Road traffic accident – is always a stress for an autoproprietor, in spite of his practice and driving experience. If a driver became the participant of road traffic accident for the first time this reinforces the shock state, confusion, panic and fuss. Management of a car, every second endangers a driver to get in road incident. Even if you personally drive a car carefully and professionally , there is probability, that on the road, will appear a runner that will become a reason of problems. What do lawyers advise to do to the participants of accident? What actions you have to undertake to help yourself maximally and in the future maximally stay calm, even if the road traffic accident happened through your fault?
Algorithm of action of participant of accident from specialists of “Insurance Concierge”
Depending on temperament, character and driving experience, the participants of accident can behave differently: someone falls in a stupor, someone seeks to hide “traces of crime”, taking away wreckages or moving the auto from the place of accident, someone cowardly tries to hide, not understanding that a number of car can be written down or take off on video. But most humanely and practically behavior is to collect the contacts of participants and witnesses of accident,try to help the victims, call the police, and to bring the calmness into the feelings of other participants of accident.
These advices will be useful not only for autoproprietors but also for their relatives, friends that can be in a machine at the moment of accident:
- even if you are not guilty, remain in place of incident, in case if through your fault people got physical injuries, an attempt to hide will cost to you freedom within 5 years;
- stop and set the emergency stop sign;
- do not touch objects that can be related to accident;
- life and health of participants of accident are primary – make sure, that your companions are all right;
- call and ambulance for victims;
- if you have skills, immediately provide the first medical aid to the victims;
- call your relatives and report what happened, their presence would become powerful psychological support;
- call the patrol service of Police, explain briefly, what happened, if people suffered, an inquisitional-operative group will arrive to you;
- contact with the lawyers of company “Insurance Concierge”, our representatives will control all what be going on and will prompt, that needs to be done, how to answer, what to take into account, about whatever don’t forget;
- call in an insurance company and invite their representative into place of incident;
- wait arrival of police, do not yield on persuasions, threats and intimidation of other participants of incident, to pay money and confess itself guilty side without protocolling;
- write down the contacts of witnesses of incident;
- if you will be offered to pass a test on an alcohol, pass it and ask a certificate, that confirmates absence alcoholic in blood;
- If it is possible, take as many as possible pictures of accident from the different foreshortening;
- trace, that all important conditions of accident were entered in the protocol
- before signing any document you must study his maintenance carefully;
- restrain your own aggression and don’t react on provocations from the side of other participants of accident;
- if the representative of police ignores your remarks, write down the remark in protocol.
Whatever happens, don’t hurry to admit the fault. Not eliminated, that guilt of both sides can appear equivalent. The sum of insurance compensation and your degree of guilt, will depend on the detailed fixing of all circumstances of accident, in any case – enlist the help of professional advocate. Call the representatives of our company – we will help you to minimize losses, we will decide a question in the pre-trial order with a culprit and will defend your rights in negotiations with an insurance company!
