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Bizarre claims take the biscuit
Mon, 06 Feb 2006
Vehicle owners are coming up with increasingly bizarre excuses in order to claim on their car insurance, it has been found.
According to a leading insurer, excuses such as a broken windscreen caused by a frozen squirrel falling from a tree or a dented bonnet brought about by a reindeer colliding with the car are among the most imaginative explanations come up with by claimants.
Other excuses have included cows licking paintwork from a vehicle and cattle jumping onto a quad bike as its owner drove past.
"While I was waiting at traffic lights, a wasp went down my trouser leg which made me hit the accelerator and prang the car in front," one claimant said.
"I was driving round a bend, when one of the doors opened and a frozen kebab flew out, hitting and damaging a passing car," another argued.
While these unusual 'accidents' are unlikely to affect the majority of motorists, they serve to highlight the importance of being covered for all eventualities with an adequate car insurance policy.
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