I was in a fender bender on my way from work Wednesday. My kids were not with me but their carseats were in my car. Britax MA, installed RF and a Graco Nauti in booster mode. I was so flustered at the accident I did not point out the officer writing the report that I had carseats in my car that may need to be replaced. How bad is that?
The airbags did not deploy. I have damage to my hood and fender and a coolant leak. I did drive the car away from the accident because it was a slow leak and since I did not have far to go the officer thought I could make it without overheating. I have not been able to drive it since, though.
I had the right of way. The accident report is not yet available. I do have uninsured motorist but not collision. My insurance person said she did not know if replacing carseats would even be covered under my uninsured motorist policy. They would repair the car but she couldn't say if they would replace the seats. She said if the other guy does have insurance I could try to get them to pay for it.
I do not like the word "try." How does that work? I say I need new carseats, they say sorry, no, and then what?
Do I even need to replace them since it was a minor crash and the airbags did not deploy? I am thinking probably yes on the Graco because it was not belted in and it went forward and made contact with the front seat. I'm thinking probably not on the Britax? Help me.
The airbags did not deploy. I have damage to my hood and fender and a coolant leak. I did drive the car away from the accident because it was a slow leak and since I did not have far to go the officer thought I could make it without overheating. I have not been able to drive it since, though.
I had the right of way. The accident report is not yet available. I do have uninsured motorist but not collision. My insurance person said she did not know if replacing carseats would even be covered under my uninsured motorist policy. They would repair the car but she couldn't say if they would replace the seats. She said if the other guy does have insurance I could try to get them to pay for it.
I do not like the word "try." How does that work? I say I need new carseats, they say sorry, no, and then what?
Do I even need to replace them since it was a minor crash and the airbags did not deploy? I am thinking probably yes on the Graco because it was not belted in and it went forward and made contact with the front seat. I'm thinking probably not on the Britax? Help me.