I just got off the phone with my P.I. lawyer.
He told me that I have no UM coverage on this case.
I do have UM coverage thru Progressive personally but it only covers
me while I am on my way to pick up a passenger. Once they get in my
car, there is no UM coverage. Meanwhile, I have been going through
treatment related to this accident, and since this accident,
I have also been unable to work because of my injuries and
the damage done to my car in this accident. If you look at the actual police report
it says on there that the person that hit me has no auto coverage.
She said at the scene that she did have insurance but her phone screen was broken
so no one could verify that she did have coverage. She did not get cited for anything.
They put her in the number 1 spot on their report so if she did not get in any trouble,
that is fine by me. It turns out that she does have coverage through The General Insurance.
The General Insurance only sells the absolute minimum coverage possible. So the only coverage
she has will pay for her Personal Injury Protection and my deductible. I have Uber driver insurance that
pays for my medical bills only (my saving grace) it does not provide any type
of pain and suffering payment, so my P.I. Attorney said he is closing my file lol.
The Uber Auto insurance now is also the absolute minimum that they require in Florida by law.
They do provide (Uber insurance) 5K for the driver’s medical expenses.
So because I don’t have the money for a $2500.00 deductible, I opted to get everything
done through my own personal policy that has a $1000.00 deductible. Because of that
I don’t have any PIP insurance either. The only insurance that I have personally here
is the Uber driver insurance and they subtract like 4 cents per mile that I drive
and it only covers me as the driver when I am online via the Uber platform.
If I did not have that coverage, I would only have the $5000.00 to pay for my medical bills. I was rear-ended by a passenger in the car in 2019 and Uber had $250,000.00 of UM coverage
and a $1000.00 deductible. Now they have this huge $2500.00 deductible and no UM coverage at all.
So if a driver gets in an accident, there is no coverage for the driver. The passengers are
covered for up to 1 million in expenses, the driver though is not covered at all.
I am still unable to drive for Uber since the 03/25/2023 accident. I sent an email last night
to the collision center that is repairing Ruby/my car advising that a good pickup time for me
would be around 1pm tomorrow. I got a reply that my car probably won’t be ready until 05/06/2023.
I contacted my adjuster with Progressive and I was told that the last day Progressive is paying for the rental
is 05/05/2023. I sent an email again to the collision center and I was advised that my car will probably be ready
by then, so fingers crossed lol. I am so ready to get back on the road with Uber. This is the longest I have gone
not driving for Uber by far! This is my jam of the month. I have been listening to that over and over again throughout April. That song is called “Dive” by Luke Combs FT. Ed Sheeran. They collaborated and created this song which I think is awesome.
I really like Luke and Ed both. I had no idea they were friends. Anyway, they both have a version of this song. This is
the Luke Combs version.
I am still unable to drive for Uber because of the accident on 03/25/2023. Today is Sunday which for the past 5 years has been a real good driving day almost always. I get Ruby/my car back Tuesday 05/02/2023. I will finish that Tuesday and I will take pictures of all 4 sides Tuesday afternoon and be back driving for dollars on Wednesday 05/03/2023 and this coming Friday will be an oil change Friday. It sure is a good thing that the entire world and all the incoming bills stop in the event of an accident! Eye-roll.