Comment on Hey jackass, this is why trucks with large tires are supposed to have mud flaps.

• sanitation@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The way American insurance work - u just file a claim of damage - as long as you took a picture of other guy license plates - their insurance will just pay out. Seen it

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  • thejml@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Unless it hits the road and bounces up. Happened to my parents when a metal chunk got kicked up by a truck in front of them, it hit the ground right in front of them and pierced their muffler. Claim denied.

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    • Winning@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      When you go to Luigi them, make sure the bullet ricochets off the ground so they don’t have a life insurance claim.

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    • sanitation@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      they probably said as much, they should have kept story short - out of wheels straight into my windshield. license plate. nothing else. insurance wont be spending time figuring it out. glass is cheap, agent time isnt.

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  • zwerg@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But licence plates seem to be optional in the U.S. Such a strange country…

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    • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Where do you believe they are not required? Some places let you get away with one on the front or back instead of both and a newly-purchased vehicle might have temporary paper tags but if it’s on the road, it needs to have some kind of license plate.

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      • zwerg@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The idea that you only need one at the front or the back seems crazy to me.

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      • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        In Ontario, we have no visible licence plate validation and most of the plates are illegible because of a corrupt deal between the government and 3M.

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