What To Do When You Are In An Accident - Podcast

"SteveLehto" (stevelehto) 12/22/2016 at 10:40 • Filed to: None

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No one ever expects to be in an accident but there is a good chance that it will happen to each of us at one time or another. So, do you know what to do (and not do) after you’ve been in an accident? It’s the subject of this week’s podcast.

It can be hard for a person to maintain their cool after an accident but it is important to do so, if possible. Assess the situation and summon medical attention if need be - for yourself or others.

Then, figure out if the authorities need to be called. Even if there are no injuries, they will probably need to be called if there is any property damage.

And finally, you need to remember that a law enforcement officer may choose to ticket someone. Do what you can to keep that from happening to you. Again, none of this is guaranteed but if you think about it in advance, you may be able to mitigate the harm later

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Top shot? A stern looking groundhog who appears to agree with me on this.

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OPPOsaurus WRX > SteveLehto 12/22/2016 at 09:02

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Kinja gets the best of us....

CalzoneGolem > OPPOsaurus WRX 12/22/2016 at 09:19

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Time to litigate!

jimz > SteveLehto 12/22/2016 at 11:53

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Bet ya that groundhog was the sumbitch who was chewing up people’s oxygen sensor wiring at my last job.

SteveLehto > jimz 12/22/2016 at 11:56

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If God didn’t want groundhogs to chew on O2 sensors, he wouldn’t have made them so damn tasty!

CalzoneGolem > SteveLehto 12/22/2016 at 12:48

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The groundhogs or the o2 wiring?

SteveLehto > CalzoneGolem 12/22/2016 at 13:03

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Ironically, both.