Let me start off by saying I hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day and enjoyed our spectacular weather this weekend! My Labor Day holiday, unfortunately, did not start out so well. The boss man was kind enough to let us out a few minutes early Friday to avoid the crazy holiday traffic. I left here headed down Hollywood Blvd when I saw someone pull into traffic and felt them hit me on my passenger side and spin me around into traffic. Luckily, no one was headed toward me and/or had time to stop. I am fine, the other driver is too. My car is not. Regardless, I'm happy everyone was able to walk away.
I'm sharing this little story because the other driver was not insured and, while they got to drive away with their 2 tickets, I'm the one without a car, about to be out a deductible and dealing with a lot of paperwork. This isn't a sob story though. This is a plea to anyone who may be reading this blog that does not have insurance coverage or has let it lapse: Please get insurance! Yes, I'm mad that I have to pay my deductible for my crumpled rear axle, but what if the accident had been worse? What if someone had been hurt? What if you're the one who is uninsured and without a car to get to work everyday?
Ok, we've covered the damage/injury side of not having insurance, but did you know you can be arrested in the state of Florida for not being insured? The cop really did offer me the option of having this woman arrested. Knowing she was already getting two tickets, I elected not to have that happen. I was hot, mad and just simply wanted to act like it didn't happen for the duration of my 3 day weekend. But if you don't have insurance and hit someone, they get the option to have you arrested. How many hurt and angry people are going to say no?
This is not a blog I wrote to scare people into calling Gilmore Insurance for a car quote. This is a blog I wrote to get people to call anyone for a car insurance quote. Luckily this car accident is just about a damaged car, a headache and the hassle I have to go through, but it could be so much worse. It is the mission of this office, and I'm sure most other independent agents, to get you insurance coverage you can afford, even if it's just the minimum coverage required. Minimum coverage trumps no coverage every time. Call us, call our competitors or go online, I don't care. Think about the consequences and get insured!
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Posted Tuesday, September 07 2010 11:50 AM
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