[svsantosh]

Originally Posted by DreamcarFerrari

...my driver dropped my daughter at her school.

Hope she was belted up, all front and rear seat belt helps.

...but he was determined to hit my car.

Drunks have no determination, except to get drunk at sunrise. Target fixation at its best, err or worst!

He wants to bend it back into place

He is nuts! This is a total loss car. Book the losses and move on, provided you and insurance can work it out.

What are the best possible options?

This is a total loss accident. Wonder why the air bags did not open for such a major impact. May be the thresh hold is set a point higher than the last few Mahindras seen in TBhp in 2024.

Wonder if car makers expect "eye balls to pop out" kind of impact as a trigger point for air bags deploying.!



Recommending for a new thread.

Probably the 1st major EV Accident post in TBhp- would be interesting to see how it is resolved?

[binand]

Originally Posted by Ragavsr

Also the other guy being drunk, his 3rd party insurance is invalid and hence no 3rd party claim can be made.

I don't think that's correct. The insurance company has to pay first and later on, after they prove the policy holder breached the policy conditions, they recover the amount from the holder.