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Funny Auto Insurance Claims from Abroad:   

"The accident happened because I had one eye on the lorry in   
front, one eye on the pedestrian and the other on the car   
behind."   

"I started to slow down but the traffic was more stationary   
than I thought."   

"I pulled into a lay-by with smoke coming from under the hood.   
I realised the car was on fire so took my dog and smothered it   
with a blanket."   

Q: Could either driver have done anything to avoid the accident?   
A: Travelled by bus?   

The claimant had collided with a cow. The questions and answers   
on the claim form were - Q: What warning was given by you?   
A: Horn.   
Q: What warning was given by the other party?   
A: Moo.   

"I started to turn and it was at this point I noticed a camel   
and an elephant tethered at the verge. This distraction caused   
me to lose concentration and hit a bollard."   

"On approach to the traffic lights the car in front suddenly   
broke."   

"I was going at about 70 or 80 mph when my girlfriend on the   
pillion reached over and grabbed my testicles so I lost control.   

"I didn't think the speed limit applied after midnight"   

"I knew the dog was possessive about the car but I would not   
have asked her to drive it if I had thought there was any risk."   

Q: Do you engage in motorcycling, hunting or any other pastimes   
of a hazardous nature?   
A: "I Watch the Lottery Show and listen to Terry Wogan."   

"First car stopped suddenly, second car hit first car and a   
haggis ran into the rear of second car."   

"Windscreen broken. Cause unknown. Probably Voodoo."   

"The car in front hit the pedestrian but he got up so I hit   
him again."   

"I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my   
mother-in-law and headed over the embankment."   

"The other car collided with mine without giving warning of   
its intention."   

"I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way"   

"A truck backed through my windshield into my wife's face"   

"A pedestrian hit me and went under my car."   

"In an attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole."   

"I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my way home.   
As I reached an intersection a hedge sprang up obscuring my   
vision and I did not see the other car."   

"I was on my way to the doctor with rear end trouble when my   
universal joint gave way causing me to have an accident."   

"An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my car and   
vanished."   

"I was thrown from the car as it left the road. I was later   
found in a ditch by some stray cows."   

"Coming home I drove into the wrong house and collided with a   
tree I don't have."   

"I thought my window was down, but I found it was up when I   
put my head through it."   

"The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of   
times before I hit him."   

"I had been driving for forty years when I fell asleep at the   
wheel and had an accident."   

"As I approached an intersection a sign suddenly appeared in   
a place where no stop sign had ever appeared before."   

"To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front I struck a   
pedestrian."   

"My car was legally parked as it backed into another vehicle."   

"I told the police that I was not injured, but on removing my   
hat found that I had a fractured skull."   

"I was sure the old fellow would never make it to the other   
side of the road when I struck him."   

"The pedestrian had no idea which way to run as I ran over him."   

"I saw a slow moving, sad faced old gentleman as he bounced off   
the roof of my car."   

"The indirect cause of the accident was a little guy in a small   
car with a big mouth."   

"The telephone pole was approaching. I was attempting to swerve   
out of the way when I struck the front end."   

"The gentleman behind me struck me on the backside. He then went   
to rest in a bush with just his rear end showing. "   

"I had been learning to drive with power steering. I turned the   
wheel to what I thought was enough and found myself in a   
different direction going the opposite way."   

"I was backing my car out of the driveway in the usual manner,   
when it was struck by the other car in the same place it had   
been struck several times before."   

"When I saw I could not avoid a collision I stepped on the gas   
and crashed into the other car."   

"The accident happened when the right front door of a car came   
round the corner without giving a signal."   

"No one was to blame for the accident but it would never have   
happened if the other driver had been alert."   

"I was unable to stop in time and my car crashed into the other   
vehicle. The driver and passengers then left immediately for a   
vacation with injuries."   

"The pedestrian ran for the pavement, but I got him."   

"I saw her look at me twice. She appeared to be making slow   
progress when we met on impact."   

"The accident occurred when I was attempting to bring my car   
out of a skid by steering it into the other vehicle."   

"My car got hit by a submarine." (The Navy informed the wife of   
a submariner that the craft was due in port. She drove to the   
base to meet her husband and parked at the end of the slip where   
the sub was to berth. An inexperienced ensign was conning the   
sub and it rammed the end of the slip, breaking a section away,   
causing her car to fall into the water. The Navy paid the claim.

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