AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS:

Q: What should I do to preserve my rights if I am involved in an automobile accident?
A: If you are involved in an automobile accident, you can better preserve your rights and/or claims if you follow the following instructions:
   i. Contact an attorney. Do not make any statements about the accident until you have contacted a lawyer. No one has the right to force you to give an opinion as to the cause of the accident, be it at the police station or elsewhere. You have the right to consult an attorney before making a statement about the accident to anyone.
   ii. Write down the Time, Date and Location of the accident.
   iii. Call an ambulance (moving an injured person may aggravate the injury).
   iv. Call the police (or if the condition permits, proceed to a police station to make an accident report)
   v. Write down the name, address, and phone number of everyone in your car.
   vi. Make an effort to obtain the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all persons who witnessed (saw) the accident.
   vii. Write down the other driver's name, address, phone number, driver's license number, license plate number, insurance company name, and insurance policy number.
   viii. Again, if you are in anyway injured or have any doubt at all about your condition or that of the passengers in your vehicle, seek prompt medical attention at the emergency section of an hospital that same day, and make appointment for follow up visit(s) with your doctor on as needed basis, and ask your passengers to do likewise.
   ix. Immediately notify your automobile insurance company that you have been involved in an accident, however, do not give a statement about the accident without first contacting a lawyer.
    x. Take photographs of any injury sustained and the damages to your vehicle.
   xi. Save all forms of evidence regarding the accident, do not throw anything away or change its condition.