road traffic accident as a passenger

NBLondon

The opening post refers to a flooded ford. If it's a ford then usually there would be a warning sign. Did the driver not see this? A ford is usually top of wheel deep at most - for it to be up to the bottom of the windows (in a Picasso - slightly taller than the average car) there must have been a sudden caving in of the river bed - or so much rain that the whole neighbourhood was flooded. The latter is possible but again - did neither of you notice this? Was the driver blindly following a satnav in an unfamiliar area?

Either there's some exaggeration (and panic) going on or paddedjohn is right.

fivetide

boobyd wrote: »

You had whiplash injuiries but the driver and teenagers did`nt ? hitting 3 - 4 ft water at that speed very surprised ?
Did the air bags goes off ?

More importantly a two year old seems to be fine. Only the OP looks like they've been mortally wounded. It's amazing they were able to ferry the other people from the car given they need paracetamol, sorry medication and a neck brace.

Sorry OP, I think the general feeling is this is one of those things that happens and really no significant damage was done and you are really jumping on a claim bandwagon. Fair play to you of course, you might get some money out of it. Enjoy it while it lasts.

5t.

maninthestreet

A flooded ford? Surely every ford is flooded, otherwise it wouldn't be a ford?

antrobus

maninthestreet wrote: »

A flooded ford? Surely every ford is flooded, otherwise it wouldn't be a ford?

Apparently not...

Driver who drowned in flooded ford was a judge
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/9239307/Driver-who-drowned-in-flooded-ford-was-a-judge.html

Family rescued from flooded ford in the New Forest
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/8795683.Family_rescued_from_flooded_ford/

... and that's just the first two hits on Google. I imagine that any watercourse whose water level rises significantly above normal could be described as 'flooded'.

Norman_Castle

Compensation. Disabled. Motability car. = Troll

pulliptears

Chellebells wrote: »

climbed though the window ( as the door wouldn't open) and carried my 2 y old and 5yr old to saftey.... the teenagers with us were able to get out and to saftey on their own, (it was a 7 seater picasso)

Wow, sounds dramatic! Climbing through the window, carrying your children to safety, thank the lord the teens managed to save themselves!

Chellebells wrote: »

hitting a 3ft ford

..........

I can see where you may be accused of exaggeration.

andrew-the-cat

Were the air bags in the car deployed? Crashing into water would probably be more comfortable than another car for example, as water being a fluid is much more deformable than a solid object.

Just for your information, I was in an accident where the car I was in was hit from behind at 50mph whilst we were stationary and I did not suffer whiplash. The other car was a Citroen Saxo and its front end was reduced to about half of its original length. The driver also walked away uninjured.

Many people underestimate how important it is to have a properly adjusted head restraint. I always set mine when getting into a car.

System

pulliptears wrote: »

Wow, sounds dramatic! Climbing through the window, carrying your children to safety, thank the lord the teens managed to save themselves!.

TBH I would probably end up wrenching my back/neck if I was trying to get out of a car window and not end up head first in the water!

Neck strain from trying to keep your head above water. It is probably a Pavlov type reaction at hospitals. Mention neck pain and car accident and they automatically say whiplash.

Skinto_7

Even if you did get whiplash and a sore side, what has it actually cost you? you make no mention of being unable to work and losing pay or any other financial loss caused by this "accident" So why do you think you are entilted to compensation???

You might want to have a look in the mirror if you think that suing the disabled father of your children for driving into a puddle which caused you no financial loss is the right thing to do.

(the above is on the asumption that you are being genuine and not a troll trying to get cheap kicks from starting an argument)

pulliptears

!!!!!! wrote: »

Neck strain from trying to keep your head above water.

It was 3ft deep..........