Driver who knew \u0022without a doubt\u0022 he didn\u0027t run a red light had to take ICBC to court after it refused to change its initial ruling that both drivers were…
“They just wouldn’t look at reason,” said Christian Pedersen, 78, a retired Air Canada pilot and recent book author. “I think they were trying to grind me down, in the hopes that I would just go away.”
Pedersen wanted to clear his driving record so that an at-fault accident wouldn’t increase premiums for his vehicle and possibly his wife’s car and their trailer. Drivers can be assigned 25, 50, 75 or 100 per cent liability for accidents and if they are more than 25 per cent responsible, insurance premiums will likely go up. If 50-50, both drivers’ premiums rise, said Pedersen.Article content
He requested a claims assessment review, which involved ICBC extracting data from the “black box” recorders, and he said it confirmed what he already knew, that he was stopped at a red light before entering the Surrey intersection and the other driver travelled as 60 km/h into the intersection, braking just a half second before impact. He said he only started moving when the light for his direction turned green.
ICBC still refused to reverse his liability for the crash, so someone suggested he file a lawsuit with B.C.’s civil resolution tribunal.During mediation before the hearing, ICBC refused to absolve him of partial responsibility and offered him half of his $5,627 claim for pain and suffering and half of the $2,300 accelerated depreciation on his truck caused by the crash, based on his 50 per cent liability.
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