{"id":168935,"date":"2022-12-29T03:45:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T03:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=168935"},"modified":"2022-12-29T03:45:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T03:45:14","slug":"driver-hunts-for-man-who-ragdolled-onto-car-insurance-blames-owner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/driver-hunts-for-man-who-ragdolled-onto-car-insurance-blames-owner\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver hunts for man who ragdolled onto car, insurance blames owner"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Wild moment man throws himself onto a car &#8211; as driver begs for help after the insurance company ruled HE was at fault<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Man is caught on dashcam ragdolling himself on the bonnet of a car\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Horrified car driver&#8217;s insurance company said he was to blame for it<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Do you know more about what happened? Contact tips@dailymail.com\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A man has been left out of pocket after a pedestrian threw himself onto his moving car &#8211;\u00a0 and the driver&#8217;s insurance company ruled he was at fault.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Can anyone help me identify this idiot? It&#8217;s being assessed as an &#8220;at-fault&#8221; claim because I wasn&#8217;t able to get his details (it wasn&#8217;t safe to),&#8217; the video poster wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He was driving on Mains Road at Sunnybank, in Brisbane&#8217;s south, on December 17 when a man wearing a black T-shirt, shorts and baseball cap suddenly started to run from the footpath onto the road.<\/p>\n<p>To the horror of the driver, the man then ran and jumped feet first up onto the bonnet of the still moving car.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/12\/29\/00\/66004627-11580773-image-a-29_1672272426614.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A man (pictured) wearing a black t-shirt, shorts and baseball cap suddenly walked onto the road from the left<\/p>\n<p>The momentum spun the jumper to the left and he bounced off the car&#8217;s windscreen before landing on his feet, with his shorts beginning to fall down, exposing his bottom.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His black Chicago White Sox cap remained on the car as the shocked driver slowly moved off, possibly afraid the ragdoller was about to try it again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As he picked up speed, the cap blew off, with the driver later saying he had not stopped as he felt it was unsafe to do so.<\/p>\n<p>The video has gone viral since being posted on Wednesday, and by Thursday morning already had thousands of comments and likes on Facebook.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some commenters defended the driver from those accusing him of leaving the scene of an accident.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You can leave the scene if you feel it&#8217;s unsafe to stay there. Man&#8217;s crazy enough to jump on a moving car he&#8217;s crazy enough to hit you,&#8217; said one.<\/p>\n<p>Another said: &#8216;All you guys saying hit and run&#8230; in that position you just go straight to the cops.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/12\/29\/00\/66004625-11580773-image-a-30_1672272434640.jpg\" height=\"337\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The man (pictured) then ran and jumped feet first onto the bonnet of a still moving car<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;No way you stop and get out with someone like that roaming around. Use your heads and actually watch the footage.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In trying to help the driver find the ragdoller, another commenter said &#8216;My guess is that he&#8217;s at the hospital with any luck&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>One commenter offered sensible advice about the police and insurance, saying the driver should have &#8216;gone to the closest station made a report and showed them the footage&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;At least then you would have a report for your insurance company,&#8217; they added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/12\/29\/00\/66004621-11580773-image-a-31_1672272438732.jpg\" height=\"401\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The momentum of the car spun the man (pictured) off the car windscreen and back onto the road, leaving his Chicago White Sox cap on the bonnet<\/p>\n<p>Another commenter advised the driver to &#8216;go to the Ombudsman if the insurer is refusing to accept very clear evidence that this was not your fault and threatening your no-claim bonus&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Queensland Police confirmed to Daily Mail Australia the incident had been reported to officers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A complaint has been made to police in relation to this matter, alleged to have occurred on December 17 along Mains Road at Sunnybank,&#8217; they said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Investigations are ongoing. Police would appeal to anyone who may have witnessed the incident to come forward.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Crime Stoppers can be contacted at 1800 333 000 or online.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The poster of the video has also been contacted seeking comment for this story.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11580773\/Sunnybank-drivers-dashcam-captures-pedestrian-ragdolling-car-near-Brisbane-Queensland.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wild moment man throws himself onto a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":168934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Driver hunts for man who ragdolled onto car, insurance blames owner - 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