Car Crash?

This weekend I read an article titled “5 signs you've been in a staged car crash” by Barbara Marquand. This article was published on Insure.com on December 12, but I found it on Yahoo News. The article was about staged car crashes and how to notice them. The article says that fake car crashes occur all across the U.S. and that the purpose for them is to get insurance money from car companies.

                I think that Barbara was genuinely trying to help the people who get in staged car crashes and I admire that she is trying to warn the public about this kind of threat. However, I can see people viewing this article as a guide on how to perform a staged car crash, even though I know that that wasn’t the intention.  When Barbara is describing the many ways that people have been taken by a staged car crash at an intersection, it could be seen as a guide to fake car crashes at intersections and when she is describing the signs of a staged car crash the signs could be seen as an inventory list.

                 This just goes to show that you should be careful who you say things to and when. I could be telling a police officer to be careful when someone is shooting armor piercing bullets and then all next week gangs would be stocking up on armor piercing bullets. I could be telling a child not to play with fire because they could get hurt and another kid would start making bonfires in his backyard. I could be telling somebody how to prepare for a staged car crash and then the amount of staged car crashes in Texas could go up 50%, or in New York, or all across the U.S.

                Then again, I’m just a high school student who has no knowledge of legal affairs so you can choose to ignore me if you wish.    

                My advice is if you are in a car crash the first and probably the only people you should be talking to are the police and your own family. Don’t take any advice from people that you don’t know about where to go and who to visit, especially if they’re the ones who ran into your car. If you want to be extremely safe then don’t drive a car and take a bus or taxis or space ship or teleporter or camel or some form of transportation that is not insured.