how do you describe this

[gxnn]

Hi, I am a Chinese reader.

In China nowadays, some poor guys (sometimes women) throw themselves to a running car and claim they are hurt and ask for high compensation from the drivers. Usually the drivers would satisfy them because the formality of settling a traffic accident is too complicated and time-consuming. T

his is known in Chinese as "PengCi", literally meaning "striking chinaware" ,like someone carrying glass or porcelain goods in hand is vulnerable or has the goods easily broken. Is it blackmail or is there other name for such act in English? Thank you for your help.

 

[ReadyOne]

Hi, I am a Chinese reader.

In China nowadays, some poor guys (sometimes women) throw themselves to a running car and claim they are hurt and ask for high compensation from the drivers. Usually the drivers would satisfy them because the formality of settling a traffic accident is too complicated and time-consuming. T

his is known in Chinese as "PengCi", literally meaning "striking chinaware" ,like someone carrying glass or porcelain goods in hand is vulnerable or has the goods easily broken. Is it blackmail or is there other name for such act in English? Thank you for your help.

"staged accident"

"jump-in" (front of a car)

 

[Weird Harold]

In the US, it is Insurance Fraud. Also expressed as cutting in front of some one and braking so that the fraudster is rear ended; the assumption in most US states is that the person rear-ended is innocent.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Yes, this would be insurance fraud in Australia, too. Also, pretty stupid - hoping you don't throw yourself right under the car. That's desperation.

 

[gxnn]

In the US, it is Insurance Fraud. Also expressed as cutting in front of some one and braking so that the fraudster is rear ended; the assumption in most US states is that the person rear-ended is innocent.

Looks like the same, or they just learn that trade from the US, but here what they want is the money not from insurance company, but from the drivers mainly and whoever willing to pay.

Yes, this would be insurance fraud in Australia, too. Also, pretty stupid - hoping you don't throw yourself right under the car. That's desperation.

When in this trade, they know how to control the risks involved, sometimes the woman drivers unwilling to pay will make the scene look like the victims (with no injury at all) are sexually harassing them, but sometimes when making wrong judgment, some are killed by big trucks because the drivers really cannot see clearly what happen around his car.

 

[Weird Harold]

In the US, it is Insurance Fraud. Also expressed as cutting in front of some one and braking so that the fraudster is rear ended; the assumption in most US states is that the person rear-ended is innocent.

Looks like the same, or they just learn that trade from the US, but here what they want is the money not from insurance company, but from the drivers mainly and whoever willing to pay.

In the US it is insurance fraud because it is mandatory to carry liability insurance in every state. Without mandatory insurance, it is just fraud -- although it could be considered that everyone is "self-insured" if they aren't required to have an insurance policy.

I've seen a lot of youtube and imgur videos of the kind of inept fraudsters you describe. Very few of them would be successful in the US.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Blackmail has the connotation of somebody knowing something about you that you don't want known (a sexual affair, some sort of criminal act, etc) and demanding money to keep it quiet.

Not being a lawyer, I would call this extortion, which is the demand for money (or something else) in return for not doing something which will harm the victim (in this case, reporting a pedestrian/vehicle accident).

 

[akatrex]

Personally I have cameras in my car along with a loaded 44 magnum!

A CCW is a terrible thing to waste!