Accident Replacement Vehicles – Courtesy Cars In NOT AT FAULT Car Accidents
In today’s world, it has become possible for people to recover the costs of hiring accident replacement vehicles from insurance companies. The claim is made as part of the, not at fault party. This was made possible through the decision by the court of appeal.
How Does Get Back On The Road Recover Their Costs?
The decision claims that the NOT AT FAULT party usually suffer a loss referred to as the loss of use of the damaged vehicle. As a result, the party is entitled to a refund, to recover the cost of hiring a loan vehicle. This is so despite the cost being borne by a third party.
According to one of the cases in Magistrate Court of WA, a hirer need not prove his or her will to hire a car. However, the hirer is entitled to payment of damages to compensate for his or her loss of use. This principle dictates that the hirer needs to be placed back to the position he or she would be at in case the accident never happened.
Based on a case court in Demurrage, it claims a link between the normal costs of hiring a vehicle to charges such as insurance policies. This ensures that they are not distinguished from being an element of the market cost in providing replacement vehicles.
In another case, the repairer of that car is more likely to be in a difficult situation if the person had been in respect of the car. As the owner of the self-insurer of the car, one can decide not to have the car repaired, or pay them for the car repair process.
If the car is damaged as a result of an identified wrongdoer, he or she can decide to have the car repaired on behalf of that person. However, a bailee of a hire car normally lacks these options. According to the case, declining the option to pay a waiver fee upon hiring a commercial car would be for only those with little money, irrational and those who lack concern. This indicates that waiver costs are recoverable.
In accordance to another case, one is entitled to hire costs of an accident replacement car from the date the car is damaged to the day it is repaired. However, delays may be experienced when the damaged vehicles are delivered to the repairer. This may be as a result of the need to obtain repair parts, heavy workloads for repairers, or competing priorities for the insurance companies.
When the delays are caused by a third party, they are linked to the damage caused by the person responsible for the accident. They cannot be looked at as independent causes of the damage. Hiring an accident replacement vehicle for the period of repair is considered reasonable.
Accident Replacement Vehicles
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It is a little understood fact that if you are not responsible for a car accident you are legally entitled to a replacement rental vehicle, fully paid for by the at fault insurance company. Most Australian insurance companies suggest for their insurers to rent the vehicle themselves then claim the costs back.
As you would fully understand the cost of renting a car can financially draining for some people to cover. Luckily the Australian industry of accident replacement vehicles has evolved to address this scenario.
What Are Accident Replacement Vehicles?
Accident replacement vehicles are rental cars provided to you free of charge while your car is being fully repaired, with the at fault insurance company covering the full cost of the rental.
The team at Get Back On The Road can deliver your free rental vehicle to the smash repair shop when you are dropping your car off for repair. You then have the rental car up until your vehicle is repaired and roadworthy, at which point you then return the rental car to the repair shop and pick your own vehicle up.
This is a no fuss process, with importantly no down periods without the use of a car. The team at Get Back On The Road then sends the bill direct to the at fault party’s insurance company for payment – no costing you a single cent.
We also offer free rental cars if you are at fault for the accident, provided you have a rental car option in your policy.
Visit Get Back On The Road website, contact us on 1300 477 740 OR email us to info@getbackontheroad.com.au for inquiries!
