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Here's the letter I just faxed over to the business that owns the truck that hit me:

Dear Mr. ****,

I am contacting you in regards to the accident between your driver **** **** and me at 9:30 am the morning of Wednesday, January 31, 2007. Your driver made an improper u-turn into oncoming traffic westbound on Arrowcreek Parkway at Zolezzi Lane. I was eastbound on Arrowcreek, and was forced to drive off the road over the curb to avoid your truck.

While I was able to avoid significant impact, your truck did hit my driver’s side rearview mirror destroying it. In addition, my right front wheel and tire was damaged by the curb I was forced to drive over to prevent totaling my car.

The most disturbing aspect of the incident is that not only did your driver make a poor decision to make an illegal u-turn and fail to see a bright red oncoming car; he attempted to leave the scene of the accident after impacting my car and forcing me off the road. If he truly didn’t see me to begin with, he certainly should have seen me and heard me during and after the accident, as I was honking my 118db horns (approximately seven times louder than a normal car horn) to get his attention. After the accident, your driver drove away and forced me to catch up to him and follow him into a parking lot down the street before finally pulling over to exchange information. If he truly was unaware of the incident, I would certainly question his ability to operate any sort of commercial vehicle. If he was aware of the incident, he was willfully attempting to avoid responsibility for his actions. He is lucky I was able to catch him or he would be facing hit and run charges with many witnesses, including a work crew that was on site at the intersection.

I have obtained an estimate for repairs (attached) which includes replacing and painting the damaged mirror, as well as a front-end alignment to correct alignment issues resulting from the impact with the curb. The total for the estimate is $579.27. As per your request over the phone at the scene, I am willing to allow you to pay for these repairs without involving our insurance companies. However, if during the repair there is additional damage discovered (for example: bent suspension components, wheel damage, or additional labor for paint repair, etc) I will expect that you will foot the cost of these repairs as well. If this agreement is not satisfactory, I will have my car repaired through my insurance company who does cover any additional damage discovered. I do not expect there to be more cost required than currently estimated, but I am not willing to consider this settled until the car is completely restored to pre-incident condition. Finally, I would appreciate a $50 consideration due to the time and effort required for me to handle the appraisal, repair, and downtime of my vehicle for an incident that should have been wholly avoided by your driver.

Please let me know if my conditions are acceptable. I would like to get your response as soon as possible, as it will take time to order the parts and I would like to repair the car quickly. Thank you in advance for working with me on this situation.

Sincerely,


Scott Perry