my mate has to park on the main road which is quite busy...so do the neighbours .......a guy who visits family has pulled in behind mates car and hit it .theres an obvious mark and my mate actually saw it happen and ran out to talk to the guy...but the guy is denying it ..its my mates word against the drivers ....what a pain!!! now my mates car has a scratch approx 6 inches long and a dent to go with it .!!! on his moulded bumper ..he is livid!!!:rant:

get the police involved and they should be able to sort it out, it there any marks on this other guys car?

yeah mate checked his car and the guys.but this guy has marks all over his car a smashed number plate, scuffed bumpers the lot so itd be hard to prove i think mate, he knows the guy is legit and there was no arguing or aggression.just that he denied it . so rather than spend weeks fending and proving they both agreed to disagree. unfair though isnt it ? :rant:

You could probably prove it though if you got the police involved. They could take a sample of the paint from your friend's car's dent and see if it matches with the paint of the other guy's car.

Went through it the other week, someone clipped me and shattered my wing mirror.. Straight away I put the hazards on as there was a lot of traffic behind me and pulled over..

The lady driver indicated to pull over then quickly drove off.. :rant:

Originally posted by Deejay
The lady driver indicated to pull over then quickly drove off.. :rant:

You knew it was a woman then :hihi:

Originally posted by IanMitchell
You knew it was a woman then :hihi:

One does tend to notice these things.. I wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't let her through, which annoyed me more, she had plenty of room and still hit me.. Is the last time I drive up Stannington Road :rant:

Originally posted by Deejay


The lady driver indicated to pull over then quickly drove off.. :rant:

In that case, she isn't much of a 'lady'.;)

Originally posted by saxon51
In that case, she isn't much of a 'lady'.;)

Fair point :hihi:

Well its the closest I've been to a stunning blonde so I'll say no more on the matter ;)

Originally posted by Deejay
Well its the closest I've been to a stunning blonde so I'll say no more on the matter ;)


Maybe she drove off because she didn't want to give you her number :hihi:

A case in point.
The Police will not get invloved unless there is personal injury, simple as that.

Originally posted by scubatony61
A case in point.
The Police will not get invloved unless there is personal injury, simple as that.

true in some aspects, I reported the incident to the Police just on the off chance she did the same, they reported as a traffic incident and I was told that if the roles were reversed I could have been done for the leaving the scene of an accident (as damage to my car had occured)

I then had to go back again to produce documents to prove the car was mine etc and I was insured..

Originally posted by scubatony61
A case in point.
The Police will not get invloved unless there is personal injury, simple as that.

Why not? It's equivalent to vandalism really so they should be interested. If you keyed someone's car you'd expect the police to treat it seriously. Surely it's the same thing?

The police *will* get involved if the other party refuses to exchange details - however, it's not for you and the other party to argue about it - you pay huge premiums to your insurance company every year for them to fight your corner. So ask for the other persons insurance details, tell him you're not going to get into a dispute about fault and responsibility, give your insurance company all the facts, and they will try their hardest to not pay out, believe me. They will fight to get the money from the third party.

If the other party refuses to give you any details, report to the police within 24 hours, and send details of the registration number to the insurance company.

Some-one hit my friends car, parked outside his house and his car is a write off. Main rd very busy, about 6 am and seen by the old lady across the rd, the car stopped, driver got out had a look and drove away. The old lady recognised the company logo on the car, so the info was given to the police but nothing so far has been done.
So he has been without a car, with no compensation through no fault of his own.
And was told by the police to sweep up the debris after the car was towed away.

hazel

How long ago was this? Maybe they're still looking into the company lead? And if/when they do find the person at fault, they have to serve them with a "Notice of Impending Prosecution", which (I believe) they need to send out within two weeks and has a court date attached to it.

It may be that they haven't managed to trace a driver. It MAY even be that the elderly woman across the road didn't remember/write down the correct company name. In fact, wasn't it just a LOGO that she passed to officers? I don't believe the police have a logo searching facility on any computer system...?

So, does your friend think that his report has just been filed away? That noone can be "bothered" to do anything about it? It's doubtful. The police actually LIKE catching people that do wrong.

And as for the debris in the road - in the absence of the other party coming back, with an attack of concience, who WOULD clear the road?? The police, believe it or not, have other things that are more important to deal with. Your friend could, of course, have rung the council?

I'm sorry if this sounds terse, it's not meant to. It's just that this accident is NOT the police's fault, and just because you cannot see what they are doing - it doesn't mean they are doing nothing.

:)

I didn't mean to infer that the police were at fault, if I did I am sorry, I just wanted to point out that the friend had a raw deal, and finished by sweeping up the remains of his car. This happened about 2 mths ago.
His car was old, the insurance was 3rd party so he could only claim from the other persons insurance and he had driven off.

The old lady definately recognised the logo and He thinks that it should noot be to difficult to contact the company to see whose company car had damage on that particular morning.
I realise the police have more importantt things to do than chase up minor incidents, so he must wait his turn.
hazel.

Yep, I see your point Hazel. Sometimes things aren't fair, but hopefully, they may still find out who's to blame, and your friend might get the money.

I think I just automatically think that everyone is on the police's back, and personally I think they do an ok job with the (limited) resources they have.

:) :) :)

The police won't do anything it about other than possibly asking the guy for a statement - if he says he knows nothing about it the copper will stand there looking bemused before leaving with his tail between his legs. I've seen it happen on more than one occasion.

It costs LOADS of money to get super glue out of car locks.....

Shame if the poor dude had to claim on his insurance to sort that out.

Originally posted by SallyLaLaLa
It costs LOADS of money to get super glue out of car locks.....

Shame if the poor dude had to claim on his insurance to sort that out.

It costs about the same as a new lock :rolleyes:

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