Alleged Insurance Claims
"I started to slow down but the traffic was more stationary than I thought."
"A car drove away at speed catching our client who went up in the air
and his head went through the windscreen and then rolled off at the
traffic lights a good few feet away. The car then sped off and
miraculously our client remained conscious and managed to cross the
road."
"I am responsible for the accident as I was miles away at the time."
"I pulled into a lay-by with smoke coming from under the bonnet. I
realised the car was on fire so took my dog and smothered it with a
blanket."
Q: Could either driver have done anything to avoid the accident?
A: Travelled by bus?
"I had one eye on a parked car, another on approaching lorries, and
another on the woman behind".
"I started to turn and it was at this point I noticed a camel and an
elephant tethered at the verge. This distraction caused me to lose
concentration and hit a bollard."
"On the M6 I moved from the centre lane to the fast lane but the other
car didn't give way."
"On approach to the traffic lights the car in front suddenly broke."
"Three men approached me from the minibus. I thought they were coming
to apologise. Two of the men grabbed hold of me by my arms and the
first slapped me several times across the face. I kneed the man in the
groin but didn't connect properly so I kicked him in the shin."
A Norwich Union customer collided with a cow. The questions and answers
on the claim form were:
Q: - What warning was given by you?
A: - Horn
Q: - What warning was given by the other party?
A: - Moo
"I was going at about 70 or 80 mph when my girlfriend on the pillion
reached over and grabbed my testicles so I lost control."
"I didn't think the speed limit applied after midnight"
"I was on my way to see an unconscious patient who had convulsions and
was blocked by a tanker."
"Mr. X is in hospital and says I can use his car and take his wife
while he is there. What shall I do about it?"
"No witnesses would admit having seen the mishap until after it
happened."
"I knew the dog was possessive about the car but I would not have asked
her to drive it if I had thought there was any risk."
"While proceeding through 'Monkey Jungle', the vehicle was enveloped by
small fat brown grinning monkeys. Number three fat brown monkey (with
buck teeth) proceeded to swing in an anticlockwise direction on the
radio aerial. Repeated requests to desist were ignored. Approximately 2
minutes and 43 seconds later, small fat brown monkey disappeared in
'Monkey Jungle' clutching radio aerial."
Q: Do you engage in motorcycling, hunting or any other pastimes of a
hazardous nature?
A: Watch the Marty Caine Show and listen to Terry Wogan.
"First car stopped suddenly, second car hit first car and a haggis ran
into the rear of second car."
"Windscreen broken. Cause unknown. Probably voodoo."
"The car in front hit the pedestrian but he got up so I hit him again."
"We had completed the turn and had just straightened the car when Miss
X put her foot down hard and headed for the ladies' loo."
"I had been driving for 40 years when I fell asleep at the wheel and
had an accident."
"I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law
and headed over the embankment."
"Coming home, I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I
don't have."
"The other car collided with mine without giving warning of its
intention."
"I thought my window was down, but I found out it wasn't when I put
myhead through it".
"I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way".
"A truck backed through my windshield into my wife's face".
"A pedestrian hit me and went under my car".
"The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times
before I hit him."
"In an attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole."
"I had been shopping for plans all day and was on my way home. As I
reached an intersection a hedge sprang up obscuring my vision and I did
not see the other car."
"I was on my way to the doctor with rear end trouble when my universal
joint gave way causing me to have an accident.
"To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front I struck the
pedestrian."
"My car was legally parked as it backed into the other vehicle."
"An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my car and vanished."
"I am sure the old fellow would never make it to the other side of the
road when I struck him."
"The pedestrian had no idea which way to run, so I ran over him."
"I saw a slow-moving, sad faced old gentleman, as he bounced off the
roof of my car!!"
"The indirect cause of the accident was a little guy in a small car
with a big mouth."
"I was thrown from the car as it left the road. I was later found in a
ditch by some stray cows."