Electrical Co-ordinator Career Training Guide

Question: There is sabotage afoot in the village. What to do ? Hi, We have a much disputed property development in local fields. Fair play, we need more housing, but the locals are in turmoil, not liking changes to the way things are. There is talk in the pub of making holes in plastic sewer pipes, taking a length of the main electrical suppy cable out, even flooding the site from bowsers.. This is tantanount to criminal damage, and I happen to be appointed the District Homewatch Co-ordinator, for my sins. I too do not need a huge development of tatty property in the feilds where I used to walk my dog, so what to do ? I don't want a "us and them" situation, so how do I pacify the situation ? Bob

Answer: Once planning permission has been granted there is not much you can do It happened to me years ago, I was upset hated the new Development being built on fields myself and dog had enjoyed many walks , strangely enough a few years later I ended up buying one of the houses and had many happy years there! So not much to do and certainly not worth getting a criminal record for . So stick to having a drink and a moan grumpy old men style .

Question: Can an Insurance company still be held liable for the after affects of a car wreck? Any advice is greatly appreciated. My problem is this, In July 2007 A man in a huge truck with a trailer hinge back up out from a parking space, it I saw him and the only thing I could at the time is speed up so he would not hit the middle of my car. He ended up hitting the side bumper and ripped it off. I have A 1999 Cryshler Sebring. It truely was a hard hit. Well the man's insurance did pay to fix the bumper, but now everything keeps going wrong. I did mention it to the person at the shop where we had arranged for the repair. I asked to please give me an estimated how much it would cost to fix it. When the time came, She did not do so and when I asked the lady she gave me a look like there is really something wrong with my car. I give two guys a ride to the bus so they do not have to walk the mile or so and they can attest that my car was running smooth. So many things one after another have gone wrong. I have put over 700.00 and still more problems. So my question is what do you think my chances are If I take it to the manufactor and they will rule in my favor. The Insurance Co-ordinator says if they say it was from the accident then they will pay for it. Straight from the start right after the accident my car kept dyeing out, so I had to drive it like a standard car with my feet on the gas and brake at the same time. So in the end , last I have heard there is a short somewhere so I took it to Spitfire and place that specializes in electrical problems and he told me my computer is bad. First of all the things my battery kept dyeing out, my car would not start up in the mornings,I took it to Auto zone and my battery was fat, swollen no good. Bought a new one, then I took it to a man at midas , he said I needed a valve cover gasket and he showed me my spark plugs we filled with oil, fixed that. Now Midas ran a scan and said I had either a bad map sensor or a short. Changed the map sensor the car is still barely running, so then another place said it was a short but had it for two weeks and could not find the short . I would like to know , if the guys Insurance is still on the hook for all the problems I have had with the car since the accident. Now I give these two guys a ride from work each day and they knew there was nothing wrong with my car before the accident. What is the best thing I can do. Many thanks , Sylvia Hi there, Boy those are great answers!!!! Cudos to all. I can't believe that a hard hit, that would knock of a bumper, throw a car out of whack. This maintenance on the car is expensive but I always kept up with it (oil changes, tuneup etc... man I loved that car. So in all If I paid the Chrysler Corp. to do a diagnostic, there is no way to proof all my recent problems with the car cannot be due to someone giving my car a hit even in the back. Many thanks to all, Sylvia

Answer: I can offer several opinions here and I hope my answer doesnt offend. I have worked with cars in some way almost all my life. I am now a claims adjuster, and can tell you based on the description of the impact you gave me, I have never of a vehicle suffering from the problems you are having to be related to that type of impact. If you had rear ended someone at high speed enough to crush the front end of your vehicle causing damages to the engine, and electrical components I could see it. But I doubt any shop out there could some how link the problems to the accident. Right now in regards to your next step there are two senarios. If you used a shop the insurance company rec. and is part of there program, an insurance company will guar the work the shop did. If you feel these problems are related to the accident start with the adjuster and the shop to attempt to resolve the problem. They should be willing to help since you used one of their shops. If however you used your own shop and is not part of the insurance companies preffered shop program, you are own your own with the repairs done by the shop. The insurance company cannot guar their work. Good luck