How Criminals Built Capitalism

lostinrates

kabayiri wrote: »

95% of medical car injury claim is whiplash related ! I'm surprised anyone can walk nowadays.

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I had whiplash from slipping in ice and landing on back of myhead. Really I was very lucky not to aggravate my neurological situation, but that whiplash sucker surely was a bit annoying for a few weeks. ( plus my head hurt worse than normal) I can imagine to a perfectly healthy person who never does anything physical it must feel .....more restrictive still. I could walk, (as I do, it was slippery so I was nervous of walking anyway and remember I was having a lot of back and sciatic spasms at the time, but the whiplash didn't make it worse) but turning neck and shoulders, raising arms was very tight and restricted feeling. Life went on.

Generali

vivatifosi wrote: »

Gen, I thought of you yesterday as there was an article on R4 about AirBNB. Apparently in parts of London there are flats that are never occupied long term, just put out as short term lets. The council was talking about the impact it has on people living there, as people on holiday don't go to bed early, so there is noise into the night. The company said that the T&Cs are clear from their site and its up to the owners to abide.

Second case was a woman who was renting out a room in her rented Cotswolds cottage and then got an eviction notice from her landlord. She couldn't see that she was doing anything wrong.

Impact.. costing councils and landlords money to put right.

I thought it funny timing that you had mentioned its borderline legality, and then it popped up on the radio in a v timely fashion.

I try to post timely stuff!

This was a problem that came up a year or so back over here. Not with Air BnB but with people who had bought houses in tourist towns in residential zoned areas who were then letting the houses out to tourists on a weekly basis.

If you've got young kids you don't really want next door out in the garden getting drunk every night regardless of whether you live in Blacktown or Blackpool.

Air BnB basically makes money by ignoring some of those protections that are in place to make the world better to live in. Ditto Uber (although I'd argue that Uber thrive mostly by scooping up rent that is currently held by cab companies, Governments and holders of cab plates).

kabayiri

lostinrates wrote: »

I had whiplash from slipping in ice and landing on back of myhead. Really I was very lucky not to aggravate my neurological situation, but that whiplash sucker surely was a bit annoying for a few weeks. ( plus my head hurt worse than normal) I can imagine to a perfectly healthy person who never does anything physical it must feel .....more restrictive still. I could walk, (as I do, it was slippery so I was nervous of walking anyway and remember I was having a lot of back and sciatic spasms at the time, but the whiplash didn't make it worse) but turning neck and shoulders, raising arms was very tight and restricted feeling. Life went on.

The problem with whiplash claims is that it is difficult to prove or disprove really.

I didn't understand at the time but I had bad whiplash in a car shunt back in the 80s. No claim was made; I recovered; life went on.

It's not whether individual cases have merit. It's the figure (a friend works in the industry). 95%! I find it staggering.

lostinrates

kabayiri wrote: »

The problem with whiplash claims is that it is difficult to prove or disprove really.

I didn't understand at the time but I had bad whiplash in a car shunt back in the 80s. No claim was made; I recovered; life went on.

It's not whether individual cases have merit. It's the figure (a friend works in the industry). 95%! I find it staggering.

I think we share the point,

I actually don't find it staggering that 95 percent of claims are whiplash, I could even believe the majority might have it :eek: but that its worth the effort of claiming for in that number of cases? Inevitably some cases of whiplash will have serious impact on earnings or life, but for many it will be an uncomfortable inconvenience based on my experience. As you and I both experienced, life goes on!

cepheus

Generali wrote: »

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-04-05/how-criminals-built-capitalism

Written by Clive Crook natch.

And we can thank the financial industry, particularly the Bankers for continuing this great tradition.

Generali

cepheus wrote: »

And we can thank the financial industry, particularly the Bankers for continuing this great tradition.

In what respect? Banking is probably the most regulated industry except pharmaceuticals.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

kabayiri wrote: »

It's not whether individual cases have merit. It's the figure (a friend works in the industry). 95%! I find it staggering.

Aye, this is one of my pet peeves.

I was in a small shunt a few weeks ago, sitting at a red light, someone drove into the back of me.

Minor damage, probably a grand or so to fix, I was a bit sore for a week but nothing a few ibuprofens didn't take care of.

Now I wouldn't dream of taking time off work or going to see the doctor for that, or claiming compensation, but I am well aware many/most do.

Wasting NHS time and driving up insurance costs for everyone else. Just so they can get their few hundred to few thousand quid via some no win/no fee legal parasite that's been advertising this awful modern day blame culture on the telly.

Really annoys me....:mad: