I have a suggestion that might reduce the embarrassment and character aspersion that can come from ICBC retained investigators prowling around to interview your employers, co-workers, friends and acquaintances.
The more significant your injuries and losses, the more likely ICBC will engage the services of a private investigation firm and the higher the degree of investigation.
It is an issue that has never before been addressed by our courts because no-one has ever made ICBC’s investigation tactics an issue in a trial ... until now.
They shouldn’t be necessary because other laws require us to slow to a safe speed when children are likely to be around.
I call it a technicality because most people have no idea that their claim could be dismissed if they don’t play detective to find the perpetrator.
ICBC’s liability insurance monopoly in British Columbia contributes to uncertainty about hit and run claims.
To stop rolling the road safety dice, they must become second nature “every time” behaviours.
Most of the time we can get away following traffic signs and signals and what we see out of our windshield and mirrors. The more we get away with it, the less value we see in doing anything more.
Prepare your heart if you choose to read further. Though, the greater the shock to your heart, the more likely it will trigger the “something good” I am talking about.
I understand from news reports that e-scooter use is currently restricted to designated pathways in Kelowna. But that’s not what I’m seeing.
As fun as they might be, I don’t see the kinds of transportation and environmental benefits flowing from e-scooters like I do from their larger and safer cousin, the e-bike.
Crash victims who were not at fault in a crash can include the expense for medical cannabis in their claim for fair compensation against the at fault driver, which is usually a claim against their insurance company ICBC.
