hallo forumgemeinde,
ich habe schon einige male gehört, dass ausländer die unschuldig an einem autounfall beteiligt waren, zu sehr hohen bargeldzahlung gezwungen wurden. in diesem fall waren es eine million pesos. kann jemand von euch selber berichten?
Many of the
Expats living here own automobiles and do a lot of driving and pray that they are never involved in an auto accident. It is bad enough when the accident is the fault of the foreigner but even when the local driver is at fault the police and the one who caused the accident do their best to place the fault on the foreigner. A recent example of this involved two Expats in two different vehicles, and of course, the old tricycle driver. Both Expats were using well trained drivers when one SUV was hit on the side of the vehicle by a tricycle which then bounced off the vehicle and went into the wrong lane. This maneuver resulted in an Expat owned vehicle driving in the opposite direction to hit the tricycle head-on resulting in the death of one tricycle passenger and injuries to the trike driver. Neither of the Expat vehicles were at fault as the Tricycle driver was drunk and witnesses were available to make statements as to who was at fault. Never-the-less, the police told one of the Expats that he should pay "consideration" to the family of the passenger or else he would write up the accident report in such a way that the issue would have to go to court. The owner of the vehicle that hit and killed the passenger was not in fault at all yet sums as large as one million pesos were being asked and court action threatened. This Expat had full insurance coverage and was letting the insurance company handle the details yet his life was threatened and he has had to hire security personnel to protect his family. Just another challenge to living in the Philippines. One must realize that even if a Jeepney or a Tricycle causes an accident nearly 99% of them will not have any insurance at all and not enough money to pay for any damages. So, what happens, nothing, the Expat drives off and pays for damages to his car or gets his insurance to do so. But God forbid the Expat is at fault because that is money in the bank for the Filipino driver. It kind of makes you think twice about that Sunday drive doesn't it!
http://www.harrythehorse.com/2008/march.htm#mar08
grüsse papaya
ich habe schon einige male gehört, dass ausländer die unschuldig an einem autounfall beteiligt waren, zu sehr hohen bargeldzahlung gezwungen wurden. in diesem fall waren es eine million pesos. kann jemand von euch selber berichten?
Many of the
Expats living here own automobiles and do a lot of driving and pray that they are never involved in an auto accident. It is bad enough when the accident is the fault of the foreigner but even when the local driver is at fault the police and the one who caused the accident do their best to place the fault on the foreigner. A recent example of this involved two Expats in two different vehicles, and of course, the old tricycle driver. Both Expats were using well trained drivers when one SUV was hit on the side of the vehicle by a tricycle which then bounced off the vehicle and went into the wrong lane. This maneuver resulted in an Expat owned vehicle driving in the opposite direction to hit the tricycle head-on resulting in the death of one tricycle passenger and injuries to the trike driver. Neither of the Expat vehicles were at fault as the Tricycle driver was drunk and witnesses were available to make statements as to who was at fault. Never-the-less, the police told one of the Expats that he should pay "consideration" to the family of the passenger or else he would write up the accident report in such a way that the issue would have to go to court. The owner of the vehicle that hit and killed the passenger was not in fault at all yet sums as large as one million pesos were being asked and court action threatened. This Expat had full insurance coverage and was letting the insurance company handle the details yet his life was threatened and he has had to hire security personnel to protect his family. Just another challenge to living in the Philippines. One must realize that even if a Jeepney or a Tricycle causes an accident nearly 99% of them will not have any insurance at all and not enough money to pay for any damages. So, what happens, nothing, the Expat drives off and pays for damages to his car or gets his insurance to do so. But God forbid the Expat is at fault because that is money in the bank for the Filipino driver. It kind of makes you think twice about that Sunday drive doesn't it!http://www.harrythehorse.com/2008/march.htm#mar08
grüsse papaya