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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Gwilym on 26 April 2007, 15:39:47
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Whilst coming out of a Minor Road (creep and peep) technique, i saw the car coming and stopped. Bonnet was about 1m over the give way line. Instead of steering round me (there was no other traffic) the driver decided to brake and skid into me. Nice!
The bad news, insurance company deem it to be my fault!
The good news, I have 8 years protected no claims so it doesn't really matter
The joke, they have given me a 1.2 renault clit courtsey car. My Lawn mower is more powerful!
Gwilym
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Whilst coming out of a Minor Road (creep and peep) technique, i saw the car coming and stopped. Bonnet was about 1m over the give way line. Instead of steering round me (there was no other traffic) the driver decided to brake and skid into me. Nice!
The bad news, insurance company deem it to be my fault!
The good news, I have 8 years protected no claims so it doesn't really matter
The joke, they have given me a 1.2 renault clit courtsey car. My Lawn mower is more powerful!
Gwilym
I'd have been tempted to get out and smack him, but then my temper sometimes gets the better of me.. What an ar**hole.
Sorry to hear it mate, hope you get it back soon..
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Sorry to hear about your prang Gwilym, the good thing is nobody was hurt but it's still a right pain in the a*se. :(
Good to hear you've got a powerful lawnmower, but shame about the courtesy car. ::) ;)
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I hope it is back soon because i really can't fit anything into the clit and I have to keep borrowing my friends cars to carry stuff about.
I resisted the urge to smack him mainly because I was on my way home from work and about 2 minutes later one of my colleagues turned up to deal with the incident.
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Sorry to hear about your prang Gwilym, the good thing is nobody was hurt but it's still a right pain in the a*se. :(
Good to hear you've got a powerful lawnmower, but shame about the courtesy car. ::) ;)
Ok, so it isn't a 1200cc lawnmower but you get the general idea. The point is, I have a lawnmower and all my garden is gravel and decking. Go figure!
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That is exactly what happened to me........except in my case and given the speed the van was going...he drove over the bonnet....
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That is exactly what happened to me........except in my case and given the speed the van was going...he drove over the bonnet....
:o
Did his speed influence the insurance decision or did you have to take one?
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As I was unable to proove the speed.....it went against me as a give way violation....
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As I was unable to proove the speed.....it went against me as a give way violation....
Funny that. In my opinion he was speeding to but like yourself as I couldn't prove it i had to take responilbility.
However on the plus side,i did have a deep scratch on the front bumper and now i am getting a new one.
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Ok, so it isn't a 1200cc lawnmower but you get the general idea. The point is, I have a lawnmower and all my garden is gravel and decking. Go figure!
Why did you buy the lawnmower then?
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Ok, so it isn't a 1200cc lawnmower but you get the general idea. The point is, I have a lawnmower and all my garden is gravel and decking. Go figure!
Why did you buy the lawnmower then?
I had grass at my last house! Just haven't got round to getting rid of the mower. I have only been here for 5 years
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Im glad your ok and that no one was hurt :y
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Sorry to hear about your accident, not quite as bad as mine then ::)
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It's worrying that accidents where you have stopped, albeit perhaps a little over the line, are increasingly deemed to be give way violations these days.
What is the difference between this and having legally parked on the side of the road a little way up from the junction? OK. You're an obstruction in the road in both cases, and in both cases, only someone who's completely oblivious to his surroundings or driving at inappropriate speed, will drive into you.
>:(
Kevin
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Whilst coming out of a Minor Road (creep and peep) technique, i saw the car coming and stopped. Bonnet was about 1m over the give way line. Instead of steering round me (there was no other traffic) the driver decided to brake and skid into me. Nice!
The bad news, insurance company deem it to be my fault!
The good news, I have 8 years protected no claims so it doesn't really matter
The joke, they have given me a 1.2 renault clit courtsey car. My Lawn mower is more powerful!
Gwilym
Do I detect the possibility of a personal injury claim being placed by the occupants of the car that ran into you :-?
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Whilst coming out of a Minor Road (creep and peep) technique, i saw the car coming and stopped. Bonnet was about 1m over the give way line. Instead of steering round me (there was no other traffic) the driver decided to brake and skid into me. Nice!
The bad news, insurance company deem it to be my fault!
The good news, I have 8 years protected no claims so it doesn't really matter
The joke, they have given me a 1.2 renault clit courtsey car. My Lawn mower is more powerful!
Gwilym
Do I detect the possibility of a personal injury claim being placed by the occupants of the car that ran into you :-?
..which highlights another possibility, the oncoming driver may have been in this situation before and could have known you would automatically be deemed "at fault" and decided to take advantage for the future cash outcome..?
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sorry about the accident Gwilym, pity it was a clit they gave you, you need to drive the renaultsport clit 197, my wife has just took delivery of one, what a car.
Anyway, we will leave that car to her Renault forum.
Best of luck with the Omega.
Pete Whilst coming out of a Minor Road (creep and peep) technique, i saw the car coming and stopped. Bonnet was about 1m over the give way line. Instead of steering round me (there was no other traffic) the driver decided to brake and skid into me. Nice!
The bad news, insurance company deem it to be my fault!
The good news, I have 8 years protected no claims so it doesn't really matter
The joke, they have given me a 1.2 renault clit courtsey car. My Lawn mower is more powerful!
Gwilym
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Sad news Gwilym, but good to hear about your new Irmscher bumper kit ;)
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Sad news Gwilym, but good to hear about your new Irmscher bumper kit ;)
I wish!