Personal Injury Law

Cell Phones: Getting the other driver's cell number - It's just like being on a date, only you've already crashed and burned!

By Steve Lombardi

Who else would suggest reading Dating for Dummies, 2nd Edition, by Dr. Joy Browne to improve your chances of proving negligence in a car accident? Read the Des Moines Injuryboard blawg to find out.

Okay so you read my last post and don't feel comfortable confronting the other driver or the police officer was no use in getting the appropriate investigative information - what then do you do? Well a gentler way to still get the number is through the accident investigation exchange form used by some police departments. After getting it filled out point out that you're usually not home and would be willing to exchange cell phone numbers with the other driver. Or after looking at the phone number given by the other driver ask them if the number on the form is their home, office or cell. And then offer to exchange cell phone numbers. Use your imagination, think of it as if it were someone you wanted date and how you might under different circumstances get the other person's number.

To be good at investigating an accident, can at times require you to think outside the box. In this instance you may want to read Dating For Dummies, 2nd Edition, By Dr. Joy Browne.

In this new edition, Dr. Joy offers updated guidance on how to find a date, covering "speed dating," Internet dating services, and singles nights at grocery stores and other unexpected places. She delivers fresh pointers on a whole host of topics, including:
- Building your confidence and polishing your social self
- Determining if you're really ready to date
- How to meet and approach Mr. or Ms. Intriguing
- Where to go, what to do, what to wear, and what to avoid on the first date
- Taboo subjects, such as your ex, sex, politics, and religion
- Cell phone and e-mail etiquette
- Moving from dating to a successful relationship and the four stages of attachment
-Breaking up (just in case Mr. or Ms. Right wasn't) and avoiding pity parties and pitfalls
- The dos and don'ts of Internet dating

Hey don't laugh Dr. Joy has sold more than 156,000 copies!

Asking a Potential Date for a Number -

Perhaps some friends introduced you. Maybe you ran into one another on the street or at a party. Whatever the circumstances, you've met someone and you want to get a number: a phone number, a street address, an e-mail address, a business card, or something. You'll need that information if you want to get in touch if plans should change. (Yes, there's always the mutual friend route, but you're not in seventh grade any more -- or are you? Plus, if you contact the other person directly, you get a lot more -- and more reliable -- information.)

Of course one last bit of advice. If the other driver is really creepy then by all means don't give him or her your cell phone number. Let the lawyers do the work because it's better to be safe than to put your life at risk.

Know your rights, know how to protect yourself and be ever vigilant to avoid known risks.

Full post as published by Des Moines Personal Injury Lawyer on April 16, 2008 (boomark / email).