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ID:	87922 We all have our thoughts when we think about the dangers involved in being a repoman. Of course you could be shot, stabbed or beaten to a pulp by an angry debtor. I have known of more than a few recovery agents that have been run over by a fleeing debtor. A few repo agents were fortunate enough to just have their foot run over, but a couple of repossessors I know were actually run completely over and seriously injured at the hands of a crazed debtor. These types of violence are deliberate acts perpetrated by a debtor, debtor’s family member, or maybe even their neighbor. Other dangers that exist could be injury or even death resulting from an auto accident. When you work at night, you always face the possibility of being involved in a vehicle accident with a drunk or sleepy driver. There are also some dangers we do not always think about that repomen face – like falling asleep at the wheel, an accident caused by mechanical failure or a crash that is caused by weather conditions such as ice or snow on the road. While typing this article, I remembered a situation where a recovery agent I know could have died facing an unseen danger. He had recovered a crotch rocket and the keys from a cooperative debtor. His partner had another car they had repossessed earlier that day on their wheel lift, and the agent decided to ride the motorcycle to the storage lot. He took the expressway and traveled at highway speed all the way back to the lot. Upon arriving, he was going on and on about how much fun he had riding the bike in. I happened to look down at the rear tire and saw it was split and the rubber was hanging off of it. If the tire had blown while my friend was riding the motorcycle back, he would have crashed and maybe been seriously injured or even killed. We often think of the obvious dangers, but do we consider the unseen dangers of being a repoman?

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