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- >POSITION 20,1900
- >SIDE Left
- >STYLE Heading
- Accidents
- >STYLE Body
- >JUSTIFICATION 1
- These are genuine extracts from motor accident claim forms received by a
- large insurance office in London.
-
- 1/ The accident was due to the other man narrowly missing me.
- 2/ Lorry halted and worked for the Corporation.
- 3/ I collided with a stationary tramcar coming in the opposite direction
- 4/ The occupants were stalking dear on the hillside.
- 5/ I left my Austin 7 outside, but when I came out later , to my amazement,
- there was an Austin 12.
- 6/ To avoid collision I ran into the other car.
- 7/ There were plenty of lookers-on but no witnesses.
- 8/ The water in my radiator accidentally froze at 12 midnight.
- 9/ Car had to turn sharper than was necessary owing to an invisible lorry.
- 10/ I was scraping my nearside on the bank when the accident happened.
- 11/ After the accident a working gentleman offered to be a witness in my
- favour.
- 12/ I collided with a stationary tree.
- 13/ There was no damage done to the car as the gatepost will testify.
- 14/ Accident was due to the road bending.
- 15/ The witness gave his occupation as a gentleman, but it would be more
- correct to call him a garage proprietor.
- 16/ The other man altered his mind and I had to run into him.
- 17/ Ice on the road applied brakes causing skid.
- 18/ I told the idiot what he was and went on.
- 19/ One wheel went into the ditch. My foot jumped from the brake to
- accelerator pedal, leapt across the road to the other side and jumped
- into the trunk of a tree.
- 20/ I remember nothing after passing the Crown Hotel until I came to and
- saw PC Brown.
- 21/ A bull was standing near and a fly must have tickled him because he
- gored my car.
- 22/ A cow wandered into my car, I was afterwards informed that the cow was
- half-witted.
- 23/ She suddenly saw me, lost her head and we met.
- 24/ I was taking a friend home and keeping two yards from each lamp post
- which were in a straight line. Unfortunately there was a bend in the road
- bringing the right hand lamp post in line with the other and of course I
- landed in the ditch.
- 25/ If the other driver had stopped a few yards behind himself, it would
- not have happened.
- 26/ I bumped into a shop window and sustained injuries to my wife.
- 27/ I bumped into a lamp post which was obscured by human beings.
- 28/ I heard a horn blow and was struck violently in the back. Evidently a
- lady was trying to pass me.
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- 29/ I misjudged a lady crossing the street.
- 30/ Coming home I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I
- havn't got.
- 31/ Three women were all talking to each other, and when she stepped back
- and one stepped forward I had to have an accident.
- 32/ I can't give details of the accident as I was somewhat concussed at
- the time.
- 33/ Wilful damage to the upholstery was done by rats.
- 34/ A pedestrian hit and went underneath my car.
- 35/ I blew my horn but it would not work as it was stolen.
- 36/ A lamp post bumped into my car, damaging it in two places.
- 37/ My car was stolen and I set up a human cry, but it has not been
- recovered.
- 38/ The car in front stopped suddenly and I crashed gently into its luggage
- grid.
- 39/ I left my car unattended for a minute, and whether by accident or design
- it ran away.
- 40/ The other car collided with me, without giving warning of his intention.
- 41/ I unfortunately ran over the pedestrian and the old gentleman was taken
- to hospital, much regretting the circumstances.
- 42/ On entering Wales I blew my horn at the left hand corner.
- 43/ I thought the side window was down but it was up as I found out when
- I put my head through it.
- 44/ I considered neither vehicle was to blame, but if either was to blame
- it was the other one.
- 45/ I was proceeding along the road at a moderate speed when another car
- rushed out of a side turning and turned upside down in a ditch. It was his
- fault as he said.
- 46/ I knocked over the man, he admitted it was his fault, as he had been
- knocked down before.
- 47/ I looked for the sign but the more I looked the more I couldn't find it.
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- It's things like that that really put a sense of pride into being Brittish!