Our Vision and Passion

What value would you put on a human life, a consumer, and his or her family? If you were aware of a potential hazard, how far would you go to prevent the loss of one life? The advanced training and experience of the founder of AccidentCheck.com, George Forman, has led him into the needed and innovative service now being provided. In the medical profession, it is relatively easy for a patient to get a second professional opinion. The AccidentCheck.com service for the forensic post auto accident repair inspections is a new and needed option for consumers.

The professional inspection and documentation of post collision repairs from bad car accidents has never been more needed. The factual revelations are startling. Modern technology allows what could be considered an x-ray of the structure of previously repaired vehicles with pinpoint accuracy. Tolerances for structural acceptability can be as little as 1 to 3 millimeters. 1 millimeter is the thickness of 1 dime! Alignment of the structure after damage from a crash is critical to the handling and operation of the vehicle.

It is however possible to restore the proper length, width, and height required to meet manufacturers specifications, and not restore the designed strength to insure the predesigned crash responses. In the Federal Government’s Mandates for acceptable vehicle manufacturing are crush zones, areas specifically designed to absorb and dissipate impact energy for the protection of the occupants. These areas called crush or crumple zones are designed to be effective only one time. They are a part of the structural integrity of a vehicle designed to be sacrificed in the event of a crash. Automobile manufacturers and approved training facilities all agree these are to be replaced if in any way involved in the crash damage.

A number of years ago, the Federal Government recognized the need to mandate construction standards for new automobiles. These standards provided predictable crash responses, with the purpose of occupant protection. Modern vehicles that have not had the misfortune of a serious collision repair afford excellent protection in the event of a serious crash. The Federal crash design and standards have proved to have had a great effect in the protection of occupants in car crashes.

In the process of forensic post repair inspections, we are finding time after time the needed and necessary replacement of critical damaged parts is not being done. Failing to do this completely impairs the intent of the manufacturers and the Federal Government to protect to the best of their ability the safety of occupants. What does this mean in common language you may ask? The designed crash response in a hard front-end crash is for the engine and transmission to be driven under the area below the front occupant’s feet. It also forces the roof up and away from the occupant’s head and upper body. If the structural integrity has not been restored, engines may come through the lower dash area and firewall and into the seat area. The roof could be drawn down into the seat area as well.

A vehicle owner had no way in the past of knowing just how effective his or her collision repair was, no way until a future crash or when they try to trade the vehicle in, the consumer learns that the vehicle has little to zero value. We have seen some of these crashed, and they have been deadly. We have also seen crashes about to happen that were caught just in the nick of time, also vehicles where improperly repaired structural members were splitting because they were repaired instead of being replaced.

AccidentCheck.com is bringing a new awareness to a problem that is epidemic across America. Today many consumers are driving accident repaired vehicles with the potential of self-destruction or with a sense of security and protection against a future crash that will not protect them!

If you had this knowledge based on years of training and actual repair experience what would you do? If you inspected a vehicle with extremely serious compromised structure, would you send them back on the road to await potential disaster?

In today’s car collision repair arena and claims process, what is labeled as acceptable auto repairs to the industry are simply NOT! Insurers have taken on the job of controlling car repair costs from auto accidents and in the process; consumers are at great risk driving poorly repaired automobiles that are unsafe and greatly devalued. Understand we are not talking simple fender bender crashes; the emphasis here is vehicles where serious structural integrity has been impaired. One must understand the crush zones and crumple zones are designed to absorb impacts and are designed to offer their protection just one time!

It has never the intent of AccidentCheck.com to become a storage facility for damaged vehicles. What is a vehicle owner to do? Would you continue to drive your new car with known serious defects? The fact that charges on many vehicles are mounting is a sad commentary of service being provided insured and claimant as they continued suffering the results of a covered loss. The failure to such claim handling was just witnessed this past week when a major insurance company allowed a part costing $2,000 go for more than 14 months. The part was displayed and clearly seen by the insurer over a year ago!

AccidentCheck.com maintains a large modern building, security, and has state of the art measuring equipment to unquestionably locate damage. The equipment has been challenged and found to be accurate and totally credible.

While there may be some question regarding charges to protect these damaged vehicles may appear high, Mr. Forman has never refused to discuss and even negotiate charges. He understands that what he is doing cannot be found across America. He also understands consumers have a right to be fairly informed regarding the condition of car repairs paid for.