Driving to work.....

[mk14dr]

.... on monday morning when i had an altercation with the back of a punto,

 

 

I was very lucky in that, the was a police car sat watching the junction

that it happened at. The bloke in the punto decked on for no reason . I suppose it means someone else is gonna pay for one of my wings, but it still isn't quite how i wanted to spend my monday morning .

[antz]

gutted 4 ya

 

sorry to hear about it but on the bright side you save some money on getting some new wings

[Wessie]

thats a shitter why is everyone crashing at the moment !

[mk14dr]

i know wessie, that was the first thing i thorght , is it a conspiracy?

Im gonna be ringing the insurance company for an update today,so i'll

keep y'all informed.

Is it wierd that i took my car to the bodyshop so he could start getting a quote together before i took myself to the hospital???

[antz]

no its called love id probably be the same!

[john_3.0s]

Is it wierd that i took my car to the bodyshop so he could start getting a quote together before i took myself to the hospital???

 

No mate, when i had a bike smash once I made the ambulance wait while they recovered it so I could make sure the did it properly! ppl repair them selves and usually for free (good old NHS) however cars dont

[MK5]

sorry to hear about the accident

 

i'd be the same if it was my car

[Vista]

Sorry to hear about the accident.

 

Unfortunately, I've never known of a case of someone hitting the back of someone to go in favour of the driver of the vehicle at the back. So I'd say be prepared to be told it's your fault. I realise you say he braked for no reason and have a policeman as a witness, but I'm sure his insurers will argue knock for knock as a minimum. They will say that you shouldn't have been so close that you couldn't stop, and therefore bear a proportion if not all of the blame.

 

P.S. What did you mean by "decked on"? I may have misinterpreted that?

[Johnson]

gutted for you mate, hope you get it sorted ok

[mk2_escort_chick]

[4parajon]

Sorry to hear your news mate, your not having much luck lately are you what with your mount breaking the other week as well.

 

Have to agree with Vista though, I would think that will be the first thing they say, "you should have been following at a distance to safely allow you to brake if in emergency"

 

Hope I'm wrong though

[105Nick]

Bit of an arse that, but as said, I can't see the insurance claim going your way, from a legal point of view if he brakes then his lights show and you should be able to stop in the gap you leave yourself, as being in front he could brake for something you can't see or has a puncture etc you should be able to pull up safely regardless? Thats what I was taught.

[mk14dr]

We were setting off from traffic lights, only doing around 15mph and he decked on (braked heavily ) in the middle of the junction for no reason other than to be malicious. the cops saw him do it on purpose and square up to me when I got out of my car. They said he's gonna get done for dangerous driving, and i'l be in the clear.

[louie bagel]

hope it all goes your way bud but now is the time for improvement

and if you need extra cash one word W H I P L A S H and i'm not talking about miss whiplash either

[mk14dr]

hope it all goes your way bud but now is the time for improvement

and if you need extra cash one word W H I P L A S H and i'm not talking about miss whiplash either

 

[sab6024]

Sorry to hear that. Lucky you had the Police near by and hope they do him.

 

When some t**t hit the back of my Capper I was phoning around everyone for possible quotes on the day. Went doctors following day when my neck was really killing me.

[105Nick]

Ah well, that's different then, tw*t! Anyway, hope it goes okay and you get it sorted. Wierd how the bumber didn't touch tho

[oldskool4me]

sorry to hear that mate, hope all goes well with insurance

[walsh253]

wot a t##t!!

[Cortina Girl]

good luck m8 hope he gets done for it, theres too many assholes on the road now.

[Trevmk3]

bit of bad luck there mate, hope you get it sorted quick enough

[james p]

hope it all goes your way bud but now is the time for improvement

and if you need extra cash one word W H I P L A S H and i'm not talking about miss whiplash either

 

dont forget night mares ,pissin your self and any thing else you can think of

[martymk1]

hope it goes ok for you

[orionmojo]

We were setting off from traffic lights, only doing around 15mph and he decked on (braked heavily ) in the middle of the junction for no reason other than to be malicious. the cops saw him do it on purpose and square up to me when I got out of my car. They said he's gonna get done for dangerous driving, and i'l be in the clear.

 

he could be one of these insurance scammers you heard so much about a few months ago. they sit in the blind spots of busses and wait for them to pul out, or.. in your case brake hard at junctions. if a car costs 300 quid then they can claim 5k in compensation. either way, your very lucky that it was witnessed by the police

 

good luck with the 'rebuild'

[duttnut]

Sorry to see you had a bump , glad it diddn't do too much damage .

I hope you get some money for the new wing, but I'm afraid insurance companies dont always think like we do ie, stopping distances, etc

Hopefully the policeman will pull his weight as he said he would.