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ivanz 03-10-2010 01:49 PM

Call police non-emergency and tell them he is always there as others have said. I wouldn't go and confront them unless you have somebody else in the house keep watch, as you never know if its some psycho with a gun/knife.

godwin 03-10-2010 02:03 PM

It is not illegal if they are in public. However ICBC can't track people if they leave North America, say move to some other countries like Brazil.. but they can still collect the damages (a lot of them for life).

Soft tissue damage is big bucks on ICBC's bottom line.. that's why they want to go to No Fault insurance so bad.

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Originally Posted by jivan6 (Post 6853074)
they actually do that? isn't that illegal? why don't you file a claim about invasion of your privacy, it could work in the states but I'm not sure about here


nack 03-10-2010 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by godwin (Post 6853161)
It is not illegal if they are in public. However ICBC can't track people if they leave North America, say move to some other countries like Brazil.. but they can still collect the damages (a lot of them for life).

Soft tissue damage is big bucks on ICBC's bottom line.. that's why they want to go to No Fault insurance so bad.

i stand corrected

CP.AR 03-10-2010 02:41 PM

do you have any construction sites around your area? I remember when I worked (briefly) at a construction site, I would hop in my car, grab some takeout and then find a quiet street near the site to eat it.

quasi 03-10-2010 02:55 PM

I'm glad ICBC investigates, they should do it more. One of the reasons rates are where they are is because so many people get in an accident and treat it like they just won the lotto. If you're really hurt you have nothing to hide anyway so really it's no big deal.

SMDBICH 03-10-2010 03:12 PM

If you're home alone and you are scared, do what the boy did in Home Alone

JulyZerg 03-10-2010 03:18 PM

A little off-topic. My mom came home one day at 3pm and apparently she saw a Suzuki SX4 inside our driveway, like all the way inside and parked, she was like WTF and he drove off once he saw her coming in, he left before she could get the license plate number, freaky..

shenmecar 03-10-2010 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Picard (Post 6853199)
do you have any construction sites around your area? I remember when I worked (briefly) at a construction site, I would hop in my car, grab some takeout and then find a quiet street near the site to eat it.

Yeah, but it seems weird that a construction worker would camp outside someone's house at 12:30 at night eating McD.

OP should give the non-emergency line a call.

Mr.HappySilp 03-10-2010 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quasi (Post 6853227)
I'm glad ICBC investigates, they should do it more. One of the reasons rates are where they are is because so many people get in an accident and treat it like they just won the lotto. If you're really hurt you have nothing to hide anyway so really it's no big deal.

The key word is to say " I sometimes have trouble doing heavy lifting" or "I feel painful sometimes". They can't prove you wrong coz you use the word sometimes, once a while, randomly. Never say " NEVER". Coz is too easy to prove you are wrong. Read it on some other fourms.

beetea 03-10-2010 04:04 PM

I've had two dudes in two vans follow me around for half my day. I went to the doctors in the morning and come out and see two guys across the street, as I get into my car, they get into their vans and pull U-turns and one is behind me and one is on my right. I was like this is kind of odd. Then I go pick up my girlfriend and I park in front of her house and then one of them parks a couple cars back from me and another drives around and parks halfway down the block in front of me. My girlfriend comes out and then I drive to the dim sum restaurant and I notice they're still tailing me. So I pull into the left turn lane and throw on my left turn signal for a while and he's sitting behind me with no signal to turn either and there are no cars around. As I turn left he turns left, so I now can assume they've been following me for sure.

Here's the best part, I go into restaurant and we order some stuff and I notice this random white dude with a purse enter shortly after. We get seated in this empty part of the place and I over hear him saying he has a group of 10 and wants to sit over there (next to us) and he's sitting there alone with this huge purse on the table facing my direction, and I'm like that's probably a video camera.

So after 30 minutes of him sitting there alone, he gets up and starts to leave. He walks to our table and he pretends to drop something and points his purse right in my face. So I throw up the middle finger to the bag as hes picking something up. He leaves.

After our meal me and my girlfriend were kind of laughing about the whole incident. But there's one more piece to the story, I noticed his car was still in the parking lot, so I walked by to see if he was in the car. He had dropped his seat all the way back and was lying there trying to hide, I simply knocked on the window and gave him a thumbs up and took a crazy route home.


Knowing that I wasn't going to get raped by these dudes I should of just picked up my friends and took these bastards on a crazy adventure somewhere, that would of been golden.

- kT 03-10-2010 04:25 PM

^ lolwtf

did you ever even find out why two dudes were following you around videotaping you?

Meowjin 03-10-2010 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quasi (Post 6853227)
I'm glad ICBC investigates, they should do it more. One of the reasons rates are where they are is because so many people get in an accident and treat it like they just won the lotto. If you're really hurt you have nothing to hide anyway so really it's no big deal.

oh yeah like you wouldnt do the same.

FYI, I got in an accident 2 years ago and I just sued, Getting in an accident at a moderate speed actually does fuck up your back, neck or shoulders.

you! 03-10-2010 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nammerboi3 (Post 6853318)
I've had two dudes in two vans follow me around for half my day. I went to the doctors in the morning and come out and see two guys across the street, as I get into my car, they get into their vans and pull U-turns and one is behind me and one is on my right. I was like this is kind of odd. Then I go pick up my girlfriend and I park in front of her house and then one of them parks a couple cars back from me and another drives around and parks halfway down the block in front of me. My girlfriend comes out and then I drive to the dim sum restaurant and I notice they're still tailing me. So I pull into the left turn lane and throw on my left turn signal for a while and he's sitting behind me with no signal to turn either and there are no cars around. As I turn left he turns left, so I now can assume they've been following me for sure.

Here's the best part, I go into restaurant and we order some stuff and I notice this random white dude with a purse enter shortly after. We get seated in this empty part of the place and I over hear him saying he has a group of 10 and wants to sit over there (next to us) and he's sitting there alone with this huge purse on the table facing my direction, and I'm like that's probably a video camera.

So after 30 minutes of him sitting there alone, he gets up and starts to leave. He walks to our table and he pretends to drop something and points his purse right in my face. So I throw up the middle finger to the bag as hes picking something up. He leaves.

After our meal me and my girlfriend were kind of laughing about the whole incident. But there's one more piece to the story, I noticed his car was still in the parking lot, so I walked by to see if he was in the car. He had dropped his seat all the way back and was lying there trying to hide, I simply knocked on the window and gave him a thumbs up and took a crazy route home.


Knowing that I wasn't going to get raped by these dudes I should of just picked up my friends and took these bastards on a crazy adventure somewhere, that would of been golden.


so did u ever find out
we need to know more

124Y 03-10-2010 06:41 PM

A stereotypical assumption would be that the man may be observing you or your neighbour to get a hold of your daily routines so they know when you or your neighbour leaves the house and comes back. They'll break into your house once they know when you or your neighbour is not home.
Because of that possibility, I would contact the RCMP on the non-emergency line and let them know the situation.

When I drove my g/f home one night, I accidentally cut this Chevy Trailblazer off and I noticed that he was tailing me to the neighbourhood that my g/f lives in. I got suspicious and I pulled over to the side to let him pass (also so I can get a glimpse of the driver's face and license plate when they drive by). He turned into the next side-street and U-turns out (I can see the headlights) and did the same thing 3 times. I was getting a bit nervous because I didn't want them to know where my g/f lives, just in case if they want to start shit. I called the non-emergency line and told them the situation and the description of the vehicle and plate #. They told me to stay in the vehicle and they'll check what's up. 5 mins later the operator called back and told me that they're cops and they're just doing a check-up on that area. FML!!!!!!!!

Maybe the suspicious man is a cop investigating something near OP's place?

quasi 03-10-2010 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MajinHurricane (Post 6853396)
oh yeah like you wouldnt do the same.

FYI, I got in an accident 2 years ago and I just sued, Getting in an accident at a moderate speed actually does fuck up your back, neck or shoulders.

Someone wrote their car off rear ending me last year. I didn't make an injury claim I easily could have if I wanted to milk the system but thats not how I was brought up. I'm not talking about legit injuries I'm talking about people not hurt trying to scam the system. If you're actually hurt, have to get treatment and have legit pain and suffering then by all means sue. Again, someone who is say missing work because their hurt wouldn't have anything to hide so who cares if ICBC is spying on them?

SkinnyPupp 03-10-2010 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MR_BIGGS (Post 6852907)
I live in North Burnaby and over the past two weeks I've noticed at random hours during the day this guy sitting in his truck parked right in front of my house. Last night at 12:30 I came home through my front door and he's sitting in his truck as I walk in. I stare right at his truck to make it obvious I see him. Within 15 minutes the truck is no longer there. Now at 11am he is sitting in his truck in front my house. I've noticed this for the last two weeks that he has been parking in front of my house and sitting in his car, reading the paper to eating Mcdonalds.

I am thinking of walking out to the sidewalk with a paper and pen and blatantly writing down his lisense plate number so he sees me doing this.

Any other suggestions?

Edit:
I don't think he is a neighbour.

Same thing happened to me before. And one day I was leaving my house and I saw him again. I did a U-turn and went back to my house, and sure enough he was backing up into my driveway, probably about to break in.

Be vigilant! Make sure you know what this person is up to.

MR_BIGGS 03-10-2010 08:29 PM

^^ Thanks for sharing that.

I will be vigilant. I'm going to ask the neighbours if they know the guy. I'll keep you guys posted.lol

yay! 14oo posts!

MG1 03-10-2010 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MR_BIGGS (Post 6852907)
I live in North Burnaby and over the past two weeks I've noticed at random hours during the day this guy sitting in his truck parked right in front of my house. Last night at 12:30 I came home through my front door and he's sitting in his truck as I walk in. I stare right at his truck to make it obvious I see him. Within 15 minutes the truck is no longer there. Now at 11am he is sitting in his truck in front my house. I've noticed this for the last two weeks that he has been parking in front of my house and sitting in his car, reading the paper to eating Mcdonalds.

I am thinking of walking out to the sidewalk with a paper and pen and blatantly writing down his lisense plate number so he sees me doing this.

Any other suggestions?

Edit:
I don't think he is a neighbour.

I live in North Burnaby. Please describe truck, in case it is a thief casing out the joint.

SkinnyPupp 03-10-2010 09:35 PM

Don't hesitate to call the non-emergency line. It's their job :)

Ch28 03-10-2010 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MR_BIGGS (Post 6853711)
^^ Thanks for sharing that.

I will be vigilant. I'm going to ask the neighbours if they know the guy. I'll keep you guys posted.lol

yay! 14oo posts!

Why are you even asking?

Everybody has already told u to call the non-emergency number nd the burnaby rcmp will send somebody over to check it out.

CP.AR 03-10-2010 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shenmecar (Post 6853266)
Yeah, but it seems weird that a construction worker would camp outside someone's house at 12:30 at night eating McD.

OP should give the non-emergency line a call.

sorry didn't see the 12AM part, only read the 11AM part lol

jing 03-10-2010 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cman333 (Post 6853140)
I encountered something like that before too. But not at home, was at work and the guy was just standing across the street walking back and forth. Hiding in a ditch, drinking coffee.

He noticed a couple ppl staring from our work and came over to tell us he's waiting to serve our neighbour papers for some lawsuit.

http://images.art.com/images/-/You-G...C10122346.jpeg

Shun Izaki 03-10-2010 10:20 PM

good thing i live in the top of an apartment, the only person waiting for me is the door guy at the bottom XD

Quote:

Originally Posted by 89blkcivic (Post 6853749)
I live in North Burnaby. Please describe truck, in case it is a thief casing out the joint.

actually so do i, and we had two car-break ins in our underground within the past 4 months... we don't even have nice cars... I'd go to univerCity and break into that R8 if i had to pick

willystyle 03-10-2010 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by twitchyzero (Post 6853041)
icbc actually does that? no wonder they're so money hungry

Most insurance companies and big corporations do this, so it isn't ONLY ICBC.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MR_BIGGS (Post 6853711)
^^ Thanks for sharing that.

I will be vigilant. I'm going to ask the neighbours if they know the guy. I'll keep you guys posted.lol

yay! 14oo posts!

What's the point? you should just call Non-emergency if you are that worried.

There are really only three scenarios that can out of this situation.

He's either a Private Investigator, Police Officer, or a crook.

Durrann 03-10-2010 10:27 PM

for sure call non emergency number
before something happens

not trying to scare u but better safe than sorry


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