on roads is based on psychological manipulations. Do not yield to fear, emotions, try to hold the peace and operate only within the framework of law. If you will show self-control and confidence in yourself, a situation can be quickly settled. Adventurers, feeling that they can get in trouble, allude to the matters of great urgency and depart. Remember, the best helpers and faithful companions are an insurance policy and videorecorder.
