Protect Yourself - With a Camera...

 For years now I have been trying to convince people to keep a camera in their car. If you come across something scenic or interesting in Seattle or Everett, you can take a picture, but more importantly, if you are in an accident you can document the scene. https://askcompetentlawyer.com/ When I first started telling people to keep a camera in their car, I'm sure some people thought I was crazy. To some extent, I thought it may be a bit much. But now, more and more of my clients are coming to me with pictures in hand of the scene of the accident! Sometimes they use a camera, but often they simply use their cell phone camera.

So what's so great about pictures of the accident scene or damage to the car? Well, without photos, we have to rely on either a police report diagram, statements of the each driver and/or eyewitnesses, if any. Unfortuantely, eye witness testimony is generally not very credible or accurate, and while police officers do a great job, there are certainly times when the police report and diagram miss the mark. And perhaps the most important reason to document the scene of the accident with photos, is that the at fault driver often times leaves the scene and magically creates new facts so he or she isn't at fault. This is just an unfortunate bit of reality.

So, keep a camera with you and protect yourself. Consider it insurance against changing stories and facts.